Month: September 2024

Sep 16, 2024, 07:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball’s players union sued DraftKings and FanDuel on Monday, accusing the sports betting companies and two others of using the names and likenesses of hundreds of players on their platforms without permission. Players are seeking compensatory and punitive damages from DraftKings and Britain’s bet365
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Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 16, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Air Force has emerged as a serious target to be added to the American Athletic Conference, sources told ESPN on Monday. Air Force had been referenced in conversations as a potential AAC add in recent months, prior to the Pac-12 taking four Mountain West
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Associated Press Sep 16, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin says Wake Forest violated “an unwritten rule” by buying its way out of next year’s matchup, leaving the Rebels in search of another major-conference opponent. The fifth-ranked Rebels defeated the Demon Deacons 40-6 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as
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Sarah Barshop, ESPN Staff WriterSep 16, 2024, 06:03 PM ET Close Sarah Barshop covers the Los Angeles Rams for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Milwaukee. She then moved to Houston to cover the Texans. She came to ESPN after working as a writer and editor for
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Sep 16, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Wisconsin quarterback Tyler Van Dyke has a torn ACL in his right knee and is out for the rest of the season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Van Dyke suffered the injury on a 5-yard scramble on the opening drive of Saturday’s 42-10 loss to
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Field Level Media Sep 16, 2024, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Mets received some relieving news Monday when an MRI on star shortstop Francisco Lindor‘s back came back clean. Lindor told reporters that he “should be back” before the end of the season and that the “best-case scenario” would be a
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterSep 16, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers signed free agent center Christian Koloko to a two-way
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Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 16, 2024, 01:06 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions NC State will start true freshman quarterback CJ Bailey against Clemson on Saturday, coach Dave Doeren announced. Veteran transfer Grayson McCall was knocked out last week against Louisiana Tech
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 16, 2024, 03:31 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Associated Press Sep 16, 2024, 03:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Oakmont’s already massive greens will be even more daunting when the men’s U.S. Open returns next summer for a record 10th time. The club situated in the northern Pittsburgh suburbs has restored more than 24,000 square feet of green surface over the
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 16, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Notre Dame’s historic blowout win at Purdue came with a cost, as the team lost starting linemen Ashton Craig and Jordan Botelho to season-ending knee injuries, coach Marcus Freeman said
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Sep 16, 2024, 02:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Knicks have signed veteran forward Marcus Morris and guard Landry Shamet to Exhibit 9 deals, the team announced over the weekend. The contracts serve as a training camp invite, giving Morris and Shamet a chance to make the final roster. Their deals are
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Andre Snellings, ESPNSep 16, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Championship-winning fantasy basketball teams are typically built around a strong foundation of production from your best players. It is particularly important to get consistent, top-tier production from players that aren’t necessarily taken at the very top of the draft. Often, that requires an element
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