Month: August 2024

Field Level Media Aug 7, 2024, 02:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Rays activated right-hander Drew Rasmussen from the 60-day injured list Wednesday. Rasmussen, 29, who has not pitched in the majors since May 2023, will join the Tampa Bay bullpen. He is returning from his third major elbow surgery in seven
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Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 02:44 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions Texas running back CJ Baxter suffered a knee injury in practice Tuesday that will require season-ending surgery, the school
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Harrison Butker calls himself an introvert who believes in guarding his privacy. But when Benedictine College, a small Catholic school in rural Kansas, asked
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 01:27 PM 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 Four-star wide receiver Kaliq Lockett, No. 23 in the 2025 ESPN 300, announced his
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Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 01:41 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,
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Aug 7, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jeremy Lamb announced his retirement from basketball via Instagram on Wednesday. “Basketball has been good to me throughout my entire life, so this decision didn’t come easy, but I have decided to retire from the game that has given me everything,” Lamb wrote in the post.
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Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to
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Stephen Holder, ESPNAug 7, 2024, 12:20 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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Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 7, 2024, 12:33 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Was Serbia playing possum? In the wake of Team USA’s easy win over Brazil in the Olympic men’s basketball quarterfinals, coach Steve Kerr was
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Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Close Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants and Detroit Lions were each fined $200,000 for multiple fights
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNAug 7, 2024, 10:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Utah Jazz All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen has signed a five-year, $238 million contract renegotiation and extension — including $220 million in new money, his agent Michael Lelchitski of Sports International Group told ESPN on Wednesday. Markkanen, who had one year, $18 million left on
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Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is set to return to MMA when he makes his Professional Fighters League debut in October, stepping back inside the cage after a pair of high-profile paydays in boxing. Ngannou fights 2023 PFL heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira on
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 7, 2024, 10:10 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions LATROBE, Pa. — Despite being very limited with a calf injury during the first half of training camp, quarterback Russell Wilson is ahead of
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BBC Sport 2 hours ago A teenage racing driver from Northern Ireland has been offered a dream opportunity to be part of Formula 1 team Red Bull Racing’s academy. Magherafelt’s Fionn McLaughlin, 16, recently came through a hugely competitive evaluation week as one one of 11 invited candidates from the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Netherlands,
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