Month: August 2024

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Former Florida State running back Rodney Hill blames a “bad agent” for his circuitous path through the transfer portal to Arkansas. Hill, who served as the Seminoles’ No.
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2024, 08:28 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Managing a big league baseball team was far from Grady Sizemore’s mind when he joined the Chicago White Sox as a coach this season, but after being
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Australia spinner Adam Zampa remains hopeful of donning the iconic Baggy Green cap despite his sparse first-class appearances in recent years. Zampa, who has become a key figure in Australia’s limited-overs setup, believes his current form and experience would make him a strong contender for Test selection, particularly for subcontinent tours. Zampa’s Test aspirations first
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2024, 12:15 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — For all the positives of Justin Fields‘ Pittsburgh Steelers debut in the team’s first preseason game Friday night, two plays overshadowed the
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbled out of the National Bank Open on Friday, falling 6-4, 6-1 to 14th-seeded Diana Shnaider in windy conditions at Sobeys Stadium. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff was broken trailing 5-4 in the first set. The
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani has pleaded guilty Friday to running an illegal gambling business. Mathew Bowyer, 49, entered the plea in federal court in Santa
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Plaintiffs’ attorneys in a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA that is not part of a recent $2.78 billion settlement agreement filed a motion Friday asking a judge to deny preliminary approval of the deal. Attorneys in Fonetnot v. the NCAA, which was filed
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 08:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOULDER, Colo. — Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders kicked off his second season at Colorado with a combative news conference Friday when he also celebrated his 57th birthday and became a grandfather. Donning his signature shades and a Buffaloes baseball cap, Sanders started things by
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GREENSBORO, N.C. — Beau Hossler shot a 10-under 60 on Friday in the rain-delayed Wyndham Championship, squandering a chance for a sub-60 round with pars on the last three holes at soft and vulnerable Sedgefield Country Club. Hossler had a two-stroke lead over Billy
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Associated Press Aug 9, 2024, 06:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Rain washed out all play Friday in the National Bank Open as remnants of tropical storm Debby rolled through. Thirteen matches were postponed, including three second-round singles matches that were delayed Thursday night. The ATP Tour event is set to run through
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2024, 03:20 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions Jim Harbaugh will be
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ESPN News Services Aug 8, 2024, 03:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Bolstered by an electric home crowd, Victor Wembanyama and France are headed to the gold medal game for the second consecutive Olympics after beating Germany 73-69 in the first of two semifinals Thursday. France was led by a 17-point effort from
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Doug Greenberg, ESPNAug 9, 2024, 12:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering the Olympics as -550 favorites to win the gold medal, the United States men’s basketball team fulfilling its destiny has often felt like an inevitability. That sense of security evaporated when the squad of NBA superstars nearly lost to Serbia during Thursday’s semifinal:
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