Month: February 2024

Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 11:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RALEIGH, N.C. — Playing for a new team in a familiar building worked out just fine for Vancouver’s Elias Lindholm on Tuesday night. Lindholm scored two power-play goals in similar fashion in his debut with the Canucks and J.T. Miller provided the winning goal
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Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 10:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Christopher Eubanks and Jordan Thompson rolled to straight-set victories to reach the round of 16 at the Dallas Open on Tuesday. Eubanks, the fifth-seeded American, and No. 6 seed Thompson of Australia were the highest seeds to play first-round matches in the
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 6, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions England’s John Ryder announced his retirement from boxing Tuesday at age 35 following back-to-back losses. Ryder (32-7, 18 KOs), rated No. 9 by ESPN at super middleweight, made his announcement 10 days after he was dropped four times en route to a ninth-round TKO
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Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 06:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A judge on Tuesday kept in place for now the NCAA’s rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation from being used as a recruiting inducement, denying a request for a temporary restraining order by the states of Tennessee and Virginia. The attorneys general of
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Associated Press Feb 6, 2024, 06:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Former Ottawa Senators coach D.J. Smith was hired as an assistant coach by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday. General manager Rob Blake said Monday the Kings were looking to hire an assistant coach from outside the organization after Jim
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNFeb 6, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid underwent a left knee procedure on Tuesday morning and will be reevaluated in approximately four weeks, the team announced. The next few weeks of recovery and rehabilitation will be paramount, but there’s belief that the door remains open for
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 6, 2024, 12:39 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 Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers have reached agreement on a new contract, ensuring that one of
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 6, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Cornerback Denver Harris has chosen his third school in as many years, transferring to UTSA. Harris was the No. 25 overall recruit in the 2022 ESPN 300, ranked as one
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Feb 6, 2024, 10:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wide receiver Kadarius Toney said Monday night that his profanity-filled rant on social media wasn’t directed at the Kansas City Chiefs and instead was directed at fans of his former team, the New York Giants. In an Instagram Live post that went viral on the Sunday
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Feb 6, 2024, 01:02 PM Open Extended Reactions Rassie Erasmus will coach champions South Africa to the 2027 Rugby World Cup, with former Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery added to the technical team as defence coach and ex-New Zealand flyhalf Tony Brown signed to sharpen the attack. Erasmus returns as head coach after four years, a
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