Month: January 2024

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterJan 6, 2024, 02:53 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Whatever hope the Los Angeles Lakers had that returning to
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Associated Press Jan 5, 2024, 11:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SYDNEY — No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek won her singles match Saturday after Hubert Hurkacz gave her team the early lead over France to advance Poland to the United Cup mixed teams final. Swiatek won 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 while ATP No. 9-ranked Hurkacz’s 6-3, 7-5
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Associated Press Jan 6, 2024, 06:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BRISBANE, Australia — Almost a year after contesting the Australian Open final, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina will meet in the title match of a key tune-up event for the first major of 2024. Top-seeded Sabalenka overpowered her compatriot and two-time champion Victoria Azarenka
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJan 5, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter named a 25-man, all-MLS roster ahead of the team’s annual January camp, which begins next week. The team will include 17 uncapped
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 5, 2024, 03:36 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 San Francisco Giants on Friday acquired former Cy Young winner Robbie Ray from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for outfielder Mitch Haniger and right-hander Anthony
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Associated Press Jan 6, 2024, 02:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Coco Gauff will defend her title at the Auckland Classic against Elina Svitolina after beating fellow American Emma Navarro 6-3, 6-1 in a semifinal Saturday. Gauff needed only 62 minutes to sweep past fourth-seeded Navarro and now has won 18
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Kendra Andrews, ESPNJan 6, 2024, 01:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul fractured his left hand and will undergo surgery next week, the team announced Friday night. Paul suffered the injury midway through the third quarter of the Warriors’ 113-109 win over the Detroit Pistons. There is
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Legendary India cricketer Ravi Shastri blasted the scheduling of the India-South Africa Test series as he called the two-match series a “waste of time”. South Africa outplayed India completely in the first Test while the Rohit Sharma-led side claimed a historic win in the second Test match that lasted for just 107 overs. Shastri said
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Associated Press Jan 5, 2024, 09:22 PM ET NEWARK, N.J. — Chicago Blackhawks rookie Connor Bedard departed Friday night’s game against New Jersey after he was leveled by Devils defenseman Brendan Smith in the first period. Bedard was hit by Smith at 10:49 after he carried the puck into the Blackhawks’ offensive zone. Bedard then
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNJan 5, 2024, 04:56 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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Associated Press Jan 5, 2024, 04:52 PM ET A Dominican judge on Friday ordered the conditional release of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco while he is investigated for allegations he had a brief relationship with a 14-year-old girl and gave her mother a small car and thousands of dollars in exchange for her consent,
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 5, 2024, 07:06 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic was ruled out of Friday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers because of swelling
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 5, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou have struck a deal for a heavyweight boxing match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, announced Friday on social media. The fight will take place on March 9, sources told ESPN. Joshua
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Jan 5, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland is in the field for next week’s Sony Open in Hawaii, his entry coming just three months after he underwent brain surgery. The PGA Tour announced the 144-player field Friday for the year’s first full-field event. Woodland was diagnosed with
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