Month: November 2023

Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 12:23 PM ET LONDON — Five low-ranked tennis players — four from Mexico and one from Guatemala — were suspended for corruption linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday. The players are connected to the criminal case of Grigor Sargsyan, the leader of
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 16, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions WWE and the Big 12 have formed a new partnership around the Big 12 championship game that will include a custom-made championship title belt going to the game’s most outstanding
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Anthony Gharib, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 12:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The LA Clippers‘ recent acquisition of James Harden marks another chapter in the NBA’s history of “Big Four” partnerships. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Harden joined Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Russell Westbrook to form a quartet of superstars. So far, the trade hasn’t reaped
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Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 10:46 AM ET Ken Squier, a longtime NASCAR announcer and broadcaster, has died. He was 88. Squier died Wednesday night in Waterbury, Vermont, according to the management of the local WDEV radio, which he owned. “Though he never sat behind the wheel of a stock car, Ken Squier contributed to
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Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 11:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The long-standing rift and ongoing legal dispute between the International Olympic Committee and the boxing governing body it ousted this year could continue at Switzerland’s supreme court. The Russian president of the International Boxing Association, Umar Kremlev, said Thursday it intends to
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Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 11:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — Defending champion Ferris State will play a Division II football playoff game Saturday without its coach because he has been suspended for players lighting cigars in the locker room after winning a national title last year. “Self-pity’s the greatest form
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Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 09:45 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Major League Baseball owners voted Thursday to allow the Oakland Athletics to move to Las Vegas, paving the way for the second relocation
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterNov 16, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions We’re about 10 days into the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season, so it feels like the perfect time for sweeping narratives and overreactions across the sport, right? The first
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Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNNov 16, 2023, 08:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Every fight card is built upon questions that the bouts then proceed to answer. Can the fighter who enters the cage as champion walk out still in possession of the belt? Will the competitor with an unbeaten record or a winning streak keep the
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