Month: September 2024

Star India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin showered praise on Jasprit Bumrah and called him a “once-in-a-generation” bowler. After his stupendous performance at the T20 World Cup, Bumrah will make a return into Team India for the first time. The 30-year-old has been named in India’s Test squad against Bangladesh, which will kick off in MA Chidambaram
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Open Extended Reactions Could Week 3 of the college football season match the drama of Week 2? Not exactly. At least, not for the top contenders for the College Football Playoff. Allstate Playoff Predictor How will Saturday’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The
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AJ Mass, ESPN Staff WriterSep 3, 2024, 01:19 PM ET Close Fantasy football, baseball and college basketball contributor. Author of book, “Yes, It’s Hot in Here.” Open Extended Reactions Whom should you start? Whom should you sit? To help you set your fantasy football lineups and avoid starting an offensive player who won’t be in
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Gabriel‘s second-half header earned Arsenal a crucial 1-0 win at Tottenham Hotspur in a feisty North London derby on Sunday to keep pace with early Premier League leaders Manchester City. Spurs started sharper, and David Raya was forced into early saves before Arsenal fought their way into the contest, although Jurrien Timber was perhaps fortunate
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Howard Bryant, ESPN Senior WriterSep 15, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Senior Writer, ESPN Author of “The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron” Author of “Juicing the Game” Author of “Full Dissidence” Open Extended Reactions IT WAS A JOURNEY that was never intended to be a quest. Life simply turned it into one —
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Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 06:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BUFFALO, N.Y. — Hearing the familiar sounds of clacking sticks and pucks banging off the boards and glass while watching Columbus Blue Jackets prospects from the stands of a cold rink on a warm late-summer afternoon was not enough to wash away the lingering
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterSep 15, 2024, 01:20 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — The first trilogy in UFC women’s history came to its conclusion on Saturday, and it was Valentina Shevchenko who enjoyed the last laugh. Shevchenko
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Sep 15, 2024, 09:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Great Britain have been eliminated from the Davis Cup after Dan Evans was defeated 6-0, 7-5 by Denis Shapovalov in the first match of their final group-stage contest against Canada. Britain needed to win all three of Sunday’s games in order to progress to the knockout
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Andreas Hale, ESPNSep 15, 2024, 02:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Merab Dvalishvili put an emphatic end to “The Suga Show” with a smothering unanimous decision win over Sean O’Malley to claim the UFC bantamweight title Saturday night in the main event of Noche UFC at Sphere. Dvalishvili used constant movement, six
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 15, 2024, 12:35 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 LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s top star, retained his unified
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ESPN News Services Sep 14, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole stuck out four fingers on his pitching hand, then pointed toward first base as Rafael Devers looked on incredulously. Having held the first 10 Red Sox batters hitless, the New York Yankees ace handed Boston’s slumping star an
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterSep 14, 2024, 10:00 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Ja’Marr Chase has no plans to negotiate a long-term deal this season with the Cincinnati Bengals, league sources told
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