Month: October 2024

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Six umpires will make their on-field League Championship Series debuts this year, and Dan Iassogna and Bill Miller will be the crew chiefs. Mike Estabrook, Nic Lentz, Gabe Morales, Jeremie Rehak, Chris Segal and Jansen Visconti will work on field for
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Oct 12, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wesley Fofana has come out in defence of France captain Kylian Mbappé after reports emerged that the Real Madrid forward had been in a nightclub in Sweden on the night of his team’s UEFA Nations League win over Israel. Mbappé had already been criticised in some
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ESPN News Services Oct 12, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Lane Thomas hit a grand slam off Tarik Skubal and Cleveland beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 on Saturday in Game 5 of their AL Division Series, moving the Guardians into another postseason matchup against the Yankees. Cleveland will meet New York
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Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Aaron Rodgers is off the New York Jets‘ injury report and will be back under center Monday night against the Buffalo Bills. The quarterback was a full participant Saturday after being limited Thursday and Friday while dealing with a sprained
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Field Level Media Oct 12, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov is expected to be sidelined two to three weeks with a lower-body injury, coach Paul Maurice announced Saturday. Barkov was injured while attempting to prevent an empty-net goal in the waning moments of Florida’s 3-1 loss to the
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Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 03:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama was able to hold off South Carolina 27-25 on Saturday with an interception after allowing the Gamecocks a chance at handing the Tide their second straight SEC loss by botching an onside kick recovery before the game’s final drive. LaNorris
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2024, 04:25 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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Tim Bontemps, ESPNOct 12, 2024, 04:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vince Carter played 22 years in the NBA, becoming the only player to appear in the league across four different decades. He scored over 25,000 points, made eight All-Star teams, won the 1999 Rookie of the Year award and was named to a pair
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Oct 12, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron became tangled and fell over the top rope during their fight in Riyadh. Richard Pelham/Getty Images The fight between Ben Whittaker and Liam Cameron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ended in bizarre circumstances on Saturday as the contest had to be ended following
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Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Shane van Gisbergen completed a Saturday qualifying sweep by winning the pole for both the Xfinity Series and Cup Series races. Van Gisbergen is racing for the Xfinity Series title but will run his 10th Cup Series race of the season
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Andreas Hale, ESPNOct 12, 2024, 02:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Belal Muhammad (24-3) will make the first defense of the welterweight championship against the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmonov in the main event of UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Muhammad, 36, recently won the 170-pound title by defeating Leon Edwards
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Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2024, 02:11 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — More than two months since spraining his ankle in the first padded practice of training camp, Steelers rookie wide receiver Roman
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ESPN News Services Oct 12, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell expects some offseason tweaks to the new kickoff rules but said that, on the whole, “it’s working.” The new rules have made kickoffs relevant again, he said, and the early data on injuries is promising. Just over
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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 12, 2024, 01:19 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 NEW
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