Month: August 2024

Field Level Media Aug 9, 2024, 01:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Twins right-hander Joe Ryan is expected to be sidelined “weeks to months” with right shoulder injury, manager Rocco Baldelli announced Friday. An MRI revealed a Grade 2 strain of the teres major in his right shoulder for Ryan, who left Wednesday’s start
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Stephen Holder, ESPNAug 9, 2024, 12:57 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
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Doug Greenberg, ESPNAug 9, 2024, 12:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering the Olympics as -550 favorites to win the gold medal, the United States men’s basketball team fulfilling its destiny has often felt like an inevitability. That sense of security evaporated when the squad of NBA superstars nearly lost to Serbia during Thursday’s semifinal:
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Aug 9, 2024, 09:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona have completed the signing of RB Leipzig‘s versatile forward Dani Olmo, the Catalan club confirmed on Friday. Sources have told ESPN that the deal is worth an initial €55 million ($60m), with an additional €7m due in potential add-ons. The Spain
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David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2024, 09:50 AM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. You can follow Newton on Twitter at @DNewtonespn. Open
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Getty Images Sophie Hurcom BBC Sport England 40 minutes ago The Tour de France Femmes 2024 features a “brutal” ascent of the historic Alpe d’Huez climb when the revived race returns for its third edition on 12-18 August. The ascent, famed for its 21 switchback bends and rising to just over 1,800m, has hosted some
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Aug 8, 2024, 12:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Portugal defender Pepe has retired from football, the 41-year-old said on Thursday. Pepe’s last game came at Euro 2024, where Portugal were defeated by France on penalties in the quarterfinals, and he became the oldest player to appear at a European Championship finals tournament. He made
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Associated Press Aug 8, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Top-seeded Coco Gauff cruised past Yafan Wang 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday in the second round of the National Bank Open. Preparing for her U.S. Open title defense, Gauff played her first hard-court match since the Miami Open in April. “It’s not easy
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