Month: February 2024

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff board of managers unanimously approved a model that will guarantee the five highest-ranked conference champions’ inclusion in the expanded 12-team field this fall, along with the
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 10:31 AM 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 The Rugby Football Union (RFU) evaluated the possibility of selling Twickenham and offering to buy 50%
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — Ukraine’s Billie Jean King Cup matches against Romania will be held in Amelia Island, Florida, because of the ongoing war in Ukraine. The location for the qualifying matches on April 12-13 was announced Tuesday. Ukraine’s team in the competition is
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The PFL’s 2024 regular season will kick off April 4 in San Antonio with fights at heavyweight and in its new women’s flyweight division, officials announced Tuesday.
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNFeb 19, 2024, 01:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. has agreed on a two-year, $21 million contract extension, agents Steven Heumann and Jess Holtz of CAA Basketball told ESPN on Monday. The deal keeps Conley — a significant stabilizing presence on the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed
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Feb 20, 2024, 05:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sam Jewell was a key figure in helping Brighton land Moisés Caicedo, who now plays for Chelsea. Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images Brighton head of recruitment Sam Jewell has accepted a job at Chelsea, the south coast club announced on Tuesday, despite interest from Manchester United.
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Jeff Passan, ESPNFeb 19, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani hit a towering home run in his first batting practice against live pitching since he underwent reconstructive elbow surgery — another
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Hill won the Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway for the third consecutive year in Monday’s rain-rescheduled season-opener. Hill won driving the No. 21 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. It capped a Chevrolet sweep at Daytona this weekend
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Associated Press Feb 19, 2024, 03:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals are no longer for sale, ending a search for a new owner after the team was on the market for nearly two years. Principal owner Mark Lerner told The Washington Post on Monday during spring training in
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Associated Press Feb 19, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron launched Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season by snapping the team’s nine-year Daytona 500 losing streak with a win Monday in the rain-delayed “Great American Race.” The last Hendrick driver to win the Daytona 500 was Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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