Jeff Passan, ESPNNov 12, 2023, 01:09 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The Houston Astros are hiring Joe Espada as their manager following Dusty Baker’s retirement, turning to their longtime bench coach as they look to continue a
Stephen Holder, ESPNNov 12, 2023, 10:14 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
Tom Chambers Nov 11, 2023, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mikel Arteta requested reporters to ask him about his opinion of the officials in charge of Arsenal‘s 3-1 win over Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday, and said that they were “so good.” “Please ask me about VAR because today it was good…
Tristan H. Cockcroft Nov 12, 2023, 07:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Baseball never rests. Sure, the 2023 season, postseason included, is fully in the books, wrapped up with the Texas Rangers‘ World Series Game 5 win on Nov. 1. But for us fantasy analysts, 2024 is already firmly in our sights. For this columnist,
Associated Press Nov 12, 2023, 12:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored three goals and the St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-2 on Saturday night. Alexey Toropchenko and Torey Krug also scored for the Blues, and Jordan Binnington stopped 36 shots as St. Louis evened
Nov 12, 2023, 01:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cincinnati Bengals are optimistic that wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase will be able to play Sunday against the Houston Texans, despite the fact that he is questionable with a back injury and the team wants to see how he feels in pregame warmups, a source told
Nov 12, 2023, 01:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions UFC 295 concluded with two new champions, as Alex Pereira won the vacant light heavyweight title and Tom Aspinall took home the interim heavyweight title. But with two divisions plagued with questions, what’s next for the new champs and their weight classes? Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi
World Cup winner Esther González scored the go-ahead goal on a header in first-half stoppage time and Gotham FC survived a wild finish to beat OL Reign 2-1 on Saturday night in a National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) championship match that was in its first few minutes when Megan Rapinoe hobbled off the pitch in
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 11:51 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Tom Aspinall said it was his destiny to win the UFC heavyweight championship in Madison Square Garden. Hard to argue with that after what
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterNov 12, 2023, 12:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Alex Pereira has been in the UFC for just two years. And now he has won championships in two weight classes. Pereira stopped Jiri Prochazka via TKO at 4:08 of the second round Saturday night in the main event
Kendra Andrews, ESPNNov 11, 2023, 10:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green isn’t a stranger to controversial foul calls or ejections. And the Warriors’ 118-110 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers added another one to the list. Green was ejected in the third quarter pf Saturday night’s game
Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderNov 11, 2023, 10:25 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. has been released from a hospital in Philadelphia where he was treated on Saturday night after being struck by a car in Center City, a Sixers spokesman told ESPN. The
Associated Press Nov 11, 2023, 06:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEVILLE, Spain — Leylah Fernandez led Canada into the Billie Jean King Cup final after beating Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova and then helping to secure a 2-1 win over the Czech Republic in a decisive doubles match on Saturday. Fernandez beat Vondrousova 6-2, 2-6,
Associated Press Nov 11, 2023, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions METZ, France — Ugo Humbert claimed his first ATP tour title since 2021 by beating Alexander Shevchenko 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday in the final of the Moselle Open. Humbert was born in the French city of Metz which hosted the indoor tournament. He will
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov has been suspended six months in California and fined $50,000 for testing positive for a prohibited substance, California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) executive officer Andy Foster confirmed Saturday with ESPN. Nurmagomedov has been pulled from the Bellator
ESPN News Services Nov 11, 2023, 04:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Saint-Germain boss Luis Enrique said he was “not very happy” with Kylian Mbappé, despite the France forward scoring a hat trick to send his team top of Ligue 1 with a 3-0 win at Reims on Saturday. The visitors did not take
Nov 11, 2023, 12:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler will sit out Saturday’s game against the host Atlanta Hawks because of an undisclosed personal family issue, the team announced. Multiple media reports noted that Butler could return to play in Sunday’s game against the host San Antonio Spurs. Butler, 34,
Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Minutes before kickoff on Thursday night against the Tennessee Titans, Matt Canada exited the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room at Acrisure Stadium and