Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Nov 23, 2023, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rodrygo said he received racist insults on social media after Brazil‘s 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Argentina in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The game at the Maracana stadium kicked off almost 30 minutes late after clashes between Brazilian police and
Tim Bontemps, ESPNNov 23, 2023, 12:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and coach Adrian Griffin appeared to have a heated exchange when Antetokounmpo checked out of Wednesday’s game midway through the third quarter, but neither had much to say about it following the Bucks’ 119-116 loss to the
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterNov 23, 2023, 03:47 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Lightweight Jalin Turner has agreed to replace the injured Dan Hooker in a bout against Bobby Green at UFC Fight Night on Dec. 2 in Austin. UFC
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderNov 23, 2023, 03:20 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Open Extended Reactions Amid several significant injuries, the Memphis Grizzlies are signing guards Shaquille Harrison and Jaylen Nowell to 10-day hardship exceptions, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The NBA awarded the Grizzlies the exceptions with
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterNov 23, 2023, 03:23 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski will defend his title against Ilia Topuria at UFC 298 on Feb. 17 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, CEO Dana
Nov 21, 2023, 01:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Imagine you’re a high school player and the opposing pitcher is Ichiro Suzuki. That’s what happened to a high school girls team today. The 50-year-old Seattle Mariners legend pitched a complete game shutout on 116 pitches, reaching a high of 86 miles per hour, according to
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterNov 23, 2023, 12:42 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Former Hart Trophy winner and five-time NHL All-Star Taylor Hall will undergo surgery on his right knee and is expected to miss the rest of the season, the Chicago Blackhawks announced Thursday.
Having been there and done that, Graeme Swann is now mentoring a group of young England spinners, who would feature in a ‘Shadow Tour’ of India next month with a couple of them in contention to make it to senior team for five-Test series, starting January 25. Off-spinner Swann claimed 20 wickets and along with
Nov 23, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions If the Detroit Lions have truly turned the corner, their Thanksgiving Day matchup against the Green Bay Packers will provide some key evidence in that argument. The Lions, who moved to 8-2 for the first time since 1962 with Sunday’s win over the Chicago Bears, enter
Associated Press Nov 23, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALAGA, Spain — Jannik Sinner kept Italy alive by winning his singles match and then successfully teamed up with Lorenzo Sonego in the doubles against the Netherlands to send his nation into the semifinals of the Davis Cup on Thursday. Italy rallied to a
Skipper Suryakumar Yadav shrugged off the disappointment of a World Cup final defeat with a captain’s knock but it was Rinku Singh’s composure that took a young Indian team to a thrilling two-wicket victory in the opening T20 International in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. This was India’s highest successful chase in T20 Internationals. The skipper was
Associated Press Nov 23, 2023, 11:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions JOHANNESBURG — South African golfer Thriston Lawrence began his bid for a second title at the Joburg Open by shooting 8-under 62 Thursday to lead by three shots after the first round of the season-opening event on the European tour. The 2024 season began
Nov 23, 2023, 10:28 AM ET Slovenian tennis umpire Marko Ducman has been suspended for 10 years for betting on matches and manipulating data, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday. Ducman, who officiated at ITF, ATP and WTA tournaments, had been provisionally banned after admitting breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP). The bronze-level
Formula One’s Mercedes and Ferrari team bosses have been served with official warnings after swearing in a news conference. Stewards said the language used by Toto Wolff and Frederic Vasseur was “unacceptable” for people who had “high public profiles” and were “role models”. In both cases, the stewards accepted there were “mitigating circumstances” involved that
Open Extended Reactions Sick of hearing about Rivalry Week and just waiting for kickoff in Week 13? Too bad. Here’s another take on a week that for many will decide whether they make their conference championship game, which in turn has a huge say in whether they eventually make the four-team College Football Playoff. Next
Kendra Andrews, ESPNNov 22, 2023, 11:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Add another incident to the long-lived conflict between Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul and referee Scott Foster as Paul was ejected from Wednesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns after Foster slapped him with two quick technical fouls. This was Paul’s
Lewis Hamilton has denied claims he approached Red Bull about a move there earlier this year. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told the Daily Mailexternal-link there had been “an inquiry” from Hamilton. Hamilton said he “did not” contact Red Bull and Horner had reached out to him suggesting an end-of-season meeting. “I have checked
Open Extended Reactions You can’t say we weren’t warned. The first taste of vast amounts of added time came at the 2022 World Cup as FIFA moved to increase effective playing time, and this season it has hit the club game. In Qatar, average stoppage time — the total played above the allotted 90 minutes