Month: July 2024

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 1, 2024, 01:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Boston Celtics majority ownership group, led by Wyc Grousbeck, is planning to make the franchise available for sale. Grousbeck and partner Steve Pagliuca led a group into a purchase of the team in 2002 for $360 million. Since then, franchise valuations have skyrocketed,
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Andy Murray has withdrawn from his first-round match at Wimbledon against Tomas Machac and confirmed he has played his final singles match at the championships. Murray, 37, is still in the draw for the doubles, where he will play alongside brother Jamie but, having had a procedure on a spinal cyst on June 22, Murray
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJul 1, 2024, 08:22 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions After being bought out by the Buffalo Sabres, a team that has missed the playoffs for 13 straight years, Jeff Skinner signed a one-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers, a team that
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Associated Press Jul 1, 2024, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was scratched from the lineup for Monday afternoon’s Canada Day game against the Houston Astros because of pain in his right hand. Spencer Horwitz moved from second base to first, Isiah Kiner-Falefa moved from third
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Associated Press Jul 1, 2024, 06:34 PM ET WASHINGTON — New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo missed Monday night’s game against the Washington Nationals after being injured in a fall in his hotel room overnight. Manager Carlos Mendoza said Nimmo cut his forehead in the fall but did not have a concussion. “In the middle
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ESPN News Services Jul 1, 2024, 08:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Blackhawks reached a two-year contract agreement with veteran defenseman TJ Brodie on Monday night, capping off a busy day for the rebuilding club. The deal totals $7.5 million over two years, the club announced, and added to a host of free
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Jul 1, 2024, 05:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum has agreed on a five-year, $314 contract extension, including a player option and trade kicker, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday. Tatum, 26, led Boston to its 18th NBA title with a five-game victory over the Dallas Mavericks in the
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Eli Lederman, ESPNJul 1, 2024, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kansas State landed a class-defining in-state commitment when four-star tight end Linkon Cure, No. 64 in the 2025 ESPN 300, announced his pledge to the Wildcats on Monday afternoon. With his commitment, Cure becomes the Wildcats’ first ESPN 300 pledge in 2025 and immediately
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Associated Press Jul 1, 2024, 05:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Jon Gruden lost a bid for the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider whether a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit he filed against the NFL after he resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders should be heard in court or in
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Substitute Randal Kolo Muani forced an own goal with five minutes left to send twice-winners France through to the quarterfinals of Euro 2024 on Monday after beating a disappointing Belgium 1-0 in Dusseldorf. France will meet the winner of Monday’s match between Portugal and Slovenia in the quarterfinals in Hamburg on Friday. With the game
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Multiple Contributors Jul 1, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NHL free agency signing period is officially underway. As the deals continue to roll in, ESPN NHL reporters Kristen Shilton, Greg Wyshynski and Ryan Clark will be grading the big-name signings, including the player’s fit with his new team, terms of the
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