Feb 19, 2024, 03:33 PM Open Extended Reactions Sam Costelow started in Wales’ narrow defeat to Scotland. (Photo by Ian Cook – CameraSport via Getty Images After a weekend off following the first two sets of fixtures, the Six Nations returns on Saturday with Ireland seeming in all-conquering form, England unbeaten and Wales still looking for
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions The College Football Playoff board of managers unanimously approved a model that will guarantee the five highest-ranked conference champions’ inclusion in the expanded 12-team field this fall, along with the
Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 11:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Karolina Muchova, last year’s runner-up at the French Open, had an operation on her right wrist for an injury that has sidelined her since September. “Following my injury at the US Open and an extensive rehabilitation phase, it turned out that a medical intervention
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterFeb 20, 2024, 10:31 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions The Rugby Football Union (RFU) evaluated the possibility of selling Twickenham and offering to buy 50%
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 10:47 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
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The PFL’s 2024 regular season will kick off April 4 in San Antonio with fights at heavyweight and in its new women’s flyweight division, officials announced Tuesday.
Feb 20, 2024, 09:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jurgen Klopp has said he can’t provide a timeframe on Diogo Jota‘s injury but said the Liverpool forward will be out for “months.” Jota was stretchered off the pitch in the first half of Liverpool’s win over Brentford on Saturday after Christian Norgaard landed heavily on
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 19, 2024, 11:19 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — They don’t call it the Fair American Race. They do not call it the Satisfying American Race, the
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions There’s a new No. 1 winger in the NHL, according to our panel of 10 players and 10 executives. Meanwhile, one of the greatest players of all time has seen his support finally dry up. Welcome
The much-anticipated Indian Premier League is set to begin on March 22 and will be held entirely in the country despite the coinciding general elections, league chairman Arun Dhumal told PTI on Tuesday. The elections are expected to be held in April and May and that is the main reason why the schedule for the
Associated Press Feb 20, 2024, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Austin Hill won the Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway for the third consecutive year in Monday’s rain-rescheduled season-opener. Hill won driving the No. 21 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing. It capped a Chevrolet sweep at Daytona this weekend
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 19, 2024, 03:33 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions Running back Mike Davis, who played for six NFL teams in eight seasons, announced his retirement on Monday, his
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNFeb 19, 2024, 01:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. has agreed on a two-year, $21 million contract extension, agents Steven Heumann and Jess Holtz of CAA Basketball told ESPN on Monday. The deal keeps Conley — a significant stabilizing presence on the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed
India skipper Rohit Sharma saw the gen-next take charge in the whites as the likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, and Dhruv Jurel gave important contributions with the bat and in the field to help the team secure a 434-run win against England in the third Test. While the likes of Jaiswal and Sarfaraz orchestrated
Associated Press Feb 19, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron launched Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season by snapping the team’s nine-year Daytona 500 losing streak with a win Monday in the rain-delayed “Great American Race.” The last Hendrick driver to win the Daytona 500 was Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 19, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions The Pac-12 has appointed Teresa Gould, the league’s deputy commissioner, as its new commissioner beginning March 1. Gould, who takes over for George Kliavkoff, will become the first woman to
Associated Press Feb 19, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIO DE JANEIRO — Cameron Norrie started his defense of the Rio Open title by beating Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien 6-3, 6-2 on Monday. “This is a special place for me, I won my biggest title last year here,” Norrie said. “I have another chance
Jeff Passan, ESPNFeb 19, 2024, 05:01 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani hit a towering home run in his first batting practice against live pitching since he underwent reconstructive elbow surgery — another