Month: February 2024

Associated Press Feb 8, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Kobe Bryant on Thursday, honoring their late superstar with a 19-foot bronze likeness outside their downtown arena. The 4,000-pound statue depicts Bryant in his white No. 8 jersey with his right index finger
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Open Extended Reactions The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will announce the introduction of a new blue card on Friday as part of trials of sin bins in professional football, sources have confirmed to ESPN. News of the blue cards was first reported by The Telegraph. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Football’s
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Field Level Media Feb 8, 2024, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Thursday that defenseman Mikhail Sergachev underwent surgery to stabilize fractures to his left tibia and fibula. There is no timetable for his return to the ice. Sergachev, 25, left Wednesday’s 3-1 loss to the host New York Rangers
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ESPN News Services Feb 8, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Adolis García and the Texas Rangers agreed Thursday to a $14 million, two-year contract, according to multiple reports. The deal avoids a salary arbitration hearing for the AL Championship Series MVP and the World Series champions. The deal through 2025 is pending a
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterFeb 8, 2024, 12:56 PM 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 England have named an unchanged starting team for Saturday’s Six Nations clash against Wales at Twickenham,
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 8, 2024, 03:20 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Walking down the 18th fairway in the opening round of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Astara Golf Championship in Bogota, Colombia, on Thursday, Cristobal del
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Associated Press Feb 8, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Wild general manager and three-time U.S. Olympian Bill Guerin will be responsible for overseeing the building of the United States teams competing in the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament next year and the 2026 Winter Games, USA Hockey announced Thursday. The hiring of
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 8, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions Following a tumultuous but successful season that culminated with a national championship, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel has been named the chair of the College Football Playoff selection committee for
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Feb 8, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Seniesa Estrada and Yokasta Valle will fight to crown the first undisputed strawweight champion in women’s boxing history, March 29 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona (ESPN/ESPN+). The fight will be the co-main event on the card featuring the Oscar Valdez-Liam Wilson junior lightweight
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His ability to hold a line, bowl wicket-taking deliveries without leaking runs along with those lethal yorkers make Jasprit Bumrah the most complete bowler in international cricket, says former South African seamer Vernon Philander, who foresees the Indian outperforming all his contemporaries in this year’s T20 World Cup in the Americas. Bumrah on Wednesday became
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Associated Press Feb 8, 2024, 10:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Eric Peterson has been named president of Iowa Speedway as the track prepares for its first NASCAR Cup Series race in June, NASCAR announced Thursday. Peterson, who replaced David Hyatt, has been NASCAR’s West Region senior director for corporate sales and
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Getty Images By Andrew Benson Chief F1 writer The British Grand Prix will continue at Silverstone until at least 2034 after the historic track signed a new 10-year deal with Formula 1. The move marks a period of enhanced stability for the UK’s place on the F1 calendar after years of uncertainty. F1 president and
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