Month: April 2024

Open Extended Reactions Oakland transfer Trey Townsend, the Horizon League Player of the Year, has committed to Arizona, he told ESPN. “Arizona checked all the boxes I was looking for during this process,” Townsend told ESPN. “I look forward to getting to Tucson and playing for coach Tommy Lloyd, who has a proven track record
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Apr 24, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker has been demoted to the minor leagues after a slow start to the season. The Cardinals announced before Wednesday afternoon’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks that Walker and left-handed pitcher Zack Thompson were optioned to Triple-A Memphis. Infielder Jose Fermin
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Apr 24, 2024, 12:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Detroit Lions and star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown have agreed to a four-year, $120 million extension, a source confirmed to ESPN. The contract includes $77 million guaranteed. St. Brown, 24, was selected as first team All-Pro last season when he set career bests with
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Apr 24, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu fell in a first-round defeat at the Madrid Open on Wednesday, losing to Argentina’s María Lourdes Carlé in straight sets. Raducanu, 21, had been in good touch heading into the clay-court tournament, with her four wins propelling Britain to the finals of the Billie
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Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterApr 24, 2024, 10:13 AM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,
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Pete Thamel, ESPNApr 24, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reggie Bush is getting his 2005 Heisman Trophy back, as ESPN has learned that the Heisman Trust will announce Wednesday the formal “reinstatement” of the trophy to Bush amid what it calls “enormous changes in the college football landscape.” The Heisman Trust’s decision comes
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterApr 24, 2024, 09:01 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are not expected to pick up quarterback Justin Fields‘ $25 million fifth-year option, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 24, 2024, 09:22 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope is adding Baylor assistant Alvin Brooks III to his staff, sources told ESPN, a significant move to land Scott Drew’s top assistant. Brooks
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Apr 24, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions They are supposed to be dream jobs. But when the head-coaching positions for the Kentucky men’s and Tennessee women’s college basketball programs recently came open, several potential candidates apparently passed on the opportunities. The programs have each won eight NCAA titles and have large fan bases.
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Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterApr 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Open Extended Reactions As the 2024 season nears its one-month mark, the Kansas City Royals — the team that
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Apr 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The rate of pitcher injuries in baseball has been a topic of conversation across the sport in recent years, but debate reached a boiling point when aces Shane Bieber and Spencer Strider and budding star Eury Perez all suffered season-ending elbow injuries just weeks into the
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