Month: August 2024

Connor O’Halloran Aug 11, 2024, 07:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif, who endured intense scrutiny about her womanhood throughout the Paris Games, has filed a formal legal complaint in which she says she was the victim of online abuse. In a statement posted Sunday to Instagram, Khelif’s
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman considered his roster following a recent fall practice ahead
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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 11, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The original and the sequel were classics — with high drama and stars taking hero turns in the final act. But just wait for
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 07:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TULSA, Okla. — Asterisk Talley led Rianne Malixi 1 up halfway through the U.S. Women’s Amateur championship match Saturday, three weeks after Malixi routed Talley in the U.S. Girls’ Junior final. “I’m feeling a lot better than last time I played Rianne,” said Talley,
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Associated Press Aug 11, 2024, 06:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The nascent governing body fighting to keep boxing in the Olympics is about to get a major membership boost. World Boxing expects to expand its membership base to at least 50 national federations in the weeks after the conclusion of the Paris
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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Katie Falkingham BBC Sport senior journalist in Paris 2 hours ago Comments Track cycling sensation Emma Finucane made British Olympic history by winning individual sprint bronze for her third medal of the Paris Games. Not since 1964,
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 11, 2024, 01:38 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Angelo Leo scored a spectacular one-punch knockout of Luis Alberto Lopez
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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Top-seeded defending champion Jannik Sinner advanced to the National Bank Open quarterfinals Saturday, beating Alejandro Tabilo of Chile 6-4, 6-3 in the rain-delayed tournament. The Italian star was set to face fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev of Russia on Saturday night. Rain washed out
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Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2024, 08:33 PM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him
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Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2024, 12:03 AM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 11, 2024, 12:36 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Vergil Ortiz survived the first two knockdowns of his career to
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2024, 12:24 AM 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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Andreas Hale, ESPNAug 10, 2024, 10:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Serghei Spivac made short work of Marcin Tybura and secured a first-round submission Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night at the UFC Apex. The fight was a rematch of their 2020 meeting when Tybura won a unanimous decision.
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