Month: January 2024

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions In four-time major champion Rory McIlroy‘s perfect world, the best players in men’s professional golf would play on a top international tour with other
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tatiana Suarez’s UFC journey has been hit with another obstacle. The top UFC women’s strawweight fighter is injured and out of her scheduled contender fight against Amanda Lemos at UFC 298 on Feb. 17 in Anaheim, California, UFC officials confirmed with ESPN
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ESPN News Services Jan 17, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic invited a heckling spectator to confront him face-to-face Wednesday at the Australian Open. During the fourth set of his second-round match against local favorite Alexei Popyrin, Djokovic walked to the back of the court and yelled at the
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 17, 2024, 09:58 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 England have named Jamie George as captain for the Six Nations but there is no spot
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Associated Press Jan 16, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Former Washington Nationals closer Sean Doolittle was hired by the club as a pitching strategist on Tuesday. The Nationals said the 37-year-old Doolittle, who announced his retirement as a player in September, will “serve as a liaison between the analytics department and
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Jan 16, 2024, 04:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ross Bjork has made the jump from Texas A&M to Ohio State to be the new athletic director for the Buckeyes, it was announced Tuesday. Bjork’s hiring brings a paradigm shift for Ohio State athletics in the wake of the retirement of longtime athletic director Gene
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterJan 16, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin told Pittsburgh Steelers players and coaches Tuesday that he plans to coach the team in 2024, a day after he
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ESPN News Services Jan 16, 2024, 10:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Jannik Sinner continued his hot streak of form to race into the third round of the Australian Open for the third successive year with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win over Dutch qualifier Jesper De Jong on Wednesday. The 22-year-old Italian
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 17, 2024, 01:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Before Tuesday night’s showdown between the Philadelphia 76ers and the defending champion Denver Nuggets, 76ers coach Nick Nurse was asked about the head-to-head battle between the top two finishers in the past three MVP races: 76ers center Joel Embiid and Nuggets counterpart
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Associated Press Jan 16, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics were given approval from Major League Baseball and the players’ association to receive revenue sharing money this year even if a binding agreement to construct a ballpark in Las Vegas was not in place by the Monday deadline
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 16, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arizona has agreed to a five-year deal to make San Jose State‘s Brent Brennan the school’s next football coach, according to a source. Brennan, who just finished his seventh season as San Jose State’s head coach, was a finalist for the Arizona job in
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJan 16, 2024, 10:57 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Falcons are making inquiries of the biggest names available this head-coaching cycle. The Falcons announced Tuesday they
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