ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 10:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Francisco Giants left-hander Blake Snell threw the third no-hitter of the major league season, blanking the Reds 3-0 in the first complete game of his career Friday night. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner struck out 11 Reds and walked three
Jeff Kassouf Aug 2, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Nothing in soccer can match the drama of a penalty shootout, and there are few individual moments more exhilarating than when a goalkeeper saves a shot during penalties. U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher does it regularly. And, over the past year, she
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2024, 11:32 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Dakota Ditcheva is erasing any doubts around her overall skill level in mixed martial arts, one sensational knockout at a time. Ditcheva (13-0) punched her way to
Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 07:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek withdrew Friday from a US Open tuneup in Toronto after winning a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics. Swiatek was one of several players to withdraw from the National Bank Open, which begins Tuesday. Grand Slam champions Barbora Krejcikova,
Aug 2, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Cape Verde boxer David de Pina could barely contain his joy after continuing his remarkable run at the Paris Games to reach the semifinals of the flyweight division on Friday and guarantee his country’s first Olympic medal. De Pina beat African Games champion and
Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 09:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Denis Shapovalov of Canada was knocked out of the Mubadala City DC Open on Friday after he was disqualified from his quarterfinal round match for shouting at a spectator. Shapovalov lost his first set 7-6 (5) in a match against American Ben
Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions OXNARD, Calif. — As
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 2, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Erik ten Hag has had an eventful summer. There was a point at which it looked like he might not get the chance to stay on as Manchester United manager as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his INEOS conducted their review of
Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 07:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Three-time Cy Young Award winner and active career strikeout leader Max Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday because of right shoulder fatigue. Scherzer (2-4) has made only eight starts since his season debut June 23 following offseason back
Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 08:48 AM ET VILLEPINTE, France — The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary’s Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori’s quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Algeria in women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics. Hamori still will accept her fight on
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC star Conor McGregor received a two-year road ban in Irish courts on Wednesday, over charges stemming from a dangerous driving incident in 2022. McGregor, 36, was
ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 05:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Victor Wembanyama was lurking. Franz Wagner kept going anyway. He slashed into the middle of the lane, then slipped under the swatting arm of the 7-foot-4 phenom for an emphatic left-handed dunk. It might have been the biggest highlight of
Dan Hajducky, ESPNAug 2, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions The home locker that the late Kobe Bryant used from 2003-04 to
ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Novak Djokovic‘s surgically repaired knee did not appear to slow him down a bit as he finally reached a Summer Olympics singles final for the first time, defeating Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-4, 6-2 on Friday night. Djokovic will play Carlos
Open Extended Reactions With training camps in full go right now, most of the buzz is about players preparing for the 2024 season. But it’s not that simple for several standouts. The start of training camps brings contract situations to a head, resulting in players staying away from camp or, in recent years, reporting to
Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 2, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — After a strong finish to the group stage raised dreams of a surprising run for the United States men’s Olympic soccer team, the Americans saw their hopes erased on Friday —
Associated Press Aug 1, 2024, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has overturned a jury’s $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Thursday that the testimony of two
Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 09:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Carlos Alcaraz moved one win away from becoming the youngest man to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal by beating Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 in the Paris Games semifinals Friday. Alcaraz, 21, is from Spain and already owns four Grand Slam