Month: April 2024

Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER — It’s clear that Manchester City have established themselves within football’s elite since Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan began to transform the club in 2008, but Real Madrid occupy an even higher echelon in the game’s hierarchy, delivering a painful reminder by dethroning the European champions and ending Pep Guardiola’s
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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions STUTTGART, Germany — Coco Gauff battled her way to the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix on Wednesday with a hard-fought 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 win over compatriot Sachia Vickery. The 134th-ranked Vickery created 19 break points but could only convert seven of them against
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Apr 17, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for the quarterfinals! Europe’s premier club competition returns with two high-stakes, heavy-weight matches on Wednesday, providing exciting storylines, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from both of the games as Arsenal play Bayern Munich after drawing 2-2 in the first
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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 04:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The PGA Championship is returning in 2031 to the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, where the previous two champions set tournament records. Phil Mickelson became the oldest major champion at age 50 in 2021 when he won the PGA Championship
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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will make his season debut Friday night at the Washington Nationals. Houston manager Joe Espada made the announcement Wednesday. “Getting him back is huge because it brings a level of confidence to our team, a boost of
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Apr 17, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reported by Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler ON THE MORNING of Jan. 25, a few hours before the Atlanta Falcons named Raheem Morris to be their next head coach, Bill Belichick believed the job was his. The second-winningest head coach in NFL
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ESPN News Services Apr 17, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter has been banned from the NBA, the league announced Wednesday. The NBA said that Porter provided confidential information to bettors, limited his own participation in games for gambling purposes and bet on NBA games. “There is nothing more
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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A man has been charged in federal court in Illinois in the transport of millions of dollars worth of Masters merchandise and memorabilia stolen from Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. A document filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
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Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BARCELONA, Spain — Rafael Nadal‘s first tournament since January lasted only two matches, with the Spaniard losing 7-5, 6-1 to Alex de Minaur at the clay-court Barcelona Open on Wednesday. Nadal, back from an injury layoff, looked like his old self for brief moments
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Apr 17, 2024, 11:27 AM Open Extended Reactions Wales rugby great Ken Owens announced his retirement from the sport on Wednesday, ending an 18-year professional career. Owens, 37, played 91 times for his country, more than any other hooker in Wales’ history. He featured at three Rugby World Cups and played for the British and
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Apr 17, 2024, 10:52 AM Open Extended Reactions Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira, the World Cup-winning former South Africa prop, has backed the USA’s potential as a rugby nation, but said they will need a structural overhaul before they can match emerging superpower Japan. Mtawarira was part of the Springboks side that lost 34-32 to Japan in
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Getty Images Welshman Stephen Williams pulled off the biggest victory of his career by winning La Fleche Wallonne in Belgium. The Israel-Premier Tech rider, 27, is the first British male winner of the 88-year-old spring classic. But fellow Briton Tom Pidcock was among several riders to abandon the race amid torrential conditions in Ardennes. “I’m
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Apr 17, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Mexico international Rafa Márquez is now seen as one of the candidates to replace Xavi Hernández as Barcelona coach, despite only being considered as an interim option two months ago, a source has told ESPN. There is growing support within the
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