Month: May 2024

Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNMay 14, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cleveland Browns safety Rodney McLeod Jr. says the 2024 season, which will be his 13th in the NFL, will be the final one of his career. “This is the last lap for me,” McLeod said Monday during an appearance on NFL Network’s “NFL Total
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ESPN News Services May 14, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to bank and tax fraud, a formality ahead of a plea deal he has negotiated with federal prosecutors in a wide-ranging sports betting case. Prosecutors say
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterMay 14, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions The CW and FOX Sports will combine to televise the 2024 home football games for the remaining two Pac-12 teams, Oregon State and Washington State, the conference announced Tuesday. “We
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D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 14, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The French Tennis Federation (FFT) announced the players who would be receiving wild cards for the upcoming French Open in a statement Tuesday, awarding most of the slots to French players. Major champions Simona Halep, Venus Williams, Dominic Thiem, Caroline Wozniacki and Emma
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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMay 14, 2024, 02:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Four-time PGA Championship winner Tiger Woods will tee off at 8:04 a.m. ET on the 10th tee at Valhalla Country Club on Thursday, alongside Australia’s Adam Scott and 2011 PGA Championship winner Keegan Bradley. Defending champion Brooks Koepka will begin his
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterMay 14, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
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Associated Press May 14, 2024, 02:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROME — Defending champion Daniil Medvedev became the latest top player to crash out of the Italian Open as he lost to American Tommy Paul on Tuesday. The 14th-seeded Paul dominated to triumph 6-1, 6-4. The opener lasted just 28 minutes as Medvedev’s serve
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May 14, 2024, 12:15 PM Open Extended Reactions Billy Vunipola is due to move to French club Montpellier, ESPN reported in March. Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images England props Mako and Billy Vunipola will leave Saracens at the end of this season, the Premiership club announced on Tuesday. ESPN reported in March that Billy Vunipola is
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May 14, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A three-judge panel of Nevada’s Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the NFL against former Raiders coach Jon Gruden, saying that he was subject to arbitration even as a former employee and thus ineligible to sue the league over his 2021 termination. Justices Elissa F. Cadish
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterMay 14, 2024, 01:58 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Green Bay is expected to hire sports media personality Doug Gottlieb as its next men’s basketball coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Gottlieb was one of the final
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Associated Press May 14, 2024, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAHAINA, Hawaii — North Carolina State, Baylor and Texas will be among the eight teams in the field for the 2025 Maui Invitational. The tournament field announced on Tuesday also will include Oregon, Seton Hall, Southern California, UNLV and host Chaminade. Editor’s Picks The
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Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 14, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boxer Devin Haney, in a letter to the New York State Athletic Commission obtained by ESPN, formally requested Saturday that last month’s loss to Ryan Garcia be overturned to a disqualification win after Garcia’s failed doping test. Garcia’s A-sample tested positive for the anabolic
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterMay 14, 2024, 12:42 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert was fined $75,000 for rubbing his
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 14, 2024, 12:16 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Michigan staff member Denard Robinson, a former star quarterback for the Wolverines who was suspended following a drunken driving arrest last month, is no longer employed by the team, a spokesman told ESPN.
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