Rob Dawson, CorrespondentFeb 24, 2024, 01:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United started the week with new minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe declaring that he has arrived to “knock Manchester City off their perch” and ended it with a defeat at home to a team with one of the worst away
Field Level Media Feb 24, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Just four games after making his season debut, Los Angeles Kings forward Viktor Arvidsson returned to long-term injured reserve Saturday. Arvidsson will be sidelined with a lower-body injury after missing the first 50 games of the season following back surgery in October. He
Associated Press Feb 24, 2024, 01:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Jasmine Paolini earned the biggest victory of her career by defeating qualifier Anna Kalinskaya 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to win the Dubai Championships title on Saturday. The 26th-ranked Paolini fought back from a break down in both the second and
Associated Press Feb 24, 2024, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Major League Baseball’s move to slice two seconds off the pitch clock with runners on base is too much, too soon, according to players’ association head Tony Clark. The clock is shortening this season to 18 seconds from 20 with men
Feb 21, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Professional Fighters League launches its pay-per-view Super Fight series in a big way when it pits PFL champions against Bellator champions on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event at Kingdom Arena features two matchups of current PFL champs against the titleholders from newly acquired
John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 24, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 24, 2024, 07:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LaLiga president Javier Tebas said on Friday that there is a “99% chance” that Kylian Mbappé joins Real Madrid this summer. ESPN reported on Monday that Mbappé and Madrid are in talks — with the club optimistic about a positive outcome —
Tim Bontemps, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions EXACTLY ONE YEAR after his tumultuous 3½-year tenure with the Brooklyn Nets came to a close, Kyrie Irving returned to Barclays Center. It was Feb. 6, and Irving was in town with the Dallas Mavericks, less than a week after his former Nets running
Mike Coppinger, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 07:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Junto Nakatani scored a sixth-round TKO victory over Alexandro Santiago on Saturday in Tokyo to become the WBC bantamweight champion, his third division title. Japan’s Nakatani (27-0, 20 KOs) floored Santiago with a straight left in Round 6. Moments later, a crisp right hook
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Joel Farabee didn’t understand the negativity. As he walked into Philadelphia Flyers training camp last September, he saw a locker room that had become even more tight-knit over the summer. He saw key players like center
Andrew Lopez, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 03:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Victor Wembanyama took questions at the podium sitting in front of a San Antonio Spurs banner and was told about the statistical feat he had just pulled off Friday night against the Los Angeles Lakers Wembanyama joined Jamaal Tinsley (2001) as
Jaedyn Shaw scored a pair of goals and the United States went up 3-0 within the first 20 minutes before going on to defeat Argentina 4-0 on Friday night in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. Shaw, 19, scored in the 10th and 18th minute, while veteran Alex Morgan added a third goal off a header
Associated Press Feb 23, 2024, 09:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael is back home after spending more than a week in the hospital with several ailments, publicist Betsy Shepherd said Friday. The 66-year-old McMichael, who went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago, was admitted into intensive
Dan Graziano, senior NFL national reporterFeb 23, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Close Dan Graziano is a senior NFL national reporter for ESPN, covering the entire league and breaking news. Dan also contributes to Get Up, NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, Sunday NFL Countdown and Fantasy Football Now. He is a New Jersey native who joined
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNFeb 23, 2024, 10:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, an architect of four franchise championships, has agreed on a two-year, $35 million contract extension that will make him the highest-paid coach in NBA history, agents Rick Smith and Dan Eveloff of Priority Sports told ESPN on Friday.
Associated Press Feb 23, 2024, 08:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Defending champion Cameron Norrie of Great Britain beat Brazil’s Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 on Friday to reach the semifinals of the Rio Open. Norrie, the tournament’s No. 2 seed and the 23rd-ranked player in the world, will take
Associated Press Feb 23, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Jean-Guy Talbot, one of 12 Montreal Canadiens players to win five consecutive Stanley Cups from 1956 to 1960, has died. He was 91. The Canadiens announced Talbot’s death Friday morning after multiple media outlets reported the news. Born in Quebec on July
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 23, 2024, 06:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Several well-known current and former fighters, including a UFC Hall of Famer, will testify on behalf of the UFC in an upcoming class-action antitrust case, per a brief filed Thursday in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Current star Michael