Month: October 2024

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Before his news conference Wednesday to wrap up an exhilarating season, New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns bumped into pending free agent Pete Alonso at Citi Field. “I told him I was about to answer a lot of
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Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 06:07 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for
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Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Paul Biancardi Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Oct 23, 2024, 06:22
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 23, 2024, 05:39 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Undisputed minimumweight champion Seniesa Estrada announced her retirement from boxing Wednesday
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Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIENNA — Alexander Zverev reached the quarterfinals at the Erste Bank Open by beating Marcos Giron 6-2, 7-5 on Wednesday for the German’s personal-best 61st win of the year. The third-ranked Zverev, who is the top seed at the indoor hard-court tournament in the
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Oct 23, 2024, 05:53 PM Open Extended Reactions Antoine Dupont took time out of the full French setup to take part in the Paris Olympics. Hannah Peters/Getty Images Antoine Dupont returned to the French squad for the first time since last year’s World Cup as 42 players were named by coach Fabien Galthie on Wednesday for
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Brianna Williams, ESPNOct 23, 2024, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off is bringing the best of Canada, Finland, Sweden and the USA to the ice in Montreal and Boston from Feb. 12-20. Editor’s Picks 2 Related But why wait four months to feel the thrill? Team jerseys have dropped, and
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 23, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Tyson Fury vows to be “more focused” during his unified heavyweight
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Oregon State and Washington State will play each other twice in 2025, the schools announced Wednesday. With the schools operating as quasi-independents again next season before the Pac-12 expands in
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Field Level Media Oct 23, 2024, 05:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Oklahoma City Thunder exercised their fourth-year contract options Wednesday on Chet Holmgren, Ousmane Dieng and Jalen Williams and their third-year option on Cason Wallace. Holmgren (second overall), Dieng (11th) and Williams (12th) were all drafted in the first round in 2022. Wallace
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Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 04:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball’s postseason goes into its dream World Series matchup with its most-watched League Championship Series in seven years. According to Nielsen, the two series averaged 5.35 million viewers on Fox, FS1 and TBS, its highest numbers since 2017. According to MLB, Game
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 04:23 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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Shams Charania, ESPNOct 23, 2024, 03:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA is likely to begin an investigation later this week into the Philadelphia 76ers surrounding the player participation of All-NBA center Joel Embiid, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Embiid didn’t play in the preseason for what the team called left knee injury management
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