Month: January 2024

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterJan 16, 2024, 05:36 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. A Tennessee woman filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing James
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 16, 2024, 08:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time in UFC history, the BMF title will be defended. Justin Gaethje will put the BMF championship on the line against former UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway at UFC 300 on April 13 in Las Vegas, UFC CEO Dana
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 16, 2024, 08:07 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland warned Dricus Du Plessis not to cross the line ahead of their title bout this week in Toronto, saying that referencing the
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Jan 16, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros right-handed reliever Kendall Graveman is expected to miss the 2024 season after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder, the team announced Tuesday. After missing the playoffs due to discomfort in his right shoulder, Graveman, who had the procedure last week, again experienced discomfort while
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Julien Laurens, CorrespondentJan 16, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Giovanni Reyna is determined to leave Borussia Dortmund in January and has already been offered to top European clubs, sources have told ESPN. United States international Reyna has hardly played for Dortmund this season, appearing for just 320 minutes in 12 games in all
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 16, 2024, 01:00 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 Louis Rees-Zammit has left Gloucester and Wales with immediate effect to pursue a career in the
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterJan 16, 2024, 07:46 AM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia Eagles star center Jason Kelce told his teammates in Monday night’s postgame locker room that he is retiring,
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Jan 16, 2024, 02:31 PM Open Extended Reactions France lock Bastien Chalureau has been cleared of racism by a court of appeal after the Montpellier player had been handed a prison sentence for violence based on ethnicity, French media reported on Tuesday. Chalureau was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence in 2020 after being found
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McLaren McLaren start 2024 confident they have continued the strong progress they made last year – but wary of the potential performance of Red Bull. Lando Norris scored more points than any other driver bar Max Verstappen last season after McLaren upgraded their car for July’s Austrian Grand Prix. McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said
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Jan 16, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TWO WEEKS AGO, Joel Embiid returned from a four-game absence caused by a sore ankle, an injury that kept him out of the Philadelphia 76ers‘ marquee Christmas Day matchup with the Miami Heat. After that Jan. 2 win against the Chicago Bulls, during which Embiid recorded
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ESPN News Services Jan 16, 2024, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team striker Mallory Swanson entered free agency for the first time and agreed on a record-breaking contract with the NWSL‘s Chicago Red Stars worth a reported $2 million including a fifth-year option. Swanson, who joined the Red Stars in
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