Month: September 2024

Associated Press Sep 4, 2024, 01:41 PM ET A second suspect has been arrested for stealing a ceremonial sword and bullhorn from Hall of Fame basketball coach Rick Pitino’s office at St. John’s University, New York City police said. A 17-year-old was arrested Tuesday on burglary and trespassing charges in the Aug. 20 theft, police
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ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sao Paulo has tightened security ahead of the first NFL game in South America after players voiced concerns about traveling to Latin America’s largest country, the Brazilian state said Wednesday. Brazil will host the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay
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SWpix.com 4 September 2024 Wales’ Stephen Williams outsprinted Julian Alaphilippe to win stage two of the Tour of Britain in Redcar and claim the overall lead. Israel–Premier Tech rider Williams held off France’s two-time world road race champion Alaphilippe and Britain’s Oscar Onley as a three-man breakaway contested the finish to the 152.1km stage from
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Sep 4, 2024, 11:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former NBA star Rajon Rondo avoided a jail sentence Tuesday when he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun possession charge in Jackson County, Indiana. Court records indicate that Rondo, as part of a plea deal, pleaded guilty to unlawful carrying of a handgun. Two separate charges
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:51 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Memphis basketball coach Penny Hardaway announced the firing of four staff members Wednesday, just two months before the start of the season. Assistant coaches Rick Stansbury, Faragi Phillips and
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Fans won’t have to wait until the Masters in April to watch golfers from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League compete in the
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Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 09:36 AM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Eagles linebacker Devin
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Sep 4, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Whit Merrifield, after becoming the latest Atlanta Braves player to get hit by an errant fastball, blasted the “pathetic” current state of pitching in Major League Baseball, saying “something terrible is going to happen” if the sport doesn’t reintroduce repercussions for throwing wildly inside. “It’s bulls—,
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Sep 4, 2024, 09:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Denver Broncos and two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Pat Surtain ll reached agreement Wednesday on a four-year, $96 million extension that includes $77.5 million guaranteed, now making him the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The $24 million average annual value
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Associated Press Sep 3, 2024, 11:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Kyle Schwarber‘s third homer of the game was a go-ahead, three-run drive in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 on Tuesday night after allowing six runs in the first. Schwarber hit his 12th leadoff
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Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Inspirational thought of the week: Now we may begin all over againTo build that dream we soughtOh, what a bad startNow we
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Sep 4, 2024, 08:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Houston Texans are signing quarterback Davis Mills to a one-year extension worth $5 million. The new contract ensures that he and starting quarterback C.J. Stroud will work together through the 2025 season. In two preseason games this year, Mills completed 70% of his passes for
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