Month: January 2024

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 30, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Three days before its season opener in Mexico, the LIV Golf League on Tuesday announced the signing of England’s Tyrrell Hatton to join Jon
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Overtime, best known for its elite professional basketball league featuring some of the top 16-20 year-olds in the world outside the NCAA, will return to boxing for a second year of events that begin March 29, officials told ESPN. Overtime launched its boxing efforts
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Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions The Big 12’s new-look, 16-team schedule was announced Tuesday with the integration of Arizona, Arizona State and
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Jamal Collier, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 11:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Bulls say forward Patrick Williams will miss at least the next two weeks with an acute bone edema in his left foot. That’s the buildup of fluid in the bone marrow, generally the result of an injury. Williams has been dealing with
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul‘s next foe will be another boxer without a high-profile name, but who has far more experience than Paul does in the ring. The YouTuber-turned-prizefighter will face Ryan Bourland on March 2 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, officials told ESPN on
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 30, 2024, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Professional Fighters League (PFL) has penned a deal with Saudi Arabian-born fighter Hattan Alsaif, making her the first female athlete from the country to sign with a major global MMA promotion, officials told ESPN on Monday. Alsaif, 22, comes from a Muay
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Jan 30, 2024, 08:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Miami Open will feature an elite wheelchair event and “Major League Pickleball” this year, alongside the regularly scheduled Masters 1000 event, organizers said in a statement. Wheelchair tennis has been played at all four Grand Slams since 2007 but this will be the first time
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Jan 30, 2024, 09:34 AM Open Extended Reactions Marcus Smith is in doubt for England’s Six Nations opener against Italy. Photo by David Ramos – RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images England fly-half Marcus Smith limped off during a training session on Monday and could be sidelined for this weekend’s Six Nations opener against Italy With
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Adriana Garcia Jan 30, 2024, 06:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi could miss Inter Miami‘s clash with New York Red Bulls in March, with world champions Argentina announcing they will go on a two-game tour of China. The Argentina captain has scored 11 goals in his 14 appearances since joining Inter Miami in
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 29, 2024, 08:47 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Seattle Mariners and Minnesota Twins swung a five-player trade Monday, with second baseman Jorge Polanco going to Seattle for outfield prospect Gabriel Gonzalez, reliever Justin
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Jamal Collier, ESPNJan 30, 2024, 02:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Before Doc Rivers took the sideline for his first game as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in Denver, he was already emphasizing the need for patience. For the first time in his 25-year coaching career, Rivers is taking over
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Jan 29, 2024, 10:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Auburn is set to hire veteran SEC assistant DJ Durkin as its next defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low on Monday. Durkin will help fill the void left by defensive coordinator Ron Roberts, who was hired by Florida earlier this month. Auburn also hired former
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJan 29, 2024, 04:50 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The NHL is hopeful that New Jersey Devils star Jack Hughes can still participate in the NHL All-Star Game and skills competition this weekend in Toronto. Hughes, 22, hasn’t played since suffering an undisclosed upper-body injury
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