Month: April 2024

Associated Press Apr 29, 2024, 12:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Anthony Edwards scored 40 points, Karl-Anthony Towns added 28 and the Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away late to beat the Phoenix Suns 122-116 on Sunday night and sweep the first-round playoff series. Edwards scored 31 of his points in the second half and
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ESPN News Services Apr 29, 2024, 02:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz said he is playing pain-free at the Madrid Open following an arm injury that derailed the start of his clay-court season, but the defending champion still has some lingering doubts about his forehand. The 20-year-old successfully defended his Indian
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 29, 2024, 12:32 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin took the blame for his team’s opening round sweep at the hands of the New York Rangers, the first time the star winger ever went scoreless in a playoff series. “It’s
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Apr 28, 2024, 07:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Offensive tackle Mekhi Becton, a former first-round draft pick of the New York Jets, plans to sign a one-year deal worth up to $5.5 million with the Philadelphia Eagles, agents Alan Herman and Jared Fox told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday. The signing, which was encouraged
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Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Hannah Green won the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship for the second straight year Sunday, holing out twice from off the greens in a pivotal back-nine stretch at challenging Wilshire Country Club. A year after making a 25-foot birdie on
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Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 07:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry received a standing ovation when they showed up at historic, creole French Quarter restaurant Arnaud’s on the eve of their final round at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event. They also had the largest,
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Jeff Passan, ESPNApr 28, 2024, 07:37 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball plans to address its uniform fiasco after changes this spring to the standard jerseys and pants led to widespread complaints from players and
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Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DULUTH, Ga. — Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday with a successful title defense in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic, closing with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for his eighth PGA Tour Champions victory. A stroke behind Paul Broadhurst after matching the tournament record Saturday
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DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNApr 28, 2024, 04:34 PM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show, “Talkin’ Texans.” Houston Texans
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNApr 28, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault was named the NBA’s Coach of the Year Sunday night, finishing ahead of Orlando Magic coach Jamahl Mosley and Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch. Daigneault, in his fourth season on Oklahoma City’s sidelines, piloted the Thunder to the
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Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 06:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOVER, Del. — Denny Hamlin held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson over the final thrilling laps and wiggled through lapped traffic to win the NASCAR Cup race by about a quarter of a second Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway. Hamlin’s third win of the
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Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 02:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion, cruised past Thiago Seyboth Wild in the third round on Sunday to earn another comfortable win at the Madrid Open. Alcaraz won 6-3, 6-3 for his second straight victory in his first tournament after skipping Monte
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Associated Press Apr 28, 2024, 03:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — David Rittich will be the starting goaltender for the Los Angeles Kings in Game 4 of their first-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night. Rittich replaces Cam Talbot, who had a 5.31 goals-against average and
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterApr 28, 2024, 02:41 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 Kansas State has landed
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Tom Chambers Apr 28, 2024, 12:57 PM Open Extended Reactions England’s star fullback Ellie Kildunne said on Saturday that she will join up with Team GB’s Sevens setup with the aim of making the team ahead of the Paris Olympics this summer. Kildunne, the Women’s Six Nations’ leading try scorer (nine), lifted the championship trophy
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