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Jul 4, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson returns to the ring on Saturday to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan. The fight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (ESPN/ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:10 p.m. ET), will be the main event of a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 3, 2024, 07:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EMMA RADUCANU’S SMILE still hadn’t faded. She was minutes removed from her dominant 6-1, 6-2 second-round victory over Elise Mertens at Wimbledon and seemed to be taking in every moment. As she stood to the side of No. 1 Court for her post-match

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 3, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Dan Ige was about as mentally removed from a fight as one could get on a Saturday afternoon. He’d just spent the last hour on a massage

Ramona Shelburne Close Ramona Shelburne ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Kendra Andrews Jul 3, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB in Pacific Palisades is one of those places in Los Angeles where every room — every tree, even — has

DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNJul 3, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show, “Talkin’ Texans.” Open Extended

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 2, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Thank goodness actual football is starting soon. No offense to the good folks of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but when lawsuits and countersuits are the primary storyline of your offseason, well, you haven’t

ESPN News Services Jul 1, 2024, 09:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals top prospect James Wood is expected to make his major league debut Monday night against the New York Mets. The Nationals selected the contract of the 21-year-old outfielder to call him up from Triple-A Rochester. Wood was acquired in

Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NHL offseason is off to a wild start. Just four days after the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup, an epic 2024 NHL draft took place at Sphere in Las Vegas, including several big trades along with 225 prospects finding new homes. Now it’s time for the league’s 32 front

Associated Press Jun 30, 2024, 09:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEBANON, Tenn. — Joey Logano felt he couldn’t get to the finish line fast enough with his No. 22 Ford sputtering and nearly out of gas. First, he had to hold off the driver with the fastest car to win the rain-delayed race that

Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCJun 29, 2024, 04:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BERLIN — They may have been the defending champions, but nobody thought Italy were particularly good heading into Euro 2024. Fewer still thought they could be this bad. While the 2-0 round-of-16 loss at the hands of Switzerland on Saturday could

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2024, 08:01 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT champion Alex Pereira and his coach, Plinio Cruz, were preparing to board a plane from Newark, New Jersey, to Australia on the morning of

Jun 28, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dennis Walters remembers sobbing as his father cradled his head in his arms. It was late January 1975. The Bing Crosby National Pro-Am was playing on the TV in the Walters’ living room in Neptune Township, New Jersey. The celebrity-studded annual PGA event from Pebble Beach

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJun 28, 2024, 07:55 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Teofimo Lopez glides around the ring with palm trees

Associated Press Jun 27, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWPORT, R.I. — Richard Green and Hiroyuki Fujita each shot 7-under 63 in the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, taking advantage of low wind in the morning to attack the seaside Newport Country Club course and pull a stroke ahead of local favorite Billy

ESPN News Services Jun 27, 2024, 03:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki had to retire from her quarterfinal match at the Bad Homburg Open on Thursday with a knee injury. Wozniacki, 33, a wild-card entry, fell during the first set of her match against third-seeded American Emma Navarro and

Jun 27, 2024, 09:59 AM Open Extended Reactions Michael Chieka has joined Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers as head coach. Photo by David Ramos – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images Leicester Tigers have appointed Michael Cheika as their new head coach ahead of the 2024-25 season, the Premiership Rugby club announced on Thursday. The 57-year-old

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 26, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Atlanta Hawks selected French forward Zaccharie Risacher with the first overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft. Risacher became the second consecutive international prospect — and fourth overall — to be taken with the top overall pick in the draft.

Sarah Barshop, ESPN Staff WriterJun 26, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Sarah Barshop covers the Los Angeles Rams for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Milwaukee. She then moved to Houston to cover the Texans. She came to ESPN after working as a writer and editor for

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNJun 25, 2024, 12:30 PM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions NHL

Jun 24, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The San Diego Padres placed Fernando Tatis Jr. on the 10-day IL with a femoral stress reaction in his right leg, the team announced on Monday. The move is retroactive to Saturday. Tatis had already been out of the Padres lineup over the weekend due to