Month: October 2024

Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 05:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIENNA — No. 3-ranked Alexander Zverev paid for not closing out Lorenzo Musetti and lost their Erste Bank Open quarterfinal on Friday. Zverev won the first set and had momentum in the second, where he led 3-0 in a tiebreaker. But the top seed
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Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2024, 06:06 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years
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Oct 25, 2024, 05:54 PM Open Extended Reactions The Rugby Football Union has finally announced the 17 players who have been awarded enhanced Elite Player Squad (EPS) contracts, which will provide a guaranteed annual payment in place of game-by-game match fees. The introduction of the contracts, discussed for almost a year and which form part
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Field Level Media Oct 25, 2024, 12:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dana White recently reached out to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for help with improving the UFC rankings system, possibly using artificial intelligence. The UFC boss confirmed his conversations with the Meta CEO during an interview Thursday with TNT Sports. “I could go on
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Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Ben Shelton knocked out top-seeded Andrey Rublev in the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals in his first matchup with the Russian on Friday. Shelton won 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-4, saving the six break points he faced, and converting the only two he forced.
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Andreas Hale, ESPNOct 25, 2024, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Francis Ngannou is tired of listening to UFC CEO Dana White and wants to set the record straight. Ngannou, 38, successfully returned to MMA after a two-year detour in boxing — and the death of his 15-month-old son — by defeating PFL heavyweight champion
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Stephen Holder, ESPNOct 25, 2024, 05:11 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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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 25, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Alexis Lafreniere and the New York Rangers have agreed on a seven-year contract extension for the first overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, a source confirmed to ESPN. The new contract for Lafrenière, 23, will
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Oct 25, 2024, 02:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James is expected to travel on the team’s upcoming road trip from Oct. 28-Nov. 6 and then begin shuttling between the active roster and the franchise’s South Bay G League affiliate, sources told ESPN on Friday. The
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 10 minutes ago Mercedes’ George Russell set the pace in a first practice session at the Mexico City Grand Prix punctuated by a heavy crash for Williams’ Alex Albon. Russell was 0.317 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, with RB’s Yuki Tsunoda third from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, whose
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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2024, 02:30 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions LOS
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterOct 25, 2024, 01:52 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
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