Month: July 2024

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 21, 2024, 01:42 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul scored a sixth-round TKO victory over bare-knuckle fighter Mike
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 20, 2024, 11:06 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Virna Jandiroba might have earned herself a UFC title shot Saturday night, and she looked extremely dangerous in doing so. The Brazilian strawweight submitted Amanda Lemos via
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2024, 05:38 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LONDON — There’s probably going to be a movie made about the South Sudan basketball team someday. And the players representing the war-torn young nation added
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Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 10:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TRUCKEE, Calif. — Mac Meissner held onto the lead Saturday in the Barracuda Championship, following a late par save with a tap-in birdie in the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Meissner had a one-point lead over Vince Whaley,
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJul 20, 2024, 09:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cleveland Cavaliers 7-footer Evan Mobley has agreed to a five-year, $224 million maximum rookie contract extension that could become worth as much as $269 million, agents Joe Smith and Thad Foucher of Wasserman told ESPN on Saturday. Mobley, 23, has quickly become one of
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — The Scottish weather turned the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club into a day of survival on Saturday. Editor’s
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 20, 2024, 10:01 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Nick Diaz‘s return to the UFC Octagon has been postponed due to a “travel issue,” the promotion announced Saturday. Diaz (26-10) was slated to face Vicente Luque
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ESPN News Services Jul 20, 2024, 12:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette has a “moderate” calf strain and will miss “multiple weeks,” according to manager John Schneider. The Blue Jays officially placed Bichette on the 10-day injured list Saturday with the right calf strain. Bichette, a two-time All-Star, was
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Jul 20, 2024, 04:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New Orleans Saints and exclusive rights free agent wide receiver Rashid Shaheed reached agreement on a one-year, $5.2 million contract extension, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Shaheed, who also is a returner for New Orleans, was an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection
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Jul 20, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Linebacker Shaquil Barrett, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Denver Broncos, announced his retirement Saturday. “I’m ready to shift my full focus to my wife and kids and helping them realize there dreams,” Barrett wrote as part of an Instagram
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Jul 20, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Vancouver Canucks agreed to terms with forward Daniel Sprong on a one-year contract Saturday, the team announced. Sprong, perhaps getting used to that type of contract length, took a one-year, prove-it deal from the Detroit Red Wings last summer and authored a strong season for
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Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OCEANPORT, N.J. — Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch captured the $1 million Haskell Stakes on Saturday at Monmouth Park to take charge of what had been a wide-open 3-year-old division. The Haskell featured a renewal of the budding rivalry between Dornoch and Mindframe. They clashed
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Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 06:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Riley Herbst saw an opening Saturday and made it pay off with a trip to victory lane at the Brickyard. The 25-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Series driver chased down Aric Almirola on on the final lap, then got close enough to tap Almirola’s
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterJul 20, 2024, 05:21 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Mario Cristobal landed Miami‘s second-highest rated commitment of the 2025 cycle Saturday when former
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