ESPN News Services May 9, 2024, 08:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said his team deserve all three titles available to them this season after they qualified for the Europa League final by overcoming AS Roma on Thursday. Furthermore, added the Spanish coach, his team had the look of group
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Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNMay 9, 2024, 07:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Budenholzer has emerged as the Phoenix Suns‘ target to become the franchise’s next coach, and discussions are expected to move rapidly toward a deal, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The Suns fired coach Frank Vogel on Thursday afternoon after one season as a
Associated Press May 9, 2024, 02:52 PM ET Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Jimmy Johnson, a three-time All-Pro and member of the All-Decade Team of the 1970s, has died. He was 86. Johnson’s family told the Pro Football Hall of Fame that he died on Wednesday night. Johnson, inducted into the Hall of
John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterMay 9, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
Andreas Hale, ESPNMay 9, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has made it clear that he wants to face former champion Stipe Miocic next and has dismissed a unification bout with interim champion Tom Aspinall. “I’m in the middle of a pretty clear decision,” Jones said on X. “Stick
Ryan HockensmithMay 9, 2024, 01:01 PM ET Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the
Associated Press May 9, 2024, 04:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Mason Marchment is set to return to the Dallas Stars‘ lineup for Game 2 of their second-round series against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night. Marchment has missed the past six games since he and Radek Faksa both left the Stars bench
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 9, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Andrey Rublev fell onto his back, legs outstretched with his hands covering his face. Red clay covered his shirt and his legs as he stood up seconds later. He let out a deep exhale. He had arrived in Madrid without a match win
Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Champions League final is set — 14-time winners Real Madrid will face 1997 champions Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on June 1 aiming to succeed Manchester City by lifting the trophy in London. Madrid be overwhelming favourites with Carlo Ancelotti’s side having just clinched a record-extending 36th LaLiga title. In contrast,
Jeff Passan, ESPNMay 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions OVER THE WINTER, as the Pittsburgh Pirates considered how to unleash the best pitching prospect in a generation on the baseball world, they landed on a
Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterMay 9, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions
Associated Press May 9, 2024, 10:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ROME — For a brief stretch on Thursday, Rafael Nadal looked every bit of a weary 37-year-old player nearing retirement. Struggling to produce pace off both sides with his groundstrokes, committing an uncharacteristically high number of unforced errors and unable to stay in rallies,
Nick ParkinsonMay 9, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Just like the music business, boxing has had its fair share of one-hit wonders. George Kambosos Jr. aims to avoid having his name join the list of those who
May 9, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft were front and center Sunday in what appeared to be a happy reunion during the live roast of Tom Brady. But according to two former players who attended the roast, the former New England Patriots coach and longtime team owner also
Associated Press May 9, 2024, 08:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Wimbledon girls finalist Nikola Bartunkova was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for doping on Thursday. The agency said the 18-year-old Czech player tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine at tournaments in Trnava, Slovakia, and Maribor, Slovenia, in
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 9, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions This NHL season might have been the greatest example of, “Well, you can’t fire the players.” Going back to Sept. 2023, there were 13 coaching changes made in the NHL. Stretch it back to Jan. 2023,
Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMay 9, 2024, 07:26 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions The Indiana Pacers have submitted 78 plays to the NBA that they felt went against them incorrectly during Games 1 and 2 against the New York
May 9, 2024, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 Champions League semifinals are all wrapped up with plenty of drama, an upset and heartbreak. Borussia Dortmund delivered the final blow to beat Paris Saint-Germain on their own ground in France, leaving Kylian Mbappé without a European trophy as he prepares to make his