Month: April 2024

Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United‘s biggest achievement this season could ultimately be little more than denying Jurgen Klopp a title-winning farewell as Liverpool manager. But if that’s the case, they will have absolutely no idea how they did it. In three games against their bitter rivals this season — twice in the
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Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. LOUIS — The Miami Marlins ended their team-record nine-game losing streak starting the season when Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Nick Gordon hit three-run homers in a six-run first inning that lifted them over the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 on Sunday. Miami had been
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterApr 7, 2024, 05:14 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Matt Painter is not naive about the task his Purdue team will face when it plays UConn on Monday night in the national championship game
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Pete Thamel, ESPNApr 7, 2024, 05:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — No. 1 seed Purdue spent five weeks as the top-ranked team in the Associated Press poll this season and never dipped lower than No. 4. Just twice during the regular season they were underdogs entering a game. But the Boilermakers head
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterApr 7, 2024, 05:05 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Former Texas defensive lineman T’Vondre Sweat, the 2023 Big 12 defensive player of the year and Outland Trophy winner, was booked into jail after an arrest for driving while intoxicated.
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ESPN News Services Apr 7, 2024, 04:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees ace right-hander Gerrit Cole will start playing catch this week as he continues to rehab his ailing right elbow. Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Sunday that Cole could begin throwing Monday or Tuesday. The team placed Cole on the
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Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 02:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUNEDIN, Fla. — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah was happy with his first minor league rehab start despite an ugly line because his right shoulder felt healthy. Manoah walked his first four batters and wound up allowing seven runs over 1⅔ innings for
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Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 03:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — All Star J.D. Martinez‘s debut with the New York Mets will be delayed as the veteran continues to ramp up physically after signing late in spring training, manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday. “We’re not going to see him in a while,” Mendoza
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Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen remains in concussion protocol and will miss their game Sunday night against the Central Division-leading Dallas Stars. It ends his streak of consecutive games at 161, which was the longest on the team. Rantanen’s absence is a
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Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Unseeded players Borna Coric of Croatia and Lorenzo Musetti of Italy advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday. Musetti downed 13th-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 and was clinical in converting four of his five break points in the
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Apr 7, 2024, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is out for Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to left knee injury recovery. It’s the first game Embiid has missed since returning to the court on Tuesday in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He had
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Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo will have surgery Monday to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee. Perdomo, 24, was placed on the 10-day injured list before Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Braves. Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said he wasn’t given
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ESPN News Services Apr 7, 2024, 12:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Right-hander Sonny Gray will make his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, manager Oliver Marmol said. Gray, 34, had been slated to start Opening Day but instead was placed on the injured list with a right hamstring
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 6, 2024, 11:07 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — If there’s one play from UConn’s win over Alabama on Saturday night that typified the Huskies’ run toward back-to-back national championships, it wasn’t a Donovan Clingan
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