Andrew Lopez, ESPNMar 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INSIDE THE VISITOR’S locker room at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, the Portland Trail Blazers are getting their belongings together, heading home after an exhausting four-game road trip in late January. As players head out to the bus, small pink backpacks can
Month: March 2024
Ian Parker, ESPNMar 25, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Following a busy year for the promotion, the PFL returns for its 2024 regular season next week (April 4, 6 p.m. ET on ESPN+/ESPN2). After acquiring Bellator MMA just days before the 2023 Championship finals, PFL got to work making big changes across both
ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NBA on Sunday suspended Utah Jazz guard Kris Dunn for two games and Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. for one, the result of a fight the two had during a game the previous night. In a statement, NBA head of basketball
Mar 25, 2024, 06:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona won again against Real Madrid to extend their lead in Spain. Florencia Tan Jun/Getty Images With the men’s game on international break, it was another busy weekend of women’s football across Europe as Barcelona travelled to Real Madrid in Spain, Bayern Munich visited VfL Wolfsburg in
ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Robinson Cano hit a home run and had two RBIs, and Trevor Bauer pitched three scoreless innings on Sunday as the Diablos Rojos del Mexico beat the New York Yankees 4-3 in the first of two exhibition games in Mexico City. The 41-year-old
Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. Open Extended Reactions Following the St. Louis Blues‘ Stanley Cup championship run in 2019, the team kept their fans engaged with playoff returns the following three seasons. An 81-point
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentMar 25, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — These days, whenever the U.S. men’s national team needs a pick-me-up, Mexico is there to give it exactly what it needs. In this case, it was
Kendra Andrews, ESPNMar 24, 2024, 11:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry watched from the bench as his team took blow after blow from the Minnesota Timberwolves in the fourth quarter of their eventual 114-110 loss on Sunday night. He was ready — he was expecting — to
Jerry Jiang Mar 24, 2024, 10:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. men’s national team midfielder Tyler Adams had a goal to remember. Editor’s Picks While playing Mexico in the Concacaf Nations League Final Sunday, Adams broke the match open in the 44th minute. After receiving a pass from midfielder Weston McKennie on the left
ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 09:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Sam Reinhart scored two goals to reach 50 on the season, Brandon Montour added three assists and the Florida Panthers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night. Vladimir Tarasenko and Carter Verhaeghe
Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff says he won’t pitch this season while he recovers from surgery to his throwing shoulder. When Woodruff underwent the surgery in October, the Brewers said the two-time All-Star was expected to miss most, if not all, of
Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterMar 24, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for
Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterMar 24, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can
Mar 14, 2024, 10:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NBA playoffs will soon be here and teams are beginning to book their postseason spots before the regular season ends on April 14. The top six teams from each conference will be assured playoff spots, while team Nos. 7-10 in the standings will enter
ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani plans to speak to the media Monday for the first time since the illegal gambling and theft allegations involving the Los Angeles Dodgers star’s former interpreter emerged during the team’s trip to South Korea. The interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara,
Mike Coppinger, ESPNMar 24, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jose Ramirez will fight Rances Barthelemy on April 27 in Fresno, California, while Vergil Ortiz Jr. will meet Thomas Dulorme in the DAZN co-feature, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The event will mark Ramirez’s Golden Boy debut after the former junior welterweight champion parted
Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Third-ranked Coco Gauff came from behind in the first set to beat Océane Dodin 6-4, 6-0 and advance to the fourth round of the Miami Open for the second time in her career. Gauff won 10 straight games after Dodin
Mar 24, 2024, 06:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Isabel Rodriguez opened the scoring for Kansas City Current in their NWSL win against San Diego Wave. Ray Acevedo-USA TODAY Sports Isabel Rodriguez scored in the 44th minute and Lo’eau LaBonta converted a penalty kick in the 71st minute as the Kansas City Current came back from