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D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 7, 2024, 07:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — As the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium cheered wildly, Aryna Sabalenka put her head down and walked to her chair. Coco Gauff was lying on the court with her head in her hands, celebrating her first major title, and Sabalenka

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNSep 7, 2024, 02:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denver Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray has agreed to a four-year, $208 million maximum contract extension, his agents Jeff Schwartz and Mike George told ESPN on Saturday. The deal — which keeps Murray out of free agency next summer — ties one of

Rob Demovsky, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 01:26 AM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. You can follow him

Open Extended Reactions Week 2 of college football is almost here. The first week of the season was all about Boise State‘s superstar running back racking up six touchdowns. What can Ashton Jeanty do for an encore against an Oregon team that struggled to put away Idaho last week? The game of the week is

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 6, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Va. — Johnny Gaudreau was Will Smith‘s hockey idol. The 19-year-old San Jose Sharks forward was a Boston College superfan before attending the school where Gaudreau became an NCAA legend. Gaudreau’s presence was everywhere when

Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 5, 2024, 01:59 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Third baseman Matt Chapman and the San Francisco Giants agreed to a six-year, $151 million contract extension late Wednesday, keeping the veteran from opting out of

Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:41 PM Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco

Open Extended Reactions Additional reporting by Gabriele Marcotti and Tor-Kristian Karlsen. Twenty-two minutes into Chelsea‘s new Premier League season, the fans at Stamford Bridge roused themselves into a chant after their team fell 1-0 down to Manchester City. “Conor Gallagher,” they sang. Not the team’s name. Not their new manager. Not even one of the

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 3, 2024, 10:21 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 The same question pops up following every Naoya Inoue victory: When

Records are made to be broken, right? Try telling that to Wilt Chamberlain and Cy Young. “Wilt the Stilt” averaged an NBA-record 50.4 points per game in 1961-1962, a season in which he also set a single-game scoring mark with 100 points. No one has come close to either record in the six decades since.

Associated Press Sep 1, 2024, 10:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DARLINGTON, S.C. — Chase Briscoe went three-wide to pass Kyle Larson and Ross Chastain for the lead, then outran two-time series champion Kyle Busch to win the Southern 500 on Sunday night and make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Briscoe pulled away on a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 1, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Coco Gauff knew becoming a back-to-back champion at the US Open would be hard. She was likely aware that no woman had repeated at the tournament since Serena Williams won her third straight a decade ago. And Gauff knew she

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — For a brief moment in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, world No. 1

Fantasy staff Aug 30, 2024, 08:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In less than a week, we will have NFL games that count and, therefore, fantasy football results to track. Hope springs eternal and everyone has an opinion on which players will do this and which teams will do that. That’s the fun of being

Kalan Hooks, ESPNAug 30, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions College football action is back for Week 1 and the uniform heat continued where it left off. The No. 3 Oregon Ducks are known for their iconic and unduplicated uniforms. In their Week 1 match against the Idaho Vandals, the Ducks will wear their

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNAug 30, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA Clippers center Ivica Zubac has agreed on a three-year, $58.6 million contract extension — tying him to the franchise for $70 million through the 2027-2028 season, his agents Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz of Excel told ESPN on Friday. Zubac will sign the

Aug 30, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Columbus Blue Jackets winger Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed Thursday when they were struck by a vehicle while riding as “pedalcyclists,” New Jersey State Police said in a release Friday. Johnny Gaudreau was 31, and Matthew was 29. According to police, a driver of a Jeep

ESPN News Services Aug 29, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Left-hander Rich Hill came on in relief for the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night and became the only active player to appear in a major league game in each of the last 20 seasons. Hill replaced starter Kutter Crawford with

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderAug 30, 2024, 07:50 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 Naoya Inoue, one of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxers, returns Tuesday

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Aug 28, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona are in talks to hijack Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bajčetić‘s move to RB Salzburg, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Bajčetić, 19, has emerged as a loan target for Barça after Marc Bernal was ruled out for months with a ruptured anterior cruciate