Month: January 2025

Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 11:40 PM ET TORONTO — Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo needed three stitches to close a cut near the base of his right pinkie against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night but returned to the game to finish his fourth triple-double of the season. Antetokounmpo banged his finger on the
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ESPN News Services Jan 6, 2025, 11:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Bradley Beal made the most of an unfamiliar role Monday, scoring 25 points in his first game off the bench in nine years. Beal scored 20 points in the second half as Phoenix overcame an early 12-point deficit to snap a
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ESPN News Services Jan 6, 2025, 10:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — Cam Miller ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more in his 54th consecutive start as North Dakota State’s quarterback, and the Bison won their record 10th Football Championship Subdivision title, beating top-seeded and previously undefeated Montana State 35-32
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Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 10:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Mark Kotsay sees a new era ahead for the Athletics, and not just because they’ve left their longtime Oakland home and will play in West Sacramento for the next few years until a new ballpark is ready for them in Las
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Kris Rhim, ESPNJan 6, 2025, 10:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers plan to sign running back Ezekiel Elliott to their practice squad Tuesday pending a physical, a source confirmed to ESPN. Fox Sports first reported the news. The Dallas Cowboys waived Elliott earlier this month, a move that
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Stephen Holder, ESPNJan 6, 2025, 08:20 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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Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — An affiliate of the Major League Baseball Players Association withdrew its lawsuit against the parent company of the Pittsburgh Pirates and the convenience store chain Sheetz Inc. that alleged unlicensed use of players’ names and images on social media. MLB Players Inc.,
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Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 09:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Veteran reliever Chris Martin signed a one-year contract with his hometown Texas Rangers on Monday night, returning to a team he pitched for in 2018 and 2019. Martin went 3-1 with a 3.45 ERA in 45 relief appearances for Boston last
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Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 08:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan said the team’s first-round draft pick hasn’t been a part of his conversations with the front office and ownership ahead of next month’s NBA trade deadline. Chicago had won three of four going into Monday night’s game
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Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterJan 6, 2025, 07:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, dealing with a right knee injury, sat out his team’s 103-94 loss to the Orlando Magic on Monday night at Madison Square Garden. Towns, who was listed as a game-time decision, didn’t play
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Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterJan 6, 2025, 07:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, dealing with a right knee injury, was ruled out Monday night ahead of his team’s matchup with the Orlando Magic. Before the Knicks’ decision to sit Towns because of what they deemed right
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Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderJan 6, 2025, 07:24 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Right-hander Michael Lorenzen and the Kansas City Royals agreed on a one-year, $7 million contract, sources told ESPN on Monday, reuniting the veteran with
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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 6, 2025, 07:02 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions New Orleans Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson is on the verge of returning to action after missing two months because of a
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Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 05:47 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Al MacNeil, a former NHL player who won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Montreal Canadiens, has died. He was 89. The Calgary Flames announced Monday that MacNeil died a day earlier in Calgary. No cause of death was provided. MacNeil was a
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 6, 2025, 06:27 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Former two-division champion Henry Cejudo will fight No. 8 contender Song
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