Month: February 2024

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 27, 2024, 06:06 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
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Kendra Andrews, ESPNFeb 27, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has officially signed his two-year contract extension, the team announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not released, but ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported last week that it was for $53 million, which makes him the
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Feb 27, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Kansas City Chiefs have informed L’Jarius Sneed they are prepared to use the franchise tag and are open to consummating a trade if no long-term deal is reached, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday. Sneed is agreeable to the scenario, which gives him
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Associated Press Feb 27, 2024, 04:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani needed just three exhibition at-bats to show what a $700 million man can do for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Japanese star hit a two-run homer in his first game wearing Dodger blue on Tuesday, working a full count
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Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 27, 2024, 02:26 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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Field Level Media Feb 27, 2024, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has been ruled out of Tuesday’s game against the visiting San Antonio Spurs due to personal reasons. Fellow center Rudy Gobert is listed as questionable for the contest with a left ankle sprain. Naz Reid, 24, could receive
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 27, 2024, 03:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Seven fighters on the UFC 298 card earlier this month gained 15% or more of their weight back from weigh-in day to fight day, meeting the threshold for being flagged as an issue by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), according to
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Field Level Media Feb 27, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Tigers starter Casey Mize appeared in a major league game Tuesday for the first time in 22 months following his recovery from Tommy John and back surgeries. Mize, who was the first pick of the 2018 MLB draft, threw 1⅔ innings, giving
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Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 27, 2024, 02:19 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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Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 27, 2024, 02:53 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNFeb 27, 2024, 02:24 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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ESPN News Services Feb 27, 2024, 12:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm told ESPN that while Rory McIlroy has been supportive of his decision to join LIV Golf, Tiger Woods has yet to respond to his attempts to explain his jump from the PGA Tour to the rival circuit. Rahm, 29. currently ranked
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Field Level Media Feb 27, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Toronto Blue Jays reliever Erik Swanson has left spring training to tend to his 4-year-old son, Toby, who was hit by a car and airlifted to a hospital on Sunday in Clearwater, Florida. Blue Jays manager John Schneider made the announcement about the boy’s injury at
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Field Level Media Feb 27, 2024, 11:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Still smarting over not being invited to this April’s Masters Tournament, Talor Gooch said the idea of basing majors eligibility on the Official World Golf Ranking is antiquated. Gooch, the LIV Golf League individual champion in 2023, isn’t earning ranking points because of
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