Month: February 2024

ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2024, 11:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TEMPE, Ariz. — Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs star’s hometown return, becoming the fastest NHL player to reach that mark in 28 years. Playing his 54th game of the season, Matthews scored
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Lionel Messi helped set up both goals and Inter Miami survived extended second-half pressure from Real Salt Lake to earn a 2-0 victory in Major League Soccer’s season opener on Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Robert Taylor scored late in the first half, and Diego Gomez added another in the second for Miami, which was
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 21, 2024, 09:55 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The old adage that it’s better to follow the man who followed the man than to follow the man isn’t lost on Kalen DeBoer. DeBoer
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 21, 2024, 09:46 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LeBron James has been downgraded to out for Thursday’s game at Golden State as he continues managing a left ankle injury, the Lakers announced Wednesday. James
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 09:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Joao Fonseca became the first player born in 2006 to win an ATP tour-level match when the 17-year-old Brazilian beat seventh-seeded Arthur Fils 6-0, 6-4 at the Rio Open on Wednesday. Fonseca defeated the No. 36-ranked Frenchman in front of
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 21, 2024, 09:15 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Future Hall of Fame first baseman Albert Pujols has agreed to manage the Dominican Republic’s Leones del Escogido
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 09:26 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS, is expected to return home Thursday after being hospitalized the past week, longtime publicist Betsy Shepherd said. The 66-year-old McMichael went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago. He was admitted into intensive care at
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Pete Thamel Heather Dinich Close Heather Dinich ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Feb 21, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The idea of a 14-team College Football Playoff starting in the 2026 season was discussed at CFP meetings in Dallas on Wednesday, just months before
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Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 21, 2024, 08:13 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Nick Saban might be retired from coaching, but he emphasized Wednesday that he’s not retired from doing his part to help bring some reform, uniformity
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 06:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama is replacing longtime football radio announcer Eli Gold. The school announced Wednesday that Chris Stewart will replace Gold, 70, starting with the spring football game. Gold has been the voice of Alabama football for 35 years, calling seven national championship
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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 Feb 21, 2024, 06:31
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2024, 05:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Coco Gauff rallied from a slow start and a second-set argument with the chair umpire to beat Karolina Pliskova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 and reach the quarterfinals of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday. The third-seeded Gauff ended Pliskova’s 11-match winning
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 21, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Outside the front door of Argentino Las Olas, a seven-year-old restaurant serving empanadas and other Argentine dishes, is a large poster of Lionel Messi palming the
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ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — The Milwaukee Brewers have signed catcher Gary Sánchez to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2025. Sánchez, 31, hit 19 homers last season while playing for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets. In 75 games, he had
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ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2024, 04:48 PM ET Former running back Marshawn Lynch submitted to a DUI charge Wednesday, according to Las Vegas Municipal Court records, but the case will be closed as a reckless driving offense pending his completion of certain conditions of a plea agreement, according to his attorneys. A trial had
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