Month: September 2024

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 04:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox honored longtime radio voice Joe Castiglione, who is calling his final game Sunday, with an on-field pregame ceremony. The 74-year-old Castiglione, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer with the Ford C. Frick Award,
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Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 04:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Charlie Blackmon trotted out to center field all alone and stood above the giant No. 19 that was etched into the grass at Coors Field. The longtime Colorado Rockies outfielder known for his bushy beard tipped his cap to the cheering fans
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Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterSep 29, 2024, 03:10 PM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him
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Sarah Barshop, ESPN Staff WriterSep 29, 2024, 03:56 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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Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 03:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BEIJING — Carlos Alcaraz cruised past Tallon Griekspoor 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open for his 200th tour-level victory on Sunday. The victory sent Alcaraz to the quarterfinals, and made him the third player born in this century to achieve the 200-win feat along
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ESPN News Services Sep 29, 2024, 03:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rocco Baldelli will return next year as manager of the Minnesota Twins despite a late-season collapse that left the defending American League Central champions out of the playoffs. President of baseball operations Derek Falvey confirmed Sunday before the team’s last game that Baldelli’s
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Field Level Media Sep 29, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NHL fined Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj the maximum amount, $3,385.42, for unsportsmanlike conduct against Toronto Maple Leafs forward Cedric Pare, the league’s department of player safety announced Sunday. The fine, the most allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, followed Xhekaj’s actions
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Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Red Sox longtime head groundskeeper Dave Mellor is retiring Sunday after the club’s final game of the season against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park. Mellor has spent 23 years with the Red Sox and 39 in major league baseball. He
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Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 02:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alabama returned to No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in two years Sunday following its dizzying victory over Georgia, making this 16 of 17 seasons the Crimson Tide has held the top spot at some point. UNLV,
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Stephen Holder, ESPNSep 29, 2024, 02:14 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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Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Angel Hidalgo birdied the second playoff hole to beat Jon Rahm and win the Spanish Open for his first European tour victory Sunday. The 26-year-old Hidalgo had missed a short birdie putt at the same 18th hole to allow fellow Spaniard Rahm
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Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterSep 29, 2024, 12:32 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys defensive end
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Sep 29, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Son Heung-Min was not named among the Tottenham squad to face Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday after he picked up an injury in Spurs’ midweek victory over Qarabag. The Spurs captain limped off the pitch after receiving treatment in the 71st minute of
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Open Extended Reactions Week 5 of the college football season featured one of the biggest matchups of the regular season with the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs visiting the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide. In a matchup that featured teams that have won a combined five national titles in the past 10 years, this one had
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