Month: September 2024

Sep 20, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, two of boxing’s rising stars, will defend their titles on the same card Nov. 9 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced Friday. Ennis (32-0, 28 KOs), ESPN’s No. 1-ranked welterweight, will put
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Field Level Media Sep 20, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Restricted free agent Dawson Mercer and the New Jersey Devils reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension worth $12 million, multiple outlets reported Friday. Mercer, a 22-year-old center, was selected No. 18 in the 2020 NHL Draft. With the Devils, he has
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Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OTTAWA, Ontario — It went down to the deadline, but the NHL’s Ottawa Senators have an agreement to build a new arena downtown in Canada’s capital. The Senators and the National Capital Commission announced an agreement at a joint news conference Friday that would
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Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 05:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARROLLTON, Texas — Scott Vincent made a hole-in-one that sparked a rally for the lowly Iron Heads, and Jinichiro Kozuma finished it off with two clutch putts to eliminate the Smash team of Brooks Koepka and advance to the semifinals of the LIV Golf
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James Regan Sep 20, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hundreds of boxing fans packed London’s Trafalgar Square on Friday to watch Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois weigh in and face off for the final time before their IBF heavyweight title fight at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) weighed in at
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Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 02:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Daniel Dubois’ trainer expects to be in the corner of the IBF heavyweight champion for Saturday’s all-British fight against Anthony Joshua despite being bed-ridden by illness this week. Speaking hours before the weigh-in on Friday, Don Charles told British radio station talkSPORT
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ESPN News Services Sep 19, 2024, 09:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions One day after clinching a postseason berth, the New York Yankees received a major scare Thursday after star outfielder Juan Soto banged his left knee while sliding into the short wall in foul territory on a highlight-reel catch. Soto slid into the wall
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Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 12:45 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ron Green, an award-winning journalist who covered the Masters for 60 consecutive years, has died. He was 95. Green died Wednesday, according to his son, Ron Green Jr., who posted the news on Facebook. Green began covering sports as a junior in high school
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Field Level Media Sep 20, 2024, 11:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Columbus Blue Jackets named franchise icon Rick Nash as their president of hockey operations on Friday. The No. 1 pick in the 2002 NHL draft, Nash played for the Blue Jackets from 2002 to 2012 and is the franchise leader in goals
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Reuters Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent in Singapore 20 September 2024 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has been censured by Formula 1’s governing body the FIA for swearing in an official news conference. Stewards at the Singapore Grand Prix ruled that the world champion must “accomplish some work of public interest” for using language they deemed “coarse,
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Seth Walder, ESPN AnalyticsSep 20, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cleveland Browns are 1-1 with a precarious quarterback situation but still rank at the top of the NFL in one category: analytics. That’s according to an ESPN poll of analytics staffers around the league. It’s a crown the Browns have defended for
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