Month: August 2024

Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 15, 2024, 03:31 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff selection committee will no longer use conference championships as one of its tiebreakers because the new 12-team format guarantees bids for the five highest-ranked conference winners,
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Associated Press Aug 15, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IRVINE, Scotland — Two-time major champion Minjee Lee of Australia managed a strong wind and caught a break with rare sunshine in a wet Scottish summer with a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a one-shot lead in the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open before
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Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday activated right-hander Walker Buehler from the injured list after he recovered from right hip inflammation. Buehler is scheduled to start Wednesday’s road game against the Milwaukee Brewers. To make room on the active roster, right-hander Landon Knack
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 15, 2024, 04:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — For the second straight day, the Atlanta Falcons have made a big splash — and indicated just how serious they are about contention in 2024. The Falcons signed free agent safety Justin Simmons, a two-time Pro Bowl selection,
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Open Extended Reactions Mauricio Pochettino has agreed to become the new United States coach with the responsibility of leading the team into the 2026 World Cup, a source has told ESPN. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Pochettino, 52, has been out of work since leaving Chelsea by mutual consent earlier this summer after just one season
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Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterAug 15, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 15, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Ohio State will start Will Howard, a transfer from Kansas State, at quarterback to open the 2024 season, coach Ryan Day announced Thursday. Howard, who started 28 games for Kansas
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Aug 15, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Former NASCAR driver Kurt Busch was arrested Wednesday in North Carolina after allegedly driving drunk. According to court records, Busch was pulled over after driving 63 mph in a 45 mph zone in Iredell County, North Carolina. An officer reported that Busch had “red glassy eyes” and that alcohol
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Associated Press Aug 15, 2024, 01:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Wrigley Field will host two college hockey doubleheaders in January after the NHL’s Winter Classic is played there, the Big Ten and Chicago Cubs announced Thursday. “The Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series” will feature three men’s games and one women’s game.
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Andreas Hale, ESPNAug 15, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC heads back to the “Great White North” on Nov. 2 for a UFC Fight Night event at the Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. The main event will feature former two-time strawweight champion Rose Namajunas facing Erin Blanchfield in a women’s flyweight battle
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Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 06:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees infielder/outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with what the team labeled as a left elbow sprain. The Yankees are still determining the severity of the injury to Chisholm and whether surgery will be necessary.
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Aug 14, 2024, 06:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New England Patriots are trading Pro Bowl pass rusher Matthew Judon to the Atlanta Falcons for a third-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The trade comes amid Judon’s contract stalemate with the Pats, with whom he has played the past three seasons. Judon, 31,
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