Month: June 2024

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Team USA coach Steve Kerr said Thursday that all 12 players selected for the Olympic team — including LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard — will be present and able to participate when training camp begins in Las Vegas next week. “We’ve been in communication
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJun 27, 2024, 01:03 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Arizona will face a gauntlet during its debut in the expanded Big 12 next season. But not the slate many had hoped to see. The Wildcats will not
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Associated Press Jun 27, 2024, 12:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Big East Conference will expand to having games on three networks and see a significant increase in revenues under a new six-year media rights deal announced Thursday. Fox Sports will remain as the conference’s lead network under the new agreement, which begins with
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Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 11:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Boston Celtics announced Thursday that center Kristaps Porzingis had surgery to repair the rare leg injury he suffered during the NBA Finals, and that his recovery time would be five to six months — meaning he won’t return until well into the start
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Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 09:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The undercard for Jake Paul’s eight-round cruiserweight boxing match with Mike Perry at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on July 20 is coming together with a few of the fighters that were slated to fight on the undercard of Paul’s originally scheduled fight
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Harry Lyles Jr., ESPN Staff WriterJun 27, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Notre Dame and Michigan State will renew their football rivalry in the 2026 and 2027 seasons, the schools announced Thursday. The Irish will host the Spartans in South Bend on Sept. 19, 2026, then Notre Dame will travel to face Michigan
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Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 27, 2024, 09:58 AM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
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Jun 27, 2024, 09:59 AM Open Extended Reactions Michael Chieka has joined Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers as head coach. Photo by David Ramos – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images Leicester Tigers have appointed Michael Cheika as their new head coach ahead of the 2024-25 season, the Premiership Rugby club announced on Thursday. The 57-year-old
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Eric Karabell, ESPN Senior WriterJun 27, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close ESPN contributor on TV, radio, podcasts, blogs, Magazine Charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame Author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments” Open Extended Reactions The Texas Rangers and Baltimore Orioles start a key four-game series in Maryland on Thursday, meeting for the first
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