Month: February 2025

Rachel DoerrieFeb 7, 2025, 07:30 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The dog
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Feb 7, 2025, 08:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reilly Opelka called for chair umpire Greg Allensworth to be suspended by the ATP after Opelka received a code violation at the Dallas Open for confronting a spectator in the stands who he claimed was deliberately coughing to interrupt his serve. Opelka, who was facing Cameron
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Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 02:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH, Fla. — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says he is getting emails from fans concerned over the sport’s lack of a salary cap following an offseason spending spree by the Los Angeles Dodgers that sparked increased attention over the expiration of the collective
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Open Extended Reactions Manchester City have included injured midfielder Rodri in their updated Champions League squad for the knockout phase while there are also places for new signings Omar Marmoush, Nico González and Abdukodir Khusanov. Vitor Reis, who also arrived in January in a €35 million ($36.2m) deal from Palmeiras, has been omitted. Marmoush, González
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ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2025, 12:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Alex Ovechkin scored his 879th career goal to move to within 16 of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goals record and the Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 on Thursday night. Ovechkin, 39, scored with 53 seconds left in the first
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Feb 7, 2025, 01:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Deion Sanders has added another Hall of Famer to his coaching staff at Colorado. The Buffaloes announced Thursday night that former NFL great Marshall Faulk has joined the team as its new running backs coach. Faulk knows a little about the position. He ranks 12th all
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Open Extended Reactions Before the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles meet at Caesars Superwomen New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX (Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET, FOX), the best of the NFL gathered at Saenger Theatre for Thursday’s NFL Honors. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen delivered the biggest surprise of the ceremony by edging out Baltimore
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ESPN News Services Feb 6, 2025, 08:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A rough start to the season had Wyndham Clark digging through past notes, listening to old books — anything to get his mind out of the negative. The mindset reset paid off in the opening round of the Phoenix Open,
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Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 08:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Jennifer Kupcho found more joy in golf in 2024 and she carried that into her first LPGA event this season, shooting a 6-under 65 on Thursday to share the first-round lead with Nanna Koerstz Madsen at the Founders Cup. Kupcho made
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Tisha ThompsonFeb 6, 2025, 05:35 PM ET Close Tisha Thompson is an investigative reporter for ESPN based in Washington, D.C. Her work appears on all platforms, both domestically and internationally. Open Extended Reactions SANTA ANA, Calif. — Ippei Mizuhara was sentenced Thursday to nearly five years in prison for stealing about $17 million from Los
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Brett OkamotoFeb 6, 2025, 07:51 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Dominick Cruz, one of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time, announced his retirement from the sport on Thursday via social media. Cruz, 39, was scheduled for one final
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Open Extended Reactions After leading Ohio State to the national title, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day has agreed to a new contract that is set to make him the country’s second-highest-paid head coach. Ohio State announced in a statement Thursday morning that Day and the school have agreed to a new seven-year deal. The school said
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Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Hawks are trading forward De’Andre Hunter to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, three second-round picks and two swaps, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. Hunter, 27, is having a career year in his sixth season in the NBA, averaging highs in points (19), 3-point attempts (6.7) and 3-point
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