Month: February 2024

Feb 20, 2024, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. captain Stacy Lewis on Tuesday named major champions Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford, Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome as her assistants for September’s Solheim Cup in Gainesville, Virginia. Creamer and Lincicome will serve as assistants for the first time while Pressel and Stanford worked alongside Lewis
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ESPN News Services Feb 20, 2024, 03:17 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday that two adults have been charged with murder in last week’s shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Chiefs‘ Super Bowl parade. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays are both charged with second-degree
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ESPN News Services Feb 20, 2024, 03:16 PM ET Longtime Houston Rockets guard/forward Robert Reid has died at 68, the team confirmed on Tuesday. Reid died at his Houston home on Monday following a battle with cancer, according to the Houston Chronicle. After playing his first 10 seasons with Houston (1977-82, 1983-88), Reid finished his
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Feb 20, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Infielder Amed Rosario and the Tampa Bay Rays are in agreement on a one-year, $1.5 million contract, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. Rosario, 28, will bring a strong bat against left-handed pitching and should get at-bats at shortstop, second base and potentially corner-outfield spots.
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Augusta National has lengthened the course again — this time by a whopping 10 yards. The club released its media guide for the 2024 Masters on Monday, and the only change to the course was a tee box on the par-5 second hole that
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Chris Caray has been hired as a play-by-play announcer for Oakland Athletics games on NBC Sports California, becoming the fourth generation of his family to work as an MLB broadcaster. Caray’s father, Chip, is the TV play-by-play voice for the St.
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Xuan Thai, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Close Xuan Thai is a senior writer and producer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. She was previously deputy bureau chief of the south region for NBC News. Open Extended Reactions The wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson against
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Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 11:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Karolina Muchova, last year’s runner-up at the French Open, had an operation on her right wrist for an injury that has sidelined her since September. “Following my injury at the US Open and an extensive rehabilitation phase, it turned out that a medical intervention
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff board of managers unanimously approved a model that will guarantee the five highest-ranked conference champions’ inclusion in the expanded 12-team field this fall, along with the
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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 10:31 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions The Rugby Football Union (RFU) evaluated the possibility of selling Twickenham and offering to buy 50%
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ESPN News Services Feb 20, 2024, 10:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Mets have signed first baseman Luke Voit to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to major league camp. The Mets announced Voit’s deal Monday as position players reported to spring training. The former New York Yankees slugger will
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 10:47 AM 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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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The PFL’s 2024 regular season will kick off April 4 in San Antonio with fights at heavyweight and in its new women’s flyweight division, officials announced Tuesday.
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Feb 20, 2024, 09:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has said he can’t provide a timeframe on Diogo Jota‘s injury but said the Liverpool forward will be out for “months.” Jota was stretchered off the pitch in the first half of Liverpool’s win over Brentford on Saturday after Christian Norgaard landed heavily on
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