Month: September 2024

Associated Press Sep 30, 2024, 02:12 PM ET DETROIT — Pistons small forward Ausar Thompson is being held out of contact drills at the start of training camp after having a season-ending blood clot during his rookie year. Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon said Thompson is working through a medical process with the
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Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 30, 2024, 01:33 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The San Francisco Giants fired president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi on Monday and replaced him with Buster Posey, the three-time World Series-winning catcher and franchise
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David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2024, 01:18 PM 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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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2024, 10:29 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers starting right guard James Daniels has an Achilles tear and will miss the remainder of the season, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy
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Field Level Media Sep 30, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering their sixth year together, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra believes a breakthrough in his relationship with Jimmy Butler is imminent. That thesis is based almost entirely on longevity and mutual need. “When you get to that many years together, there’s a lot
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Florida State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei sustained a finger injury in a loss to SMU, and his status is up in the air for Saturday’s game against Clemson. Coach Mike
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Field Level Media Sep 30, 2024, 12:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tom Kim said he apologized to U.S. captain Jim Furyk and Xander Schauffele on Sunday, one day after his public comments caused a bit of a stir at the 2024 Presidents Cup. Kim, 22, on Saturday told reporters that unidentified members of the
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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 30, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions NC State defensive end Davin Vann is working to bring relief supplies to storm-ravaged communities in western North Carolina after floods devastated communities in the aftermath of Hurricane
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2024, 11:11 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions Big Ten and SEC athletic directors will discuss a possible partnership in football scheduling, along with their preferences for automatic bids, in the next iteration of the College Football Playoff.
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ESPN News Services Sep 30, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of post-basketball career as an ambassador for the sport, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday. “Dikembe Mutombo was simply larger than life,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said
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ESPN News Services Sep 30, 2024, 07:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the China Open semifinals for the second straight year after an impressive 7-5, 6-2 victory against Karen Khachanov on Monday. The 21-year-old Spaniard was characteristically relentless from the baseline and ground down the No. 27-ranked Khachanov’s service games
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