Month: December 2023

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 23, 2023, 06:36 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The Steelers had to play without Elandon Roberts for the final two-and-a-half quarters of Saturday’s 34-11 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Roberts
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Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Paul Biancardi Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Dec 23, 2023, 07:59
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ESPN News Services Dec 23, 2023, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUNRISE, Fla. — Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart scored power-play goals 1:59 apart in the third period, and the Florida Panthers went into their Christmas break by topping the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Saturday in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup
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Jeff Passan, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 06:05 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Left-handed reliever Yuki Matsui and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a five-year, $28 million contract, sources told ESPN, the first money spent by
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Jeff Passan, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 06:05 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Left-handed reliever Yuki Matsui and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a five-year, $28 million contract, sources told ESPN, the first money spent by
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Stephen Holder, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 06:26 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Associated Press Dec 23, 2023, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been activated for Saturday night’s home game against Houston after missing his team’s previous contest with an undisclosed non-COVID illness. Williamson is averaging 22 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists this season for the Pelicans, who
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Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 05:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two years into an unlikely resuscitation of New Mexico State’s football program, coach Jerry Kill is stepping down, sources told ESPN. Kill’s decision came in recent days, and the school has already found an internal replacement in wide receivers coach Tony Sanchez, sources told
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Jamal Collier, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 05:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Milwaukee Bucks picked up their seventh consecutive victory with a 130-111 win over the New York Knicks on Saturday afternoon thanks to five players scoring at least 19 points, a sign to Bucks star Damian Lillard that the team is
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Turron Davenport, ESPNDec 23, 2023, 04:05 PM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you can
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterDec 23, 2023, 03:11 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Michigan State men’s basketball freshman Jeremy Fears Jr. suffered nonlife-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound near his hometown of Joliet, Illinois, the school announced Saturday. Fears was shot in the leg
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ESPN News Services Dec 23, 2023, 01:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Missouri cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. and linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper will not play in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic against Ohio State because of injuries, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Saturday. Rakestraw, who is considered a top-five cornerback prospect in the 2024
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