Associated Press Feb 8, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled a statue of Kobe Bryant on Thursday, honoring their late superstar with a 19-foot bronze likeness outside their downtown arena. The 4,000-pound statue depicts Bryant in his white No. 8 jersey with his right index finger
Month: February 2024
Open Extended Reactions The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will announce the introduction of a new blue card on Friday as part of trials of sin bins in professional football, sources have confirmed to ESPN. News of the blue cards was first reported by The Telegraph. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Football’s
Field Level Media Feb 8, 2024, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Thursday that defenseman Mikhail Sergachev underwent surgery to stabilize fractures to his left tibia and fibula. There is no timetable for his return to the ice. Sergachev, 25, left Wednesday’s 3-1 loss to the host New York Rangers
Feb 8, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA trade deadline is Thursday at 3 p.m. ET, and expect to see plenty of movement as teams look to shake up their rosters. Which moves will impact the landscape of the NBA heading into the 2024 playoffs? And what deals will affect teams
Associated Press Feb 8, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Wild general manager and three-time U.S. Olympian Bill Guerin will be responsible for overseeing the building of the United States teams competing in the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off tournament next year and the 2026 Winter Games, USA Hockey announced Thursday. The hiring of
ESPN News Services Feb 8, 2024, 01:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Adolis García and the Texas Rangers agreed Thursday to a $14 million, two-year contract, according to multiple reports. The deal avoids a salary arbitration hearing for the AL Championship Series MVP and the World Series champions. The deal through 2025 is pending a
Michael A. Fletcher, ESPNFeb 8, 2024, 07:26 AM ET Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White
Feb 8, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Seniesa Estrada and Yokasta Valle will fight to crown the first undisputed strawweight champion in women’s boxing history, March 29 at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona (ESPN/ESPN+). The fight will be the co-main event on the card featuring the Oscar Valdez-Liam Wilson junior lightweight
Feb 8, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions So, the January transfer window was a bust. Premier League clubs only spent just over £100 million on new players — a mere 1/8th of 2023’s eye-popping £800m+ outlay. With profit and sustainability rules (PSR) looming large and both Everton and Nottingham Forest charged with breaches,
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 8, 2024, 09:02 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions The Year of Messi is upon us. After last year’s sneak peek into a Major League Soccer season with the greatest player of all time, a full offseason of anticipation
Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 11:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox‘s next home could be a modern stadium in a ballpark village type of setting in the city’s South Loop, according to renderings released Wednesday by the team and the company that owns the land. The pictures show an
Open Extended Reactions Only one game remains in the 2023 NFL season. The San Francisco 49ers will face off against the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs Sunday at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII. Which team will take home the Lombardi Trophy? Which player will win Super Bowl MVP? We
ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2024, 09:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Hong Kong government demanded answers from Inter Miami CF and Lionel Messi on Wednesday after the Argentine played in a friendly in Japan just three days after missing a similar exhibition match in its country. Hong Kong’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
Feb 7, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The long-awaited 2023-24 NBA trade deadline (Thursday, 3 p.m. ET) is nearly here, and teams across the league are continuing to seek out opportunities to shake up their rosters all the way up to the deadline. We’ve already seen how a few midseason blockbuster trades have
ESPN News Services Feb 7, 2024, 09:07 PM ET NEW YORK — Tampa Bay defenseman Mikhail Sergachev had to leave the ice on a stretcher after his left leg bent at an awkward angle seven minutes into the second period of the Lightning’s game against the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. The 25-year-old defenseman
Feb 7, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NFL’s coaching carousel has stopped without Bill Belichick landing a head-coaching job, surprising many, including Tom Brady, his former star quarterback. “I don’t know the criteria for hiring coaches. I’ve never been a part of it,” Brady said this week on his “Let’s Go!” podcast.
Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 10:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Ben Shelton cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Michael Mmoh behind a dominant serve Wednesday night, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Dallas Open. The third-seeded American lost just three points on his serve while breaking Mmoh early in both sets.
Associated Press Feb 7, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won a record $19.9 million in salary arbitration Wednesday when a three-person panel picked his request rather than the Toronto Blue Jays‘ $18.05 million offer. Scott Buchheit, Walt De Treux and Jeanne Charles made the decision a day