Month: March 2024

ESPN News Services Mar 17, 2024, 11:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cincinnati Reds have no timeline for the return of center fielder TJ Friedl, who fractured his right wrist while trying to make a diving catch in a game on Saturday in Goodyear, Arizona. Friedl, who established himself as the Reds’ everyday center
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterMar 17, 2024, 08:43 PM 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 DALLAS — One detail about the second game-winning buzzer-beater of Kyrie Irving‘s career caught the eight-time All-Star guard by surprise. “I thought
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Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 09:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Players on the PGA Tour board negotiating with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund have a meeting planned Monday with the Saudi leader backing rival LIV Golf, something Rory McIlroy said Sunday should have happened long ago. He also said
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Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets owner Steve Cohen doesn’t expect to sign a long-term contract with star first baseman Pete Alonso before the end of the season. Alonso has a $20.5 million, one-year contract and can become a free agent after
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Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday, passing Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. in the final laps for his fourth victory at the famed short track. Hamlin also won at NASCAR’s bullring last September. This
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 17, 2024, 06:22 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — In the first 49 years of the Players Championship, there never had been a repeat winner. Jack Nicklaus couldn’t
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Associated Press Mar 17, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Iga Swiatek beat Maria Sakkari 6-4, 6-0 in just over an hour to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, with the world’s top-ranked woman losing just 21 games in six matches during the 12-day tournament. Swiatek improved to 20-2
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Jamal Collier, ESPNMar 17, 2024, 05:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Forward Khris Middleton, playing his first game after a 16-game absence, found his rhythm right away, scoring 22 points as the Milwaukee Bucks — sans star Giannis Antetokounmpo — picked up a 140-129 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Middleton, who
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Mar 17, 2024, 04:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New England Patriots filled a need at wide receiver by agreeing to a one-year contract with K.J. Osborn, a source told ESPN on Sunday. The Patriots had made an aggressive free-agent pitch to receiver Calvin Ridley before Ridley decided to sign with the Tennessee Titans.
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterMar 17, 2024, 03:13 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions The Cleveland Browns agreed
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Amad Diallo scored deep in extra time after Marcus Rashford made amends for a bad miss to lift Manchester United to a breathless 4-3 victory over north west rivals Liverpool and into the FA Cup semifinals on Sunday. United’s victory at Old Trafford kept alive their only hope of silverware this season and spoiled Liverpool’s
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