Month: January 2024

Jan 26, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA has been celebrating Rivals Week, with key matchups pitting star players against each other and putting the spotlight on team rivalries both new and old. Saturday’s tripleheader on ABC features three such matchups. The Miami Heat get things started by visiting the New York
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Jan 27, 2024, 11:35 AM Open Extended Reactions South Africa‘s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been admitted to hospital after a freak accident left him with chemical burns, but he is expected to be back at work next month, officials confirmed on Saturday. Erasmus, who has masterminded back-to-back Rugby World Cup wins for the
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File photo of Shubman Gill.© AFP Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has raised concerns over young India batter Shubman Gill‘s form in Test cricket. Pietersen, who masterminded England’s last Test series win in India, urged head coach Rahul Dravid to take Gill under his wing. The 43-year-old acknowledged Gill’s talent, but feels that the youngster
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 07:24 PM ET WICHITA, Kan. — A prized statue of Jackie Robinson was stolen from a public park in Kansas, spurring a police search Friday and outrage across the city of Wichita. The statue honors the first player to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Surveillance video was
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJan 26, 2024, 08:57 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Zach Parise is back. And this time it will be with the Colorado Avalanche as the club announced Friday the signing of the 39-year-old winger for the rest of the season. Parise,
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Associated Press Jan 27, 2024, 12:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-seeded Renata Jamrichova claimed the Australian Open junior girls’ singles title with a 6-4, 6-1 win over 15-year-old Emerson Jones on Saturday. Jamrichova made six aces and saved five of six break points to clinch her first Grand Slam singles’ title
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 10:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Stephan Jaeger sank a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 18 at Torrey Pines South for a one-shot lead in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Friday, moments after Thomas Detry‘s third shot landed well past the hole and
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Chicago Cubs right-hander Mathew Peters was suspended for the 2024 season on Friday under the minor league drug program following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance. Peters tested positive for the steroid known as Oral Turinabol. The 23-year-old signed for
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Jan 25, 2024, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arizona is expected to hire former Syracuse head coach Dino Babers as the Wildcats’ new offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Babers was an assistant at Arizona from 1995 to 2000, and was there when new Wildcats head coach Brent Brennan worked as a
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 26, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Michigan announced Sherrone Moore as its new head coach on Friday, replacing Jim Harbaugh, who earlier this week took the head-coaching job with the Los Angeles Chargers. Moore had served
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Associated Press Jan 26, 2024, 06:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Nelly Korda birdied three of her final four holes on Friday to shoot a 4-under 67 and take a two-shot lead midway through the LPGA Drive On Championship. Seeking her first LPGA Tour victory since 2022, the former world No. 1
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ESPN News Services Jan 26, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young cleared the concussion protocol and was available for Friday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. Young missed two games after he was diagnosed with the concussion. He suffered the injury when he was elbowed in the face during
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