Month: January 2025

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 21, 2025, 09:16 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Jamie George suffered a hamstring injury when playing for Saracens in the Champions Cup on Sunday.. Andrew
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Field Level Media Jan 21, 2025, 02:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Veteran NFL official Ron Torbert will be the referee of Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9 in New Orleans, the NFL announced Tuesday. The officiating crew also consists of umpire Mike Morton, down judge Max Causey, line judge Mark Stewart, field judge Mearl
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Associated Press Jan 21, 2025, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An 11-year-old collector in Los Angeles has scooped up a one-of-a-kind baseball card featuring National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes. Topps announced Tuesday that the card, which features the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher’s autograph and a patch from a game-worn jersey, had been
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Max OlsonJan 21, 2025, 12:45 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Ohio State quarterback Devin Brown has signed with Cal, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. After winning a national championship with the Buckeyes on Monday night, Ohio State’s No. 2 quarterback
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Associated Press Jan 21, 2025, 01:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LE CHESNAY, France — Victor Wembanyama stood on the center stripe of a new outdoor court in his hometown, his arms outstretched to their full 8-foot wingspan as he posed for a slew of photographers. He could not have seemed happier. Wembanyama unveiled a
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Associated Press Jan 21, 2025, 10:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ohio State was No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season Tuesday after beating Notre Dame for its first national championship since 2014. The Buckeyes (14-2) received every first-place vote following their mostly dominant run through the
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James Regan Jan 21, 2025, 10:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Natasha Jonas and Lauren Price faced off at the Dorchester Hotel in London ahead of their historic bout at the Royal Albert Hall on March 7. Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images Natasha Jonas has warned British rival Lauren Price to be careful what she
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Jan 21, 2025, 09:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Greg Norman says he wants to talk with Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods to discuss how the superstar golfers have benefited from LIV Golf and the upheaval that the Saudi-backed tour has created in the sport. Norman served as LIV Golf’s commissioner and CEO upon its
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Rodrigo Faez, Madrid correspondentJan 21, 2025, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti has denied that he has made his mind up to leave Real Madrid this summer, saying “I won’t decide my departure date from this club.” Spanish radio station Onda Cero had reported on Monday that Ancelotti — whose contract runs until
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Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterJan 21, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ON CHRISTMAS DAY, with his team down by three late in the third quarter, New York Knicks wing Mikal Bridges decided he wasn’t going to be denied. Seeing teammate Deuce McBride launch a long jumper, Bridges ran to the block to get
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Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJan 21, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Smith played with hundreds, maybe thousands, of teammates during his 14-year career as an NFL quarterback. None, he said, was quite like Travis
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