Month: January 2024

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 9, 2024, 01:58 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — After leading Michigan to a national championship and 15-0 record amid a tumultuous season in
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Associated Press Jan 9, 2024, 01:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions OAKLAND, Calif. — Two council members from the city of Oakland have mailed a letter to Oakland Athletics president Dave Kaval expressing their concerns with his club’s decision to block a minor league game by the expansion Oakland Ballers that had been scheduled for
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJan 8, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Cutter Gauthier, who helped lead the United States to a world junior championship, was traded Monday from the Philadelphia Flyers to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Jamie Drysdale and a
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 11:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery have agreed to a deal for a May fight in Tokyo for Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight championship, sources told ESPN on Monday night. Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) claimed ESPN Fighter of the Year honors when he KOed Marlon Tapales
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David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 11:16 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Georgia enters the offseason as the consensus betting favorite to win next year’s national championship, the first to be decided by a 12-team playoff. The Bulldogs were listed with 17-4 odds
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJan 8, 2024, 11:19 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — In the end, the “Michigan vs. Everybody” mantra that inspired the Wolverines all season long was quite fitting. The Wolverines did indeed square off against everybody this season
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 09:56 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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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 10:08 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 Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant will undergo season-ending surgery on his right shoulder, the team announced Monday night. Morant suffered a subluxation
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 08:41 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Falcons owner Arthur Blank said it was not just one factor — not one thing or game
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ESPN News Services Jan 8, 2024, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Indiana Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton left Monday night’s 133-131 win over the visiting Boston Celtics in the second quarter due to a left hamstring strain. He will undergo an MRI on Tuesday, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Haliburton was driving to the
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 08:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Nevada State Athletic Commission said Monday that both contestants in Vergil Ortiz’s first-round TKO of Fredrick Lawson on Saturday “were cleared by medical experts to compete without restrictions.” The statement comes one day after referee Tony Weeks claimed in a Facebook post that
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 10:16 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will look to solidify himself as the division’s next title challenger against Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300 in April, UFC CEO Dana
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 08:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Jones had a second surgery in four months Monday, the MMA all-time great announced on social media. The UFC heavyweight champion said that he had a procedure done by Dr. Neil S. ElAttrache in California to shave down bone spurs in
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Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 07:38 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions UNLV quarterback Jayden Maiava is transferring to Georgia, his father, William Maiava-Pratt, told ESPN on Monday, confirming a report. Maiava was a redshirt freshman this past season who threw for
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJan 8, 2024, 08:33 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions Veteran defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, who just finished his third stint at Alabama under Nick Saban, plans to retire from coaching, sources told ESPN. Steele, who turns 66
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 08:52 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Terrence Shannon Jr. filed for a temporary restraining order Monday that demands his school “immediately reinstate” the Illinois star who was suspended indefinitely from all team activities last
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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 08:33 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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