Month: February 2024

Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy says he is “optimistic, positive and surrounded by love” after revealing he was diagnosed with cancer last year. The former Great Britain track cyclist, 47, posted on Instagram that his treatment, which includes chemotherapy, “is going really well”. “I am continuing to work, ride my bike and live
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 02:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SURPRISE, Ariz. — Texas Rangers third baseman Josh Jung will have an MRI after experiencing left calf discomfort while fielding ground balls on Friday, the team said. Jung, who turned 26 on Monday, is coming off a breakout season. He hit .266 with 23
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Feb 16, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington Wizards guard Delon Wright has agreed on a contract buyout, clearing the way for him to sign with the Miami Heat upon clearing waivers, his agent, Greg Lawrence, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Wright, 31, saw his role diminish in Washington this season as the rebuilding
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 16, 2024, 03:30 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The Pac-12 and embattled commissioner George Kliavkoff have mutually agreed to part ways, the league announced Friday. The Pac-12, which is down to Washington State and Oregon State following sweeping
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 16, 2024, 02:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IRVINE, Calif. — Go, brother. Junior Tafa will step in on just one-day notice to fight Marcos Rogerio de Lima in a heavyweight bout at UFC 298 on Saturday. The man Tafa is replacing? His own brother Justin Tafa, who withdrew from
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Charlotte Gibson, ESPNFeb 16, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nike has signed 13-year-old soccer phenom McKenna “Mak” Whitham to a name, image and likeness deal. Whitham becomes the youngest women’s soccer player and youngest athlete in any sport to sign an NIL deal with Nike. “It means everything to me,” Whitham told ESPN.
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Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 16, 2024, 02:44 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He
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Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 16, 2024, 02:26 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions The Atlantic Coast Conference asked a Florida judge on Friday to press pause on a lawsuit Florida State filed, which claims the conference is breaching its
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Tony Stewart put his NASCAR team on blast ahead of the Daytona 500 and in the wake of a winless 2023 season: get to victory lane, hang banners — or else. Stewart-Haas Racing is in more than a small slump.
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 16, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is being suspended two games for violating the NFL’s performance enhancing substances policy,
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 01:25 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two juveniles have been charged with crimes connected to the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs‘ Super Bowl rally, authorities said Friday. A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the juveniles are being detained in the county’s Juvenile Detention Center
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Associated Press Feb 16, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR driver Chris Buescher has left the Daytona 500 to return home for the birth of his second child. Buescher traveled back to North Carolina to join wife Emma and daughter Charley. He is expected to return Sunday morning ahead
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