Month: February 2024

ESPN News Services Feb 2, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A few months ago, general manager Mike Elias said the Baltimore Orioles would keep their “foot on the gas pedal” after winning 101 games and the AL East title. This is what that looks like. When they acquired All-Star right-hander Corbin Burnes on
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ESPN News Services Feb 2, 2024, 04:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers center Ryan Jensen has announced his retirement via social media after a knee injury caused him to play only one game over the past two seasons. Jensen, 32, spent the entire 2023 season on injured reserve while dealing with
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Feb 2, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New Mexico State forward Robert Carpenter was suspended indefinitely by the Aggies on Friday, less than a day after he punched Liberty forward Shiloh Robinson in the face and was ejected from Thursday night’s game. New Mexico State Athletics said the decision to suspend Carpenter from
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh believes the Arizona Coyotes should relocate if there isn’t a suitable arena plan in place by the end of the 2023-24 NHL season. “If there’s no plan in Arizona, I would
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 04:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The long-anticipated fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship has been postponed after Fury suffered a deep cut over his right eye while sparring Friday. Fury and Usyk will still meet for heavyweight supremacy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, just
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Getty Images Great Britain won gold medals in the women’s team sprint and men’s team pursuit on the opening day of action at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Adelaide. World silver medallists Lauren Bell, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane clocked 46.023 seconds to beat China. Joshua Tarling, Rhys Britton, Will Tidball and Charlie Tanfield
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Associated Press Feb 2, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Pitcher Shintaro Fujinami and the New York Mets agreed Friday to a $3.35 million, one-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement was subject to a successful
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Field Level Media Feb 2, 2024, 02:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Oakland Athletics agreed to terms with left-hander Alex Wood on Friday and acquired right-hander Ross Stripling and cash in a separate transaction from the San Francisco Giants. Financial terms were not disclosed for Wood. The A’s parted ways with minor league outfielder
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Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 2, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
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Adrian Wojnarowski Dave McMenamin Close Dave McMenamin ESPN Staff Writer Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Feb 2, 2024, 03:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred
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Associated Press Feb 2, 2024, 03:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Adrián Beltré will have a Texas Rangers logo on his baseball Hall of Fame plaque, while Jim Leyland will not have any team emblem. The Hall of Fame made the announcement Friday, 10 days after Beltré was elected by the Baseball
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Stephen Holder, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 03:01 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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ESPN News Services Feb 2, 2024, 02:54 PM ET Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 2, 2024, 01:01 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Michigan has promoted quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell to offensive coordinator under new coach Sherrone Moore. Campbell, 37, will replace Moore in the role while continuing to work with the Wolverines
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Associated Press Feb 2, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek clinched a spot for the United States in the Davis Cup Finals group round by winning the doubles match against Ukraine on Friday for an insurmountable 3-0 lead in the best-of-five-match qualifying series in Vilnius, Lithuania. Ram
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