Month: December 2024

Dec 11, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach Bill Belichick is finalizing a deal to become the new head coach at North Carolina, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The expected hiring of Belichick, 72, will resonate as one of the most stunning and compelling moves in college football history.
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Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterDec 11, 2024, 04:12 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The Los Angeles Lakers congregated as a team Wednesday
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Associated Press Dec 11, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Pitchers again dominated the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings, accounting for 11 of the 15 unprotected players selected Wednesday. The 121-loss Chicago White Sox had the first pick and selected 24-year-old right-hander Shane Smith from
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Associated Press Dec 11, 2024, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Near Gus Malzahn’s new office hangs a picture of Kelvin Benjamin hauling in a touchdown pass from Jameis Winston, the play that helped Florida State beat Malzahn and his Auburn Tigers in the 2013 national championship game. It’s a daily reminder
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Getty Images Andrew Benson F1 Correspondent 1 hour ago The head of Austria’s motorsport federation says he is “saddened” by proposed changes that will reduce accountability at motorsport’s governing body the FIA. Oliver Schmerold, the chief executive officer of the OAMTC, says the new statutes would be “not good governance” and “not good in terms
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterDec 11, 2024, 03:33 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions Oregon will travel to Penn State on Sept. 27 next
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Associated Press Dec 11, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — You can count Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes among those who are not exactly thrilled about the NFL forcing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions to play three times over an 11-day span in the coming weeks. The Chiefs
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Associated Press Dec 11, 2024, 12:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Tom Hamilton, who has called Cleveland games on the radio for 35 seasons, won the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting on Wednesday. Hamilton, 70, joined the team’s broadcast in 1990, when he was with Herb Score
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Shams Charania, ESPNDec 11, 2024, 02:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus will make his season debut on Friday against the Washington Wizards, barring setbacks, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Strus suffered an ankle sprain in training camp workouts in mid-October. He started all 70 games played last season, averaging career
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Associated Press Dec 11, 2024, 02:42 PM ET David Bonderman, a lawyer and investor who managed money for one of the richest families in Texas, helped create one of the giants of the private-equity business and pushed to bring professional hockey to Seattle, died Wednesday. He was 82. Asset management firm TPG, which Bonderman co-founded,
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Pete Thamel Close Pete Thamel ESPN College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Chris Low Close Chris Low ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Dec 11, 2024, 02:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions North Carolina is working to trying to close a
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Dec 11, 2024, 01:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Giants coach Brian Daboll on Wednesday said quarterback Drew Lock is in a walking boot due to a heel injury and Tommy DeVito now is expected to start against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Lock played in last week’s loss to the New Orleans
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