Month: October 2023

Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterOct 13, 2023, 04:16 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. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are
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David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterOct 13, 2023, 01:02 PM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. You can follow Newton on Twitter at @DNewtonespn. Open
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 04:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins star Byron Buxton had arthroscopic surgery Friday on his troublesome right knee with the goal of alleviating the irritation related to patellar tendinitis and returning to center field next season. “That’s his focus,” president of baseball operations Derek Falvey said
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Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterOct 13, 2023, 05:33 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 05:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Max Scherzer declared himself “ready to go” after throwing another bullpen session and doing fielding drills Friday, two days before the Texas Rangers open the AL Championship Series. The Rangers haven’t said whether the three-time Cy Young Award winner will be
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Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterOct 13, 2023, 05:43 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — Dallas
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Oct 13, 2023, 04:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlanta Braves right-hander Kyle Wright is recovering from surgery to repair a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder and is expected to miss the 2024 season, the team said Friday. The Braves said Wright, 28, had the procedure Wednesday. He was put on the 60-day injured
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Eric Woodyard, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 04:46 PM 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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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2023, 11:12 PM ET The UFC’s next pay-per-view main event fell apart Tuesday, only for the promotion to put together arguably an even bigger fight. Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira is injured and out of the UFC lightweight title main event at UFC 294 on Oct. 21 in
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ESPN Sports Betting Oct 12, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Week 7 of the college football season features four Top 25 matchups, including two marquee games involving teams in the heavily contested Pac-12. The first game features a pair of undefeated foes when the No. 7 Washington Huskies, led by Michael Penix Jr.,
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 13, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Israel Adesanya‘s UFC career is seemingly on hold. The former UFC middleweight champion doesn’t plan to fight for a “long time,” he said Thursday on New Zealand’s “The Rock” radio show. Adesanya is coming off an upset loss last month to Sean
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 02:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Subriel Matias will defend his IBF junior welterweight title vs. Shohjahon Ergashev on Nov. 25 in Las Vegas on the David Benavidez-Demetrius Andrade PPV undercard, sources told ESPN on Friday. Matias, one of the sport’s most-reliable action fighters, won the vacant 140-pound title in
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Oct 13, 2023, 01:05 PM Open Extended Reactions Antoine Dupont will start for France in Sunday’s quarterfinal clash against South Africa after recovering from surgery on a broken cheekbone in a massive boost for the hosts ahead of what could turn out to be a tactical battle at the Stade de France. The mercurial scrumhalf
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Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 02:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff could miss the 2024 season after undergoing surgery Friday to repair the anterior capsule in his throwing shoulder. The Brewers said Woodruff is expected to sit out most, if not all, of next season. The injury caused the
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Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 03:25 PM ET Kansas analyst Matt Lubick, a longtime college football assistant coach, has been diagnosed with leukemia, he told ESPN this week. Lubick checked into a hospital in the Denver area earlier this week, and the staff of cancer specialists has begun testing to determine the best course of
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 03:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions In his first public comments since rejoining the Philadelphia 76ers last week, James Harden told reporters after Friday’s practice that he continues to see no way his relationship with Daryl Morey can be repaired while also saying that his plan “is to play basketball.
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 13, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An undisputed junior featherweight championship fight between Japanese star Naoya Inoue and Marlon Tapales is being planned for Dec. 26 in Tokyo, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Tapales’ manager, Sean Gibbons, said Thursday at the WBO convention in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, that
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