Month: April 2024

Getty Images World champion Lotte Kopecky won her first women’s Paris-Roubaix as Great Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi claimed a podium place in a sprint finish. Georgi, 23, led out a six-strong group in the Roubaix Velodrome before being overtaken in the finishing straight. Italy’s Elisa Balsamo was second but Georgi just edged out the Netherlands’ three-time
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterApr 6, 2024, 09:33 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Suspended LSU running back Trey Holly won’t face an attempted murder charge stemming from a February shooting in his hometown. A grand jury rejected the charge Friday, instead charging Holly
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterApr 4, 2024, 03:11 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The New Jersey Devils signed one of the top college free agents Thursday, with Western Michigan forward Dylan Wendt joining them on a two-year contract. Wendt will initially join the Utica Comets,
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Jamal Collier, ESPNApr 5, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Knicks guard OG Anunoby is in the starting lineup for Friday’s game against the Chicago Bulls, returning for his first game since March 16. Anunoby had missed the last nine games with lingering discomfort in his right elbow. The Knicks are 15-2
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Field Level Media Apr 5, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Baltimore’s big-league franchises teamed up to donate $10 million in the wake of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Major League Baseball’s Orioles and the NFL’s Ravens made the joint announcement Friday that they would make the donation to the Baltimore Community Foundation’s
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Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterApr 5, 2024, 03:03 PM ET Close Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have agreed to terms with versatile linebacker Isaiah Simmons. It’s
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carson Wentz had the thought years ago, when he had no reason to believe he would ever play for the Kansas City Chiefs, that
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Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 01:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One of NASCAR’s top track owners deleted social media posts made Friday morning in a back-and-forth spat with top driver Denny Hamlin that began when Hamlin criticized the repaving of Sonoma Raceway in California. Marcus Smith, chairman of the Speedway Motorsports
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Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 11:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story left Boston’s game against the Angels in the fourth inning Friday night after injuring his shoulder on a backhand dive to stop a hit by Mike Trout. Story got his glove on Trout’s hard grounder, but
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Japan has delivered Max Verstappen a boost to his title defence, as the Red Bull driver also collected the extra point for fastest lap. Team-mate Sergio Perez jumps back into second place, 13 points behind Verstappen, after his runners-up spot at Suzuka. Another podium finish for Carlos Sainz isn’t quite enough to move him clear
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Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Top-seeded Ben Shelton beat Brandon Nakashima 7-5, 7-6 (9) on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. “Definitely not an easy matchup today with the way Brandon was serving and playing,” Shelton said. “He made things
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