Month: January 2025

Open Extended Reactions Are we witnessing the end of Manchester City‘s incredible period of dominance, and have recent weeks exposed the first cracks in the winning empire built by Pep Guardiola? When the Champions League fixture list for the new 36-team league phase was released in September, nobody could have seriously predicted that Wednesday’s clash
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Associated Press Jan 22, 2025, 08:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Sluggball, a 4-on-4 baseball competition co-founded by former Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., is expected to debut in May and tour minor league stadiums this season. Sluggball focuses entirely on situational hitting, with no fielding or running required. Amaro, who
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ESPN News Services Jan 22, 2025, 06:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Defending champion Jannik Sinner dismissed No. 8 seed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 to reach the Australian Open semifinals Wednesday and extend the country’s decades-long wait for another homegrown men’s singles Grand Slam champion. Sinner, whose Grand Slam breakthrough came in last
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Ohio State won the national championship. Ohio State had the most talented roster in the country. The first is an incontrovertible fact. The second is, technically, an opinion — one shared by everyone on ESPN’s committee selecting the top 100 players of the 2024-25 season — but it’d be tough to come up with a
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Jeff BorzelloJan 22, 2025, 07:46 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Arkansas guard Boogie Fland, one of the best freshman players in the country, is expected to miss the rest of the season with a hand injury, sources confirmed to ESPN. Fland had
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Jan 21, 2025, 01:27 PM Open Extended Reactions Losing captain Sione Tuipulotu to injury is a blow to Scotland’s Six Nations hopes but coach Gregor Townsend believes it will offer the chance for others to make an impact. Tuipulotu was ruled out of the tournament after being hurt last week with Scottish Rugby announcing on
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Greg WyshynskiJan 22, 2025, 02:05 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Washington Capitals goalie Logan Thompson said he was distracted by a tray of cheese-covered nachos thrown on the ice while Oilers winger Corey Perry scored on him in Edmonton on Tuesday night. “That’s a first,” said Capitals
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Jan 21, 2025, 11:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UConn coach Dan Hurley owned up to berating an official during Tuesday night’s 80-78 win over Butler after he was caught on camera telling them “don’t turn your back on me, I’m the best coach in the f—ing sport.” Hurley was complaining about what he thought
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