Month: January 2024

Field Level Media Jan 27, 2024, 03:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A broken knuckle will keep Toronto Maple Leafs forward Calle Jarnkrok out for three to four weeks, coach Sheldon Keefe said Saturday. The injury occurred Friday in practice when Jarnkrok’s left hand was hit by a shot. Jarnkrok, 32, has been a key
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 27, 2024, 03:02 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS – Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic, fresh off a franchise-record 73-point performance, is listed as questionable for Saturday night’s home game against
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ESPN News Services Jan 27, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan is giving Sherrone Moore a shot, hoping he can sustain at least some of the success Jim Harbaugh had toward the end of his nine-season run with college football’s winningest program. “We’re hungry for more,” Moore said Saturday after he was introduced
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Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterJan 27, 2024, 02:56 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,
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Jamal Collier, ESPNJan 27, 2024, 02:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — When Doc Rivers flew into Dallas earlier this week, he was planning to spend extra time with his daughter and son-in-law before he was scheduled to broadcast an ESPN game between the Mavericks and Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Instead, when he
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterJan 27, 2024, 01:41 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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Field Level Media Jan 27, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Celtics power forward/center Kristaps Porzingis has been ruled out of Saturday’s game against the visiting LA Clippers because of a left ankle sprain. Porzingis sustained the injury in the third quarter of Boston’s 143-110 road victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday.
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ESPN News Services Jan 27, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals and utility man Adam Frazier agreed to a $4.5 million, one-year contract to provide the club with a left-handed bat and some versatility in the lineup, according to multiple reports. Frazier will make $2 million
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Jan 27, 2024, 08:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE — India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden dug deep to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title Saturday with a 7-6 (0), 7-5 victory over Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The second seeds fell to the ground after overcoming their Italian challengers before bowing
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Jan 27, 2024, 11:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A first-time Australian Open champion will be named on Sunday after the men’s final (3:30 a.m. ET; ESPN and ESPN+). Will it be three-time finalist Daniil Medvedev? Or will Jannik Sinner win his first Grand Slam title? Our experts make their predictions. What can Sinner do
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Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterJan 27, 2024, 11:47 AM 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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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 27, 2024, 11:23 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Right-handed reliever Hector Neris and the Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a one-year, $9 million contract that includes an option, sources told ESPN, bolstering the
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Jan 27, 2024, 11:35 AM Open Extended Reactions South Africa‘s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been admitted to hospital after a freak accident left him with chemical burns, but he is expected to be back at work next month, officials confirmed on Saturday. Erasmus, who has masterminded back-to-back Rugby World Cup wins for the
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Doug Greenberg Jan 27, 2024, 09:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Last season, it took a career- and league-high 33.1 points per game, and perhaps a bout of voter fatigue, for Joel Embiid to dethrone Nikola Jokic as the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. This season, the two superstar big men are the front-runners for the
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