Month: April 2024

Field Level Media Apr 15, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Marlins third baseman Jake Burger landed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a left oblique injury. Burger, 28, told reporters he felt discomfort following Sunday’s 9-7 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Burger is batting .228 with three homers and a team-high
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Apr 15, 2024, 10:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Eagles and DeVonta Smith have agreed to a three-year extension that ties the wide receiver to the team through the 2028 season. Terms were not disclosed, but a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the contract is worth $75 million, with $51 million guaranteed.
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 15, 2024, 09:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Allen has agreed on a four-year, $70 million contract extension that includes a player option, his agents Mitch Nathan, Aaron Mintz and Steven Heumann of CAA Sports told ESPN on Monday. The deal keeps Allen out of unrestricted free agency
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Apr 15, 2024, 09:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal on Monday confirmed that he’ll play this week’s Barcelona Open in what will be the Spaniard’s first tournament since January. “I arrived here … in a last-minute decision as I didn’t know if I was going to be able to play,” the 22-time Grand
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Apr 15, 2024, 07:37 AM ET Willie Limond passed away aged 45. Mark Runnacles/Getty Images Former British and Commonwealth boxing champion Willie Limond died aged 45, his son Jake confirmed on Monday. Limond held the lightweight Commonwealth title between 2006-07, the super-lightweight title from 2013-14 and the British super-lightweight belt in 2014. Limond’s Glasgow-based gym, St
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 15, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Five-star guard Boogie Fland has requested his release from Kentucky and will reopen his recruitment, sources told ESPN. Fland becomes the fourth member of what was the No. 2-ranked
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterApr 14, 2024, 01:23 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Zhang Weili put Yan Xiaonan to sleep in the opening round of their strawweight title fight on Saturday — and still barely got away
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Andreas Hale Apr 14, 2024, 02:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Islam Makhachev will defend his lightweight championship against Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 302 on June 1 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. UFC president Dana White made the announcement following UFC 300 on Saturday night. Makhachev, 32, is
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Apr 15, 2024, 08:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Colts and star defensive tackle DeForest Buckner agreed Monday on a two-year, $46 million contract extension that ties him to Indianapolis through the 2026 season, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The extension is the fifth-richest in the NFL for a defensive tackle in terms of
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Apr 15, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Who are the NBA free agents to watch in 2024 and 2025? Most superstars have signed long-term extensions with their current teams, shrinking the list of available stars for the teams with cap space this summer. Still, 2024 could be transformative in Los Angeles, with LeBron
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