Month: August 2024

Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 22, 2024, 02:01 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions First baseman Dominic Smith is signing with the Cincinnati Reds after being released earlier this week by the Boston Red Sox, sources told ESPN. The 29-year-old
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and assistant Jon Budmayr are suspended for the Hawkeyes’ season opener as part of a school-imposed penalty for a recruiting violation in late 2022. Ferentz,
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2024, 02:59 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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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Justin Fields says he believes he has shown his capabilities through training camp and the first two weeks of the preseason but
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Andreas Hale, ESPNAug 22, 2024, 02:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou wants to make one perfectly thing clear ahead of his PFL debut against Renan Ferreira: He never ducked a fight with Jon Jones. During a news conference for the Battle of the Giants PFL Super Fight event on
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2024, 02:03 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Perry Minasian, nearing the end of his initial four-year contract, will return as general manager of the Los
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Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2024, 02:04 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions Police arrested a suspect Thursday in the theft of exclusive shoes from the home of Memphis men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway. Ronald James, 42, was charged with theft
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David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions In late July, Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes was the runaway favorite to win National League Rookie of the Year at sportsbooks around the nation, with odds so overwhelming that one
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Associated Press Aug 22, 2024, 01:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Mid-American Conference will require teams to provide player availability reports to the league at least three hours before football games this season, following a similar policy implemented last year by the Big Ten. The league announced the new policy Thursday, saying the council
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Aug 22, 2024, 11:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Eagles are acquiring wide receiver Jahan Dotson from the Washington Commanders in exchange for three draft picks, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In exchange for Dotson, the Eagles are sending a 2025 third-round pick and two seventh-round picks to Washington, the sources told Schefter.
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Associated Press Aug 22, 2024, 12:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz wound up on opposite sides of the US Open bracket in Thursday’s draw, meaning they could meet in another big final after Wimbledon and the Paris Olympics. For that to happen, the No. 3-seeded
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterAug 22, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Instead of just one cover athlete, EA Sports chose to go with three from the same family, selecting Jack, Luke and Quinn Hughes for the cover of NHL 25.  Jack and Luke,
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Eric Woodyard, ESPNAug 22, 2024, 11:29 AM ET Close Eric Woodyard covers the Detroit Lions for ESPN. He joined ESPN in September 2019 as an NBA reporter dedicated to the Midwest region before switching to his current role in April 2021. The Flint, Mich. native is a graduate of Western Michigan University and has authored/co-authored
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