Month: January 2025

Field Level Media Jan 25, 2025, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Colorado Rockies star Charlie Blackmon was named special assistant to general manager Bill Schmidt on Saturday. The retired outfielder will assist Schmidt in all areas of baseball operations, the Rockies said. “Charlie has been an integral part of the Rockies organization for
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Associated Press Jan 25, 2025, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — The door to re-signing free agent Alex Bregman is “cracked” open for the Astros, but keeping the third baseman with the team might still be a longshot, general manager Dana Brown said Saturday. Speaking at the team’s FanFest, Brown talked at length
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Marcel Louis-JacquesJan 25, 2025, 01:45 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for
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Jorge CastilloJan 25, 2025, 11:58 AM 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 YORK — The
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Brian WindhorstJan 25, 2025, 12:19 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The desire to play with Victor Wembanyama may someday draw fellow stars to the San Antonio Spurs, but he’s already attracting the next generation. That was the
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Associated Press Jan 25, 2025, 10:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara rallied from losing a contentious first set to win the Australian Open men’s doubles title 6-7 (16), 7-6 (5), 6-3 over the Italian pairing of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. The Italians had a point overturned
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Michael DiRocco Close Michael DiRocco ESPN Staff Writer Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco on Twitter
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ESPN News Services Jan 25, 2025, 05:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions American Madison Keys held off reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka to win her first Grand Slam title. The top-ranked player in the world, Sabalenka had been looking to win her third straight Australian Open championship. But Keys took the first set 6-3 before dropping
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Open Extended Reactions No. 7 Houston expects to return its second-leading scorer, Emanuel Sharp, for its game at No. 12 Kansas, coach Kelvin Sampson told ESPN. Sampson said Sharp has the “green light” from the Houston trainer to return for the game Saturday night (6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Sharp averages 13.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and
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Open Extended Reactions Auburn coach Bruce Pearl didn’t rule out a return of star forward Johni Broome for the home game against No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night. Pearl told ESPN that Broome, who has been out since Jan. 11 with an ankle injury, practiced “some” on Friday. He remains questionable for the game, Pearl
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Jan 25, 2025, 10:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mohamed Salah moved up to seventh in the Premier League‘s all-time goalscoring chart with his 35th-minute strike during Liverpool‘s clash with Ipswich Town at Anfield on Sunday. The Egypt international has been in inspired form for Arne Slot’s table-topping side this season and netted his 176th
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Turron DavenportJan 25, 2025, 09:47 AM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you can follow
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Associated Press Jan 24, 2025, 05:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Ivy League will not join the antitrust settlement that will allow schools to pay their players directly, a decision that leaves the conference of eight elite academic institutions clinging to college sports’ amateur model even as it is increasingly abandoned
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Seth Wickersham Close Seth Wickersham ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Joined ESPN The Magazine after graduating from the University of Missouri. Although he primarily covers the NFL, his assignments also have taken him to the Athens Olympics, the World Series, the NCAA tournament and the NHL and NBA playoffs.
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