ESPN News Services Feb 5, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Viktor Hovland, the No. 4 player in the World Golf Ranking, and No. 5 Xander Schauffele have both withdrawn from this week’s WM Phoenix Open, the PGA Tour announced Monday. Hovland finished in a tie for 58th at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am,
Connor O’Halloran Feb 5, 2024, 06:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — You never know exactly when Manchester City‘s domestic winning run will begin, only that it definitely will begin sometime. It usually starts around this time of year, when the season drifts towards its final third, when the title race starts to narrow
Associated Press Feb 5, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Monday. Kuznetsov will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice
Feb 5, 2024, 05:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt has a right midfoot sprain and will be reevaluated by team doctors in about three to four weeks, the team announced Monday. Vanderbilt was hurt late in last week’s win over the Boston Celtics. After missing the first 20 games
Field Level Media Feb 5, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Reds signed two-time All-Star infielder and Cincinnati native Josh Harrison to a minor league contract. The deal announced Monday by Harrison’s agency, MSM, includes an invitation to spring training. Harrison, 36, is a career .270 hitter over 1,208 games in 13 seasons
Williams F1 By Matt Warwick BBC Sport Williams team principal James Vowles says he “didn’t sleep for days” developing the new car ahead of the new Formula 1 season. Speaking at the team’s livery launch in New York, Vowles said: “I wasn’t sleeping for days – the weight of 1,000 people falls on your shoulders.”
Buda Mendes Formula 1 bosses have announced changes to the format of sprint races for the 2024 season. Free practice and sprint qualifying will be on Friday, with the sprint race as the first track action on Saturday, followed by qualifying for the main grand prix. Saturday had previously been separated out as a sprint-focused
Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 5, 2024, 07:09 AM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years
Feb 5, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA trade deadline is Thursday, and contenders are putting finishing touches on their rosters ahead of crowded postseason pushes in each conference. But while this week is significant every year across the league, this season has presented new restrictions for front offices to navigate. This
Jeff Passan, ESPNFeb 5, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on an 11-year, $288.8 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, a staggering guarantee that
The Indian team celebrates during the 2nd Test vs England.© Twitter India’s 106-run victory over England in the second Test match at Visakhapatnam impressed the cricket fraternity with legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar terming it a “fabulous performance”. Jasprit Bumrah‘s impressive bowling and Ravichandran Ashwin‘s beautiful three-for helped India overcome a fighting England and level the
Feb 5, 2024, 08:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Steve Belichick has accepted the University of Washington defensive coordinator job, sources confirmed to ESPN. Belichick, son of former Patriots coach Bill Belichick, has spent the past 12 years as a defensive assistant in New England, including five as a defensive playcaller. Steve Belichick, 36, previously
Getty Images Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner is under investigation after a complaint was made against him, the company said on Monday. Red Bull said it took the allegations “extremely seriously” and has started an investigation. Horner, 50, oversaw Red Bull’s record-breaking 2023 season in which the team won 21 of 22
Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNFeb 5, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Bellator fight card in March, the promotion’s first since being bought by the Professional Fighters League (PFL) in November, will launch an eight-event Bellator Champions Series, with each card headlined by a title fight, the PFL announced on Monday. There will be a
There wasn’t just one 54-hole tournament in men’s professional golf this past weekend. Spain’s Jon Rahm made his much-anticipated debut in the LIV Golf League. It was a mixed bag for the reigning Masters champion, who squandered a chance to compete in a playoff for the individual title with a couple of bad swings off
Open Extended Reactions Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. – How VAR
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 5, 2024, 09:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tom Aspinall knocked Sergei Pavlovich out with punches to win the interim UFC heavyweight title at UFC 295 in November. Since then, all he has been able to do is throw shots via social media. Aspinall is asking — begging, in some
Greg Wyshynski Close Greg Wyshynski ESPN Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Feb 5, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NHL All-Star Weekend offers a relaxed atmosphere for players, as they hang with friends and family