Month: February 2024

Lionel Messi helped set up both goals and Inter Miami survived extended second-half pressure from Real Salt Lake to earn a 2-0 victory in Major League Soccer’s season opener on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Robert Taylor scored late in the first half, and Diego Gomez added another in the second for Miami, which was
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Pete Thamel Heather Dinich Close Heather Dinich ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Feb 21, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in the 2026 season was discussed at CFP meetings in Dallas on Wednesday, just months before
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 09:26 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS, is expected to return home Thursday after being hospitalized the past week, longtime publicist Betsy Shepherd said. The 66-year-old McMichael went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago. He was admitted into intensive care at
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 21, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LeBron James has been downgraded to out for Thursday’s game at Golden State as he continues managing a left ankle injury, the Lakers announced Wednesday. James
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 09:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Joao Fonseca became the first player born in 2006 to win an ATP tour-level match when the 17-year-old Brazilian beat seventh-seeded Arthur Fils 6-0, 6-4 at the Rio Open on Wednesday. Fonseca defeated the No. 36-ranked Frenchman in front of
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 21, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani took live batting practice for the second time Wednesday and saw just six
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 21, 2024, 08:13 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nick Saban might be retired from coaching, but he emphasized Wednesday that he’s not retired from doing his part to help bring some reform, uniformity
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 05:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Coco Gauff rallied from a slow start and a second-set argument with the chair umpire to beat Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday. The third-seeded Gauff ended Pliskova’s 11-match winning
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Field Level Media Feb 21, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Florida Panthers winger Ryan Lomberg was fined $2,083.83, the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, for elbowing Ottawa Senators defenseman Jakob Chychrun during Tuesday night’s game. Lomberg was not penalized for the incident, which happened early in the third period of the
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 21, 2024, 08:00 AM 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 AS LA CLIPPERS brass celebrated, Doc Rivers executed an uncomfortable assignment. It was July 10, 2019, and the Clippers had just pulled
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 21, 2024, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Tyson will present three winners a custom championship belt Saturday at the PFL vs. Bellator: Champs card in Saudi Arabia, PFL chairman Donn Davis told ESPN on Wednesday. Tyson will be in attendance for the event in Riyadh, which will pit
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