Month: July 2024

Jul 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions When LeBron James entered the NBA as the top pick in the 2003 draft, he did so in the face of seemingly impossible expectations. James already had graced a Sports Illustrated cover with the headline “The Chosen One.” His high school games had been broadcast on
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Representative image© AFP Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh said Team India should not travel across the border to Pakistan for next year’s ICC Champions Trophy as the security situation in the neighbouring country is still volatile. The veteran bowler also backed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decision to seek the government’s
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 25, 2024, 08:24 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 Canelo Alvarez is being stripped of his IBF super middleweight title
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Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJul 25, 2024, 06:44 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 Erislandy Lara will defend his WBA middleweight title against Danny Garcia
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 04:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh has signed a five-year contract extension that includes a pay raise. McIntosh’s contract will now run through June 30, 2029. He has served as Wisconsin’s athletic director since Barry Alvarez’s retirement in the summer of 2021.
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 06:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could meet longtime rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament. Djokovic was drawn Thursday against Australian Matthew Ebden, and Nadal faces Hungarian Marton Fucsovics, with the winners of those matches meeting in Round
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Jake Trotter, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 01:56 PM ET Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 covering college football. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Even with
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — First-year Washington coach Jedd Fisch will lead the Huskies into their inaugural season in the Big Ten with what he said is a “brand-new team” from the one
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Andreas Hale, ESPNJul 25, 2024, 03:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Stakes are high for the interim heavyweight title fight between champion Tom Aspinall and challenger Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in Manchester, England. UFC president Dana White said during Thursday news conference that the winner of that fight will face the winner of the
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 01:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Flyers have signed All-Star Travis Konecny to an eight-year extension worth $70 million, committing to him being a long-term part of their core as they seek to shift from rebuilding mode to contending. The deal announced Thursday keeps Konecny under contract through
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Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 12:39 PM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate Open Extended Reactions PARIS — As the reigning U.S. Open champion and the current No. 2 women’s tennis player globally, Coco Gauff was already going to be fairly
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Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Billy Horschel, who tied for second at last week’s Open Championship after holding the 54-hole lead, withdrew from the 3M Open on Thursday morning due to illness. “I wasn’t feeling great late last night and took some medicine,” he told the
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Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions NICE, France — Jaedyn Shaw was a late injury scratch from the U.S. women’s national team roster on Thursday, with U.S. Soccer announcing just 90 minutes before kickoff that the forward had sustained
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