Month: March 2024

Tisha Thompson, ESPNMar 20, 2024, 05:51 PM ET Close Tisha Thompson is an investigative reporter for ESPN based in Washington, D.C. Her work appears on all platforms, both domestically and internationally. The Los Angeles Dodgers interpreter for Shohei Ohtani was fired Wednesday afternoon after questions surrounding at least $4.5 million in wire transfers sent from
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Field Level Media Mar 20, 2024, 05:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Pistons rookie forward Ausar Thompson will miss the remainder of the season while being treated for a blood clot, the team announced Wednesday. The bad news didn’t end there for the Pistons, who announced center Isaiah Stewart will sit out the rest
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Associated Press Mar 20, 2024, 04:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After years of feeling alienated by the NHL and campaigning to diversify the sport, Akim Aliu is getting another shot at playing pro hockey, this time with the San Jose Sharks‘ minor league affiliate. Sharks general manager Mike Grier informed reporters at the league’s
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Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterMar 20, 2024, 04:36 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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Five of the seven players signed on top-bracket £125,000 contracts in the men’s draft were West Indies power-hitters, with the new Northern Superchargers coach Andrew Flintoff choosing Nicholas Pooran as the first signing of the draft. Andre Russell and Shimron Hetmyer will play for London Spirit, Kieron Pollard has joined Southern Brave and Rovman Powell
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Alaina Getzenberg, ESPNMar 20, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Close Alaina Getzenberg is a staff writer who covers the Buffalo Bills and the NFL. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of
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Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterMar 20, 2024, 04:36 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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Associated Press Mar 20, 2024, 04:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Blake Snell joined the San Francisco Giants just nine days before their opener and the two-time Cy Young Award winner hopes he will be ready to start during the first series at his old team, the San Diego Padres. “We’ll throw
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The SEC will continue to play eight conference games in 2025, plus one required opponent from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 or major independent, the league announced Wednesday. The SEC will play its first season as a 16-team conference this fall with Oklahoma and Texas as members, and the 2025 schedule is similar
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMar 20, 2024, 03:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — In front of representatives for all 32 NFL teams, former USC quarterback Caleb Williams — widely expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming NFL draft — showed off his skill set during his pro day Wednesday. “I
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Dotun Akintoye, ESPN.comMar 20, 2024, 03:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TKO Holdings, the parent company for the UFC, has reached a $335 million settlement in two class-action antitrust lawsuits filed by fighters seeking better pay. The settlement was agreed to on March 13, a little more than a month before a trial was set
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Mar 20, 2024, 01:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The WTA has begun a review of its rules that could see players cleared of doping offenses or have their bans reduced return to the circuit with “special rankings” in future, the governing body of women’s tennis told Reuters on Wednesday. The rule change is being
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Associated Press Mar 20, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Alabama head coach and quarterback Mike Shula will serve as an offensive analyst at South Carolina this season. Gamecocks offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said Shula, most recently an offensive assistant for the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, recently joined the program and
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Mar 20, 2024, 02:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Free agent running back D’Onta Foreman is signing with the Cleveland Browns, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Foreman will join a committee that includes Jerome Ford and Pierre Strong Jr. as star running back Nick Chubb isn’t expected to be ready for the
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