Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2024, 04:34 PM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow
Witnessing Virat Kohli’s batting or Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling is a pure delight for the cricket fans. While Kohli is among the greatest batters the world has ever witnessed, such is the case with Bumrah in fast bowling. Kohli is a batter that barely any bowler wants to bowl to. On the other hand, Bumrah also
Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Contracts for Blake Snell and Tommy Edman increased the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ obligations for deferred payments to more than $1 billion owed to seven players from 2028 to 2046. Snell’s $182 million contract, announced Saturday, includes $66 million in deferred money
Associated Press Dec 4, 2024, 08:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes was elected to the Major League Baseball Players’ Association eight-man executive subcommittee Wednesday just six months after his big league debut. Also new to the committee are American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik
Andreas Hale, ESPNDec 4, 2024, 08:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Islam Makhachev will look to defend his belt and teammate Umar Nurmagomedov will challenge for a world title in the first UFC pay-per-view card of 2025. Makhachev, the UFC’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, will put his lightweight title on the line against the No.
Dec 4, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Arsenal stepped up their pursuit of Premier League leaders Liverpool by sealing a 2-0 win against Manchester United at the Emirates on Wednesday, once again highlighting their peerless ability to score from set pieces. Second-half goals from Jurriën Timber and William Saliba, both from
Associated Press Dec 4, 2024, 11:53 AM ET Players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in LPGA tournaments or the eight USGA championships for women under new gender policies published Wednesday. The policies, which begin in 2025, follow more than a year of
Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma starting quarterback Jackson Arnold is entering the NCAA transfer portal, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Arnold will have two seasons of eligibility remaining at his next
Dec 4, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Baltimore Ravens suspended wide receiver Diontae Johnson for one game for conduct detrimental to the team, the team announced Wednesday. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said the suspension comes after Johnson refused to enter Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Baltimore is on its bye
ESPN News Services Dec 4, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tony Finau cleared the air Wednesday amid rumors that he was leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. Finau withdrew from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and was not yet registered to play at The Sentry, the 2025 season-opening
Dec 4, 2024, 01:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Vinícius Júnior has asked Javier Tebas to retract an allegation of piracy, sources have told ESPN, after the LaLiga president claimed the Real Madrid star watched the club’s Champions League game at Liverpool illegally. The Brazil international missed the game with a hamstring injury and published
Dec 4, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Instead of having an All-Star Game this season, the NHL and NHLPA are staging the 4 Nations Face-Off, which will run from Feb. 12 through Feb. 20. This is a round-robin tournament that will feature four national teams — Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States
Getty Images 4 December 2024, 17:48 GMT 2 Comments Updated 7 minutes ago Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock is to leave the Ineos Grenadiers team at the end of the season. The 25-year-old has been with the team since 2021 and will depart despite having signed a new five-year contract with them in 2022. Pidcock retained
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNDec 4, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The first-ever NHL/NHLPA 4 Nations Face-Off is many things. It’s a midseason exhibition tournament that replaces the NHL All-Star Game for a change of pace. It’s an antipasto of international hockey ahead of the Italian feast
Associated Press Dec 4, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — South Korean All-Star second baseman Hyeseong Kim was posted to Major League Baseball teams and will be available to sign as a free agent from Thursday through 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 3. Kim, who turns 26 on Jan. 27, has
Shreyas Gopal levelled with Amit Mishra to register the most hat-tricks by an Indian.© X (Twitter) Karnataka spinner Shreyas Gopal levelled with compatriot Amit Mishra to register the most hat-tricks by an Indian bowler in T20 cricket. Gopal reached this accomplishment during his side’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Baroda on Tuesday. During the
NBA Insiders Dec 4, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Group play for the 2024 NBA Cup ended Tuesday, with the knockout round matchups set to begin next week. Soon, a team will claim the title as the second in-season tournament champion, joining last season’s winners, the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the regular season
Open Extended Reactions College football’s national signing day has kicked off with the early signing period. Class of 2025 high school recruits are now able to sign their national letters of intent to lock them into the colleges of their choice. The past few weeks leading into signing day have been highly dramatic. The top