Month: February 2024

ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2024, 09:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Hong Kong government demanded answers from Inter Miami CF and Lionel Messi on Wednesday after the Argentine played in a friendly in Japan just three days after missing a similar exhibition match in its country. Hong Kong’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 09:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles acquired utilityman Nick Maton from the Detroit Tigers for cash Wednesday night. Maton hit .173 with eight home runs and 32 RBI in 93 games for the Tigers last season. He has played in 180 major league games in
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Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 7, 2024, 09:29 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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Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid‘s timeline to return to the Philadelphia 76ers is still unclear following knee surgery. His availability this summer for the U.S. Olympic team is just as murky. U.S. coach Steve Kerr texted this week with Embiid, mostly to wish the NBA
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 08:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — At 6-foot-11, Scot Pollard‘s size helped him play more than a decade in the NBA, earning him a championship ring with the 2008 Boston Celtics. Now it may be killing him. Pollard needs a heart transplant, an already dire predicament that is
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won a record $19.9 million in salary arbitration Wednesday when a three-person panel picked his request rather than the Toronto Blue Jays‘ $18.05 million offer. Scott Buchheit, Walt De Treux and Jeanne Charles made the decision a day
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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 7, 2024, 07:56 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said Wednesday that the new strategic partnership between his conference and the Big Ten is a response to a need for leadership that can “introduce
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Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 7, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Close Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role – writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area
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Feb 7, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NFL’s coaching carousel has stopped without Bill Belichick landing a head-coaching job, surprising many, including Tom Brady, his former star quarterback. “I don’t know the criteria for hiring coaches. I’ve never been a part of it,” Brady said this week on his “Let’s Go!” podcast.
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ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2024, 06:06 PM ET Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith was involved in a car accident Tuesday night and will miss Wednesday’s home game against the San Antonio Spurs, the team announced. The Heat, in a statement, did not provide any details about the accident, only saying that “our hearts go
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 7, 2024, 04:08 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour plans to distribute about 80% of $930 million worth of initial player equity grants in its newly formed company, PGA Tour
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Field Level Media Feb 7, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Phillies claimed right-hander Max Castillo off waivers from the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the Phillies designated outfielder Simon Muzziotti, 25, for assignment. Castillo, 24, was 0-1 with a 4.43 ERA in 20 1/3 innings over seven
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Jamal Collier, ESPNFeb 7, 2024, 06:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Timberwolves are acquiring guard Monte Morris from the Detroit Pistons in exchange for guards Shake Milton and Troy Brown Jr. and a 2030 second-round draft pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Morris, 28, averaged a career-high 10.3 points and 5.3
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Feb 7, 2024, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nick Saban, who retired last month as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide after 17 seasons, is ready to go back to work. One of the most accomplished coaches in college football history with seven national championships, Saban will be joining ESPN, it was announced
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Field Level Media Feb 7, 2024, 04:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Add Scottie Scheffler to the list of prominent PGA Tour players who don’t think members of LIV Golf should be allowed to return as if “nothing ever happened.” Scheffler, who is No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, told the Golf Channel
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 03:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — There will be another member of the Smith-Njigba family playing for a Seattle team after the Mariners claimed outfielder Canaan Smith-Njigba off waivers on Wednesday. The brother of wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba of the Seattle Seahawks had previously played in the Pittsburgh
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Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 02:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Novak Djokovic is returning to the BNP Paribas Open for the first time in five years in pursuit of a record sixth title in the Southern California desert. The world’s top-ranked male player last competed at Indian Wells in 2019,
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