Month: August 2024

Associated Press Aug 21, 2024, 02:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DURHAM, N.C. — Bobby Hurley is returning to Duke‘s Cameron Indoor Stadium for a charity exhibition game with his Arizona State basketball team. The Sun Devils and Blue Devils will play the game on Oct. 27 with benefits going to the Duke Children’s Hospital,
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Field Level Media Aug 21, 2024, 01:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Houston Astros reinstated right-hander Justin Verlander from the 15-day injured list, in time for him to start Wednesday afternoon’s game against the Boston Red Sox in Houston. Verlander had been sidelined since June 9 with neck soreness. The three-time Cy Young Award
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2024, 01:35 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson expects to play Saturday against the Detroit Lions in the preseason finale, he said Wednesday. “We’re playing,” he
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Associated Press Aug 21, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The union representing the Dartmouth men’s basketball team filed an unfair labor practice complaint Wednesday against the school because it has refused to negotiate with the players on a collective bargaining agreement. Service Employees International Union Local 560, which already represents other Dartmouth workers,
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Aug 21, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has undergone shoulder surgery, the 25-year-old said on Wednesday, days after she withdrew from this month’s US Open due to injury. Vondrousova, who reached the US Open quarterfinals last year, wrote on Instagram that she had been struggling with shoulder pain
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Getty Images 24 minutes ago Czech rider Pavel Bittner beat Wout van Aert in a photo finish to win stage five of the Vuelta a Espana in Seville. DSM-Firmenich-PostNL’s Bittner reeled in Van Aert after the Belgian launched his sprint early before edging him on the line, with Australia’s Kaden Groves in third. It is
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Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Nebraska has named touted true freshman Dylan Raiola its starting quarterback for its season opener against UTEP on Aug. 31. Raiola, the No. 3 ranked quarterback and
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ESPN News Services Aug 21, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager and, most recently, team ambassador, has died. He was 87. The Warriors announced Wednesday that Attles died in his
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Field Level Media Aug 21, 2024, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Columbus Blue Jackets signed restricted free agent forward Cole Sillinger to a two-year, $4.5 million contract Wednesday. Sillinger, 21, played in 77 games with Columbus last season, tallying a career-high 32 points (13 goals, 19 assists). “Cole Sillinger is a very smart,
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Field Level Media Aug 21, 2024, 11:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston, Miami, Tokyo and San Juan will be the host sites for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday. The 20-team competition will run from March 5-17, 2026, with Japan as the defending champion. The 16 teams that finished in
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNAug 21, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 correspondent 1 hour ago Lewis Hamilton’s long-time race engineer Peter Bonnington will not be joining the seven-time champion at Ferrari next season. Bonnington, who has worked with Hamilton throughout the driver’s 12-year Mercedes career, has been promoted to head of race engineering. Also known as ‘Bono’, and familiar to Formula
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Associated Press Aug 21, 2024, 06:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTERREY, Mexico — Top-seeded Danielle Collins is out of the WTA 500 event in Monterrey, beaten 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 by Erika Andreeva in a match that finished about 1 a.m. Wednesday at the hardcourt tournament in Mexico. Andreeva beat a top 20 player for
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