Month: August 2023

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 02:09 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Payton Thorne has won the Auburn starting quarterback job, sources confirmed to ESPN. Thorne, a transfer from Michigan State, beat out Robby Ashford and will start for the Tigers in their
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 02:13 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald will serve as a parent volunteer for the football program at Loyola Academy, the high school in the Chicago suburbs that two of his sons attend. Fitzgerald, who
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterAug 17, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
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Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterAug 17, 2023, 01:54 PM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus. PHILADELPHIA — Eagles edge rusher Haason Reddick will
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D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 17, 2023, 12:52 PM ET After multiple players complained about the use of a different ball for women during the 2022 US Open, tournament director Stacey Allaster said the USTA would be using the same ball for both women and men during the 2023 event. During a news conference Thursday held
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 17, 2023, 12:23 PM ET BOSTON — Chris Weidman is poised to complete a return after one of the most devastating in-cage injuries in UFC history. The former UFC middleweight champion will face Brad Tavares at UFC 292 on Saturday at TD Garden. It will be the first time Weidman
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 17, 2023, 11:54 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
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Aug 17, 2023, 11:25 AM ET Oh, to be a kid again. The MLB Little League Classic takes place on Sunday, this season’s game involving the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals, with the latter being declared the contest’s “home” team. An exciting event for kids and adults alike, past Classics haven’t been nearly as high-scoring
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David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 I got a text the other day from a friend: “The Yankees need to re-sign Aaron Small and Shawn Chacon.” It’s a running joke between us, a reference to
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Eric Woodyard, ESPNAug 17, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Eric Woodyard covers the Detroit Lions for ESPN. He joined ESPN in September 2019 as an NBA reporter dedicated to the Midwest region before switching to his current role in April 2021. The Flint, Mich. native is a graduate of Western Michigan University and has authored/co-authored
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Aug 17, 2023, 09:36 AM ET Tennessee Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks sustained an LCL sprain during Wednesday’s joint practice with the Minnesota Vikings, according to results of his MRI, a source confirmed to ESPN. NFL Network first reported the news. The injury is likely to sideline him for multiple weeks. The Titans open their
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. More than 1,000 former Northwestern athletes have sent an open letter condemning hazing “in any form” while also defending an athletics culture they say is not represented or defined by allegations that surfaced
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 17, 2023, 08:29 AM ET Between Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia and Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr., boxing has produced two genuinely major fights in 2023. Another big-business bout arrives next month when boxing’s top star, Canelo Alvarez, defends his undisputed super middleweight championship vs. undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo.
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Fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat is set for his first stint in the County Championship after signing with Sussex, where he will join his India and Saurashtra team-mate Cheteshwar Pujara. Unadkat is set to be available for at least three of Sussex’s remaining four matches, starting with the game against Durham on September 3. He could,
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