Month: June 2024

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2024, 12:37 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions A broken toe is what prevented Conor McGregor from fighting Michael Chandler next week in Las Vegas, the UFC star revealed Friday. McGregor (22-6) was due to
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Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2024, 03:25 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Darren Lewis, the Texas A&M star who broke Eric Dickerson’s Southwest Conference rushing record before addiction derailed his football career
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 04:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Jordan Thompson recorded his second victory over a top-15 opponent this week by beating Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 to reach the semifinals at the grass-court Queen’s Club on Friday. The Australian capitalized on Fritz’s unforced errors at key moments to notch a
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Jun 21, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HALLE, Germany — World No. 1 Jannik Sinner reached the Halle Open semifinals by battling to a 6-2 6-7(1) 7-6(3) win over German Jan-Lennard Struff on Friday. Struff, who is 34 and had just upset sixth-seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last 16, challenged the Italian, hitting
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Eli Lederman, ESPNJun 21, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Auburn gained a major in-state flip and its highest-rated prospect in the 2025 class when running back Alvin Henderson, No. 55 in the ESPN 300, decommitted from Penn State and gave his verbal pledge to the Tigers on Friday. “#WAREAGLE. I’m staying home,” Henderson
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Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southwestern Athletic Conference commissioner Charles McClelland has received a contract extension through the 2032 academic year. The SWAC’s council of presidents and chancellors announced the extension Friday. McClelland was named the SWAC’s sixth commissioner during the summer of 2018. SWAC officials
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 20, 2024, 11:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent guard Malik Monk intends to sign a four-year, $78 million deal — including a player option — to return to the Sacramento Kings, sources told ESPN on Thursday night. Monk, the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year runner-up, had a career-best season,
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 21 June 2024, 13:39 BST Comments Updated 18 minutes ago Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Friday practice at the Spanish Grand Prix as Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull looked closely matched. The seven-time champion was just 0.022 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, with McLaren’s Lando Norris
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Jun 21, 2024, 10:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Britain’s Billy Harris was beaten by Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-5 in their quarterfinal match at the Queen’s Club Championship on Friday. Musetti started fast and won the first set with relative ease as Harris took a while to warm into the match. Harris improved in
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