Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterApr 8, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions WITH 6:56 LEFT in the third quarter of what should have been a fairly routine game in early March, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knocked down an 18-foot jumper to give
Nick ParkinsonApr 8, 2024, 07:41 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions The NCAA basketball tournament and knockout stages of soccer’s Champions League are dominating sports fans’ attention around the world. Boxing rarely does brackets or tournaments for various reasons like
Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 NHL regular season concludes April 18, with the Stanley Cup playoffs beginning April 20. But before we get there, there are some races with runway remaining, including for two spots in the Eastern Conference bracket, and for the Presidents’ Trophy and No. 1 overall seed. So to help dissect those
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterApr 8, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Lightning had their own March madness this year. With a March mantra to boot: Just win, baby. And no surprise — the Lightning did. A lot. Tampa Bay went
Stephen Holder, ESPNApr 8, 2024, 06:27 AM 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
Apr 7, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Fenerbahce players walked off the pitch after one minute of Sunday’s Turkish Super Cup match against Galatasaray, forcing the game to be abandoned and conceding the trophy. Fenerbahce, who fielded their Under-19 team, withdrew from the rearranged match in Sanliurfa about 1,000 km from Istanbul after
Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterApr 7, 2024, 11:48 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis aggravated a left eye injury and was ruled
ESPN News Services Apr 7, 2024, 08:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWARK, N.J. — Goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen left the New Jersey Devils‘ 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators on Sunday in the first period with an undisclosed injury. Kahkonen left the ice with the trainer’s help after the Predators’ Roman Josi scored on a
ESPN News Services Apr 7, 2024, 06:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Verlander allowed six earned runs and struck out six in pitching into the fourth inning of his first injury rehabilitation start Sunday for the Houston Astros‘ Triple-A Sugar Space Cowboys. The 41-year-old right-hander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner,
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. LOUIS — The Miami Marlins ended their team-record nine-game losing streak starting the season when Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Nick Gordon hit three-run homers in a six-run first inning that lifted them over the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 on Sunday. Miami had been
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Ben Shelton captured his second career ATP Tour title, outlasting defending champion Frances Tiafoe 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 on Sunday to win the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship. Shelton, 21, had 11 aces on the way to becoming the youngest player to win
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Danielle Collins is loaded with confidence and belief in what she can accomplish in her final season after following her Miami Open title with the Charleston Open championship on Sunday. Collins powered past 11th-ranked Daria Kasatkina for a 6-2, 6-1 victory
Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United‘s biggest achievement this season could ultimately be little more than denying Jurgen Klopp a title-winning farewell as Liverpool manager. But if that’s the case, they will have absolutely no idea how they did it. In three games against their bitter rivals this season — twice in the
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterApr 7, 2024, 09:28 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 08:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP whose career was derailed by injuries, officially was listed by Major League Baseball on Saturday as being retired. This had been the expected outcome for quite some time, but it was unclear when — and how —
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen remains in concussion protocol and will miss their game Sunday night against the Central Division-leading Dallas Stars. It ends his streak of consecutive games at 161, which was the longest on the team. Rantanen’s absence is a
Apr 7, 2024, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid is out for Sunday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to left knee injury recovery. It’s the first game Embiid has missed since returning to the court on Tuesday in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He had
Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Unseeded players Borna Coric of Croatia and Lorenzo Musetti of Italy advanced to the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Sunday. Musetti downed 13th-seeded American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 and was clinical in converting four of his five break points in the