Month: December 2023

Kendra Andrews, ESPNDec 5, 2023, 02:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SACRAMENTO — As the Sacramento Kings stormed out to a 15-point lead in Monday night’s NBA in-season tournament quarterfinal game, the New Orleans Pelicans remained calm. “We just looked at each other like ‘We’re straight,'” Pelicans forward Zion Williamson said. Having already beaten the
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Dec 5, 2023, 01:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A fan experienced a medical emergency and died during the Sacramento Kings‘ home game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night at Golden 1 Center, the team announced. During the game, the Kings issued a statement offering their condolences. “During the first quarter of the
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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2023, 10:01 PM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow
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Field Level Media Dec 5, 2023, 12:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time All-Star Chris Archer joined the Los Angeles Dodgers as an assistant to the baseball operations department, he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Monday. “It’s giving me an opportunity to learn and help some younger players, too,” Archer told the Post-Gazette. “Player development,
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNDec 5, 2023, 12:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — After missing Saturday’s win over the Miami Heat with an upper respiratory infection, Indiana Pacers superstar Tyrese Haliburton didn’t look like himself in the first half of Monday’s In-Season Tournament quarterfinal here against the Boston Celtics. “The first half, I was dead,”
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterDec 4, 2023, 10:03 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — The NHL informed its executives and owners during its board of governors meeting Monday that it is projecting it will raise next year’s salary cap to $87.7 million, a source
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Associated Press Dec 4, 2023, 10:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Notre Dame safety Xavier Watts won the Bronko Nagurski Award given to the nation’s top defensive player on Monday night. The award was presented at the annual ceremony put on by the Charlotte Touchdown Club. “It means a lot, especially with
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ESPN News Services Dec 4, 2023, 09:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Tigers manager AJ Hinch agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in Detroit for “a very long time,” president of baseball operations Scott Harris announced Monday at baseball’s winter meetings. Terms were not disclosed. The deal came together at
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2023, 08:54 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The New York Mets should be getting their All-Star closer back for the 2024 season as righty Edwin Diaz is on schedule to return from a
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Open Extended Reactions It was an incredibly busy first day of the college football transfer period. More than 1,000 players have entered the transfer portal. Some high-profile teams saw significant departures. The Oklahoma Sooners and Ohio State Buckeyes saw their starting quarterbacks elect to leave. Four Power 5 teams (Purdue, Vanderbilt, NC State and Cincinnati)
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Field Level Media Dec 4, 2023, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions In what is sure to further rankle LIV Golf players, Tiger Woods vaulted 430 spots in the Official World Golf Ranking after finishing 18th out of 20 golfers in his invitational Hero World Challenge on Sunday. Woods, who was making his first start
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterDec 4, 2023, 07:37 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Tennessee All-SEC defensive end James Pearce Jr. was arrested Monday during a traffic stop after disobeying orders from police, according to a Knoxville Police Department incident report. Police said they clocked
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Michael A. Fletcher, ESPNDec 4, 2023, 06:51 PM ET Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2023, 03:37 PM 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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Associated Press Dec 4, 2023, 07:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL PASO, Texas — UTEP hired coach Scotty Walden away from Austin Peay on Monday, hoping the 34-year-old Texan’s return to his home state can revive the Miners’ moribund program. Walden led Austin Peay to the FCS team’s first undefeated conference record this season
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