Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJan 19, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions All-Star closer Josh Hader agreed to terms on a five-year, $95 million contract with the Houston Astros on
ESPN NFL Reporters Jan 19, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are working to officially remove the interim tag from Antonio Pierce’s title and make him the organization’s full-time coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Pierce, 45, was promoted from linebackers coach in the wake
Jan 19, 2024, 03:59 PM Open Extended Reactions USA Rugby, Major League Rugby (MLR) and World Rugby announced a partnership on Friday to launch a new expansion club to promote the development of the game in the U.S. as the country prepares to host the Rugby World Cup. The new club Anthem Rugby Carolina (RC),
Jan 19, 2024, 05:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex de Minaur isn’t satisfied with becoming the first local man in almost two decades to make the second week of the Australian Open in three successive years. Now he’s looking to carve out his own slice of history. De Minaur was in a different league
Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Jack Burke Jr., the oldest living Masters champion, who staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National for one of his two majors, died Friday morning in Houston. He was 100. Burke, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also won the PGA Championship and
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 09:37 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Police in Newport Beach, California, will not pursue charges against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey after closing an investigation into allegations that he had
Representational Image.© X (formerly Twitter) The Tata Group has retained the title sponsorship rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the next five years, sources confirmed to NDTV. The new deal will see Tata continue as the title sponsor of the marquee T20 event until 2028. Tata cracked the deal after matching the figure
Jan 19, 2024, 10:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team legend Sam Mewis has retired from professional football at 31 as a result of long-standing knee injury. Mewis won the World Cup with the USWNT in 2019 and won four NWSL titles in her illustrious career, playing for the now defunct
Associated Press Jan 18, 2024, 08:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Dusty Baker is back for a third stint with the San Francisco Giants. The longtime manager will return as a special adviser to baseball operations and work on both the baseball and business sides, the team announced Thursday. “I’ve enjoyed my
Jan 19, 2024, 09:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova has weathered a three-set war with Storm Hunter to end the local doubles queen’s Australian Open run. Following on from 3.39am finish for Daniil Medvedev’s comeback win over Finn Emil Ruusuvuori, the bleary-eyed Rod Laver Arena crowd were treated to
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions We’re another week closer to All-Star Weekend — the spiritual, if not mathematical midway point of the season — but our voters caused no change atop the Power Rankings, with the Winnipeg
Jan 19, 2024, 08:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 MMA calendar is off and rolling with big events on the immediate horizon. The UFC will host its first pay-per-view of the year in Toronto with UFC 297. The first joint event between the PFL and Bellator will follow in February with a fascinating
Jan 19, 2024, 01:00 AM Open Extended Reactions Rugby Australia have confirmed former Ireland head coach and All Blacks assistant Joe Schmidt will take over as Wallabies boss for the next two seasons, taking him to at least the end of the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour. Close to three months after Eddie Jones
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJan 19, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The minute after Michigan was presented the national championship trophy in Houston, the college football season — and its accompanying predictions — flipped to 2024. If ever there was a
Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 19, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama freshman quarterback Julian Sayin, the top-ranked quarterback in the Class of 2024, intends to enter the NCAA transfer portal, sources told ESPN. Sayin is expected to initiate the transfer process on Friday, per sources. Sayin is the highest ranked offensive player in the
For starters, Ryans believed the Houston Texans had just landed “two staples” to build their roster around. “When I knew we had the ability to trade and get Will [along with] C.J., it was ‘OK, it’s on,'” Ryans told ESPN. “You don’t always get the top guys that you want. So for us to get
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJan 19, 2024, 07:01 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions When the Anaheim Ducks celebrate a win on the ice this season, there’s a more bizarre celebration happening on social media: a duck triumphantly slamming its webbed feet on a drum, in a room filled with
Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 18, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As they have from the start of All-Star voting earlier this month, Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James led their respective conferences ahead of next month’s All-Star Game, as the third and final set of fan results were announced Thursday afternoon. Voting wraps up Saturday,