Month: December 2023

Dec 3, 2023, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out of Monday’s in-season tournament quarterfinal against the Indiana Pacers as he continues to recover from a left calf strain. Porzingis suffered the injury on Nov. 24 in a loss to the Orlando Magic and has missed Boston’s
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2023, 03:16 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Quarterback Kenny Pickett sustained an ankle injury midway through the second quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ game against the Arizona Cardinals and
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Dec 3, 2023, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions While four teams are celebrating the opportunity to play for a national title on the field, undefeated ACC champion Florida State is on the outside, becoming the first unbeaten Power 5 conference winner to ever miss out on the College Football Playoff. “The consequences of giving
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DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 01:58 PM ET Close D.J. Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He is the newest reporter to join ESPN Nation, as he moved over to ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets previously. He’s a former athlete that finished his college career at Louisville. You
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2023, 01:02 PM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
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Dec 3, 2023, 10:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dean Burmester made two birdies over the final three holes to pull away from the field and win the South African Open on Sunday by 3 strokes, securing back-to-back titles on the DP World Tour following his triumph at the Joburg Open last week. The 34-year-old
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Dec 3, 2023, 12:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama have been selected by the College Football Playoff committee to vie for the national championship. That means Florida State (No. 5) and Georgia (No. 6), two teams with compelling arguments for playoff inclusion, are on the outside looking in. The Wolverines
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Jeff Passan, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 11:44 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Nineteen-year-old center fielder Jackson Chourio and the Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to an eight-year, $82 million contract with two club options and escalators that can take
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Associated Press Dec 3, 2023, 11:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan is No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since it won its last national championship in 1997, while Georgia slipped to No. 6 on Sunday after its 29-game winning streak was snapped by Alabama. Team Record 1.
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Dec 3, 2023, 06:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SYDNEY — Joaquin Niemann mastered the Sydney winds to become the first Chilean winner in 119 years of the Australian Open when he beat Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino in a playoff to lift the Stonehaven Cup on Sunday. Niemann lipped out a 4-foot eagle putt on the
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 2, 2023, 11:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ryan Garcia was troubled by Oscar Duarte’s mauling tactics but found the fight-ending shot in Round 8, a check left hook followed by a barrage of punches that earned him the knockout victory Saturday night in Houston. Garcia, in his first fight since an
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 3, 2023, 01:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jaime Munguia and John Ryder will meet in a super middleweight bout on Jan. 27 in Phoenix, it was announced Saturday. Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs), a native of Mexico, is coming off a career-best victory, a unanimous-decision win over Sergiy Derevyanchenko in June. Munguia,
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