Month: October 2024

ESPN News Services Oct 5, 2024, 10:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Alex Verdugo hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning and saved at least one run with a sliding catch along the left-field line, boosting the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Saturday night in their
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ESPN News Services Oct 5, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Fans of the Vanderbilt Commodores danced onto the field, jumping up and down as they tore down a goalpost, carried it out of the stadium and rang out sweet sounds of victory. Then they toted the goalpost a couple of
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Oct 5, 2024, 07:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Pereira defends his light heavyweight championship against Khalil Rountree Jr. in the main event of two-title-fight UFC 307 on Saturday in Salt Lake City. The other title bout at Delta Center pits women’s bantamweight champion Raquel Pennington against former champ Julianna Peña. Saturday’s main card
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterOct 5, 2024, 09:34 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions With the Chiefs bracing for Rashee Rice to be out for an extended period, Kansas City intends to try
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterOct 5, 2024, 09:02 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Christian McCaffrey will not be activated for Thursday night’s game in Seattle against the Seahawks, league sources told ESPN
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 08:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Keith Mitchell finished with a pair of birdies Saturday for a 7-under 65 and avoided some of the blunders that tripped up other contenders, giving him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship. At stake
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Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Oct 5, 2024, 06:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid‘s players are “sad” and “worried” after defender Dani Carvajal suffered what looked like a “serious knee injury” in their 2-0 LaLiga win over Villarreal on Saturday. Federico Valverde put Madrid ahead in the first half at the
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 07:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — UCF receiver Xavier Townsend and four teammates are redshirting and planning to enter the transfer portal. The school confirmed their decisions before the team’s Saturday night road game at Florida. Defensive end Kaven Call, right tackle Wes Dorsey and safeties Bryon
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Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterOct 5, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Trade talks involving Davante Adams are expected to intensify next week as the Las Vegas Raiders star’s hamstring heals
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Mark Vientos and Brandon Nimmo keyed another comeback in New York’s electric run through the National League playoffs, helping the Mets break through for five runs in the eighth inning against a pair of All-Star relievers as they rallied for a 6-2
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Nick ParkinsonOct 5, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Nick Ball looks like the world’s leading 126-pounds boxer after he battered Ronny Rios in 10 rounds of a first defense of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday. The
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Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Texans defensive end Dylan Horton was activated from the reserve/non-football injured list Saturday, less than a year after he was diagnosed with late-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. Horton, who returned to practice Wednesday, was diagnosed with the cancer of the lymph nodes Dec. 1.
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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 5, 2024, 06:35 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — For playoff teams who earn a bye into the division series, there’s always a bit of trepidation they’ll exhibit some rust in their first postseason game, but
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Stephen Holder, ESPNOct 5, 2024, 02:32 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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