Month: April 2024

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 02:32 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Mecklenburg County judge on Thursday denied two motions by Florida State to dismiss or stay a lawsuit filed by the ACC that the league hopes
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Apr 4, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is considered day-to-day because of a finger injury on his left hand after X-rays and scans came back negative, coach Willie Green told reporters Thursday. “Everything structurally was fine, just some soreness in his finger,” Green said. Williamson missed the
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ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal withdrew from the upcoming Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, saying his body is not yet ready for competition. Nadal, who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January after almost a year
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carson Wentz had the thought years ago, when he had no reason to believe he would ever play for the Kansas City Chiefs, that
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Tisha Thompson, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 11:38 AM 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. Open Extended Reactions A former Arizona Cardinals executive and his family sued the team along with its owner, lawyers and crisis communications firm for
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ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Athletics will spend the next three seasons playing at a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento before their planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season. The team announced Thursday that it would play at Sutter Health Park — the home
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Apr 4, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions UConn men’s basketball has made history, becoming the first team ever to win 10 straight NCAA tournament games by double digits. That streak has also made history at the betting window. UConn is the first team to cover 10 straight NCAA tournament games since Villanova did
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Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 10:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — An Italian tennis official has been suspended for 5½ years for multiple corruption breaches, the sport’s integrity agency said Thursday. Manuel Guion, a national-level official who has also served as a line judge at ATP challenger level, admitted to five breaches of
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Apr 4, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kenny Smith, a two-time NBA champion and prominent broadcaster, has been appointed head of Next Stars’ player initiatives in North America for the National Basketball League‘s Next Stars program, the league announced. The appointment of Smith will see him actively recruit, develop and mentor new Next
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After two months of rehabilitation to attempt a return to the New York Knicks, All-NBA forward Julius Randle will undergo season-ending right shoulder surgery, the team announced Thursday. Randle, who has been out since dislocating his shoulder on Jan. 27, had been relentlessly rehabilitating
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Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 08:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Saudi Arabia will host the WTA Finals as part of a three-year deal announced Thursday by the women’s professional tennis tour that will increase the prize money for this November’s season-ending championship to a record $15.25 million, a 70% increase from 2023. The event
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Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 07:55 AM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
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