Month: November 2023

Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 09:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CANCUN, Mexico — Jessica Pegula finished round-robin singles play at the WTA Finals with a 3-0 record a year after going 0-3 at the season-ending championship, heading to the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Maria Sakkari on Thursday night. The fifth-seeded Pegula
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Nov 2, 2023, 09:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cameron Percy of Australia fired a 10-under-par 62 Thursday afternoon to soar into the first-round lead at the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. Percy holed a pitch shot for eagle at the 601-yard, par-5 sixth hole and added eight birdies without a bogey
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Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 2, 2023, 08:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Big Ten athletic directors met with commissioner Tony Petitti on a video call Thursday without Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel present, and sources told ESPN the call about Michigan’s alleged sign-stealing operation took on a distinctly different tenor than when they met a week
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNNov 2, 2023, 12:02 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 2, 2023, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vergil Ortiz Jr. will make his 154-pound debut against Fredrick Lawson on Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, Golden Boy Promotions announced Thursday. Ortiz (19-0, 19 KOs) hasn’t competed since August 2022 as he dealt with the effects of rhabdomyolysis, a condition that occurs when
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Buster Olney, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2023, 10:17 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — The Rangers had just won the franchise’s first championship Wednesday night, and Bruce Bochy hugging each of his players in turn, including a
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Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Stefanos Tsitsipas qualified for the ATP finals by beating Alexander Zverev 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday. Jannik Sinner, meanwhile, pulled out of the tournament because of some questionable scheduling. The seventh-seeded Tsitsipas earned his
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Nov 2, 2023, 12:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Masters after his second-round match finished in the early hours of Thursday morning, with the fourth seed saying he had to make the right decision for health reasons as his next match loomed. Sinner’s clash with Mackenzie McDonald did
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 2, 2023, 11:13 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world, has pulled out of participating in the inaugural season of TGL, the tech-infused league being
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Open Extended Reactions Former Manchester United winger Nani has accused the squad of lacking fighting spirit and failing to follow the example set by captain Bruno Fernandes. The 36-year-old won 12 trophies during seven years at Old Trafford which ended with a season-long loan move back to Sporting CP prior to joining Fenerbahce in 2015.
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