Month: August 2024

Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Arizona Diamondbacks optioned center fielder Alek Thomas to Triple-A Reno on Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the team recalled rookie infielder Blaze Alexander. Thomas, 24, is scuffling with a .191 average and three home runs in 37 games. He had been the
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Hideki Matsuyama won’t have his regular caddie and swing coach at this week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship after the Japanese golfer and his team were robbed during
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Aug 14, 2024, 05:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kylian Mbappé is available to play his first competitive game for Real Madrid as they face Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday, Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed, although the coach wouldn’t say whether the star forward will start the match. Mbappé,
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Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Toronto Maple Leafs named center Auston Matthews the 26th captain in franchise history Wednesday. The three-time NHL goals leader succeeds John Tavares, who has worn the “C” on his sweater since October 2019. “I’m incredibly humbled to be named captain of the
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Associated Press Aug 13, 2024, 10:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENVILLE, S.C. — Frank Selvy, an All-America guard at Furman who scored an NCAA Division I-record 100 points in a game and later played nine NBA seasons, died Tuesday. He was 91. Selvy’s family announced that he died at his home in Simpsonville. The
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ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2024, 11:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Juan Soto had his first career three-homer game, Nestor Cortes tossed seven shutout innings and the New York Yankees held off the Chicago White Sox 4-1 on Tuesday night to take sole possession of the American League East lead. Soto tagged
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 14, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions College football like we’ve never experienced it is on the doorstep, with games less than two weeks away, so it’s time to unveil ESPN’s 2024 preseason All-America team.
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Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterAug 13, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas
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ESPN News Services Aug 14, 2024, 07:11 AM ET Conservative populist and former NBA player Royce White defeated Navy veteran Joe Fraser in Minnesota’s primary election for the Republican nomination on Tuesday and will challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar in November. White was first-round pick by the Houston Rockets in 2012 but never played
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Adriana Garcia Aug 14, 2024, 07:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Canadian rapper Drake has become an investor of Serie A club Venezia after joining global sports-focused firm APEX Capital. APEX, who acquired a minority stake of the north Italian outfit in July shortly after the team gained promotion to Serie A, confirmed Drake’s addition
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