Joseph Lowery Oct 7, 2024, 10:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s Monday, and another week of MLS action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings. Our Power Rankings are derived from a combination of key season statistics (points per game, goal differential, expected goal differential), recent performance, the Opta
Oct 7, 2024, 10:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. has agreed to a three-year, $59 million contract extension, his agent, Mike Miller of LIFT Sports Management, told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday night. Carter is now under contract with the Magic through the 2028-29 season for a combined $82
Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It took Florida coach Paul Maurice 30 years to win a Stanley Cup championship ring. And after he was handed the box holding his new piece of jewelry Monday, he had to wait about 30 minutes before he could actually
Oct 7, 2024, 10:44 PM Open Extended Reactions All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has retained former captain Sam Cane and long-serving scrumhalf TJ Perenara in his 36-man squad for the season-ending tour of the northern hemisphere. New Zealand media had speculated Robertson would cut loose forward Cane and Perenara to develop new players given the
Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs and wide receiver Rashee Rice have “a lot of optimism” that his knee injury isn’t as significant as initially feared
Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Longtime Florida women’s tennis coach Roland Thornqvist retired Monday, ending his career with more than 500 wins and four national championships. Thornqvist, 54, led the Gators to NCAA championships in 2003, 2011, 2012 and 2017. He won 11 Southeastern Conference titles
Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 07:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Kerry Carpenter hit a three-run homer off Cleveland’s All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase in the ninth inning, and the Detroit Tigers stunned the Guardians 3-0 in Game 2 on Monday to even their American League Division Series at one game apiece. Carpenter connected
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 02:23 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions Coach Steve Sarkisian expects quarterback Quinn Ewers to be ready to start when No. 1 Texas plays No. 18
Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterOct 7, 2024, 05:53 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions Malachi Moore, an Alabama team captain, apologized Monday for his outburst at the end of Saturday’s 40-35 loss to Vanderbilt, and Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer said Moore would
Ryan Rosenblatt Oct 7, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s Monday, and another week of NWSL action is in the books, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings. Our rankings are derived from a combination of key season statistics (points per game, goal differential, expected goal differential), recent performance, the Opta computer
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 7, 2024, 12:27 PM 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 Kevin Sinfield will continue his role with the England men’s rugby team with his responsibilities tweaked.
Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BELLEAIR, Fla. — Caitlin Clark wasn’t joking when she included golf in her offseason plans. Clark is going to The Annika in November, the penultimate tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule hosted by Annika Sorenstam, to play in the pro-am and be a panelist
Open Extended Reactions Manchester United have made their worst-ever start to a Premier League season and go into the international break in 14th place. With just two wins from seven games, manager Erik ten Hag’s position is under ever-growing threat. United’s new powerbrokers, the team of executives built by Sir Jim Ratcliffe since his INEOS
Doug Greenberg, ESPNOct 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The puck dropped on the 2024-25 NHL season thousands of miles away on Friday, when the New Jersey Devils defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 in Czechia, but back in North America, the focus is squarely on the best player in the world, wondering whether
Women’s World Cup 2024: Sophie Ecclestone© Twitter England put up an all-round show to outplay South Africa by seven wickets for their second successive win in the Women’s T20 World Cup in Sharjah on Monday. England’s four-pronged spin attack led by Sophie Ecclestone (2/15) strangulated South Africa in the death overs to restrict them to
Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 09:15 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
Oct 6, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The LA Clippers and P.J. Tucker mutually agreed that the veteran won’t be with the team for the time being while they work to find him a different situation. “P.J. is a pro who has achieved a lot in his career and there’s more he wants