Month: January 2025

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2025, 02:13 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The UFC’s first pay-per-view event of 2025 underwent a major change Friday, as lightweight title challenger Arman Tsarukyan was forced out of Saturday’s UFC
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2025, 06:26 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Roki Sasaki, the prized Japanese pitching prospect who has had scouts drooling over his potential since high school,
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2025, 07:46 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions The Sun Belt Conference announced Friday it fined Marshall $100,000 for opting out of the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl last month even though the Thundering Herd’s roster had
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Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — With his seven-game suspension over, Heat star Jimmy Butler was back in the starting lineup for Friday night’s home game against the Denver Nuggets. Head coach Erik Spoelstra announced Butler’s return during his pregame media session, saying that the lineup of Butler, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Haywood Highsmith and Duncan
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Open Extended Reactions Day 7 at the Australian Open is here, and third-round action continues! World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is in action, as is the best local hope Alex De Minuar. Plus, an all-American matchup with Danielle Collins facing Madison Keys. Follow all the latest from Melbourne Park here in our live blog.
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Field Level Media Jan 17, 2025, 05:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Islanders forward Maxim Tsyplakov received a three-game suspension from the NHL on Friday, one day after delivering a high hit to Philadelphia Flyers center Ryan Poehling. Tsyplakov had a hearing earlier on Friday with the NHL Department of Player Safety. The
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Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 12:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — It would have been reasonable to worry that the prolonged 12-team College Football Playoff would have exhausted fans’ spending money before the final costs of reaching the championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Instead, the first 12-team playoff has only fed ticket prices
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 17, 2025, 11:06 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Anthony Watson has been forced to retire from rugby. Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images England and British
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Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 06:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic sought assistance from a trainer for some trouble breathing Friday night, and went back-and-forth with one particularly loud spectator, but when the ball was in play at the Australian Open against Tomas Machac, all went quite smoothly for the
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Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 09:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic. Ewen Ferguson was taking full advantage. Ferguson, a Scot ranked
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