Month: September 2024

Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — Austin Hill swept the Xfinity Series season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track, as the Georgia native continued to excel under the venue reconfiguration. Since moving to the drafting track configuration in 2022, Hill has won three of the five
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2024, 06:22 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Vince Young and Texas came to
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Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 06:30 PM 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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Turron Davenport, ESPNSep 7, 2024, 06:09 PM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you can
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 05:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox activated Trevor Story off the 60-day injured list before Saturday’s game against the Chicago White Sox. Story had been sidelined with a shoulder injury that required surgery after attempting to make a diving stop on a ball against
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Memphis will be without one of its most versatile players as running back/returner Sutton Smith will miss the rest of the season with a right knee injury, coach Ryan Silverfield said Saturday. Smith,
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Marc J. Spears Sep 7, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former NBA star Gary Payton Sr. is the new head coach of the College of Alameda men’s basketball team, the school announced Saturday. “Gary Payton is the right choice for the College Of Alameda for a number of reasons,” athletic director Remaundo Vaughn
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Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Close Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and serves as its Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role – writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, and podcast and radio appearances. Before coming to ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 12:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — 23XI Racing, the NASCAR team co-owned by Michael Jordan, said Saturday it skipped a deadline to sign a new charter agreement with the sanctioning body because “it did not have an opportunity to fairly bargain” for a new contract. The two-car
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMPTON, Ga. — Ford dominated Saturday qualifying at Atlanta as Michael McDowell took the top starting spot ahead of the playoff opener. McDowell in the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports set the fastest lap with an average speed of 179.261 mph for
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Associated Press Sep 7, 2024, 03:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Mets‘ Jeff McNeil fractured his right wrist when hit by a pitch and will miss the rest of the regular season. McNeil was struck on a protective guard covering the wrist by a 74.3 mph curveball from Cincinnati’s Brandon Williamson
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 01:56 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. Former Clemson wide receiver Diondre Overton has died, the school announced Saturday afternoon. Overton, a two-time national
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNSep 7, 2024, 02:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension, his agents Jeff Schwartz and Mike George told ESPN on Saturday. The deal — which keeps Murray out of free agency next summer — ties one of
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