Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers became the first major league team to clinch a division championship Wednesday when it sealed its third National League Central title in the past four years. The Chicago Cubs‘ 5-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics enabled the Brewers to
Nick ParkinsonSep 17, 2024, 05:59 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions If you’re not an avid follower of boxing, you might not know that Daniel Dubois, who fights Anthony Joshua on Saturday, is actually a reigning world heavyweight champion. Dubois
Kalyn Kahler, ESPNSep 18, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WHEN AARON RODGERS tore his Achilles after four snaps last season, NFL agents and club employees went straight to their laptops to confirm something they suspected — There was no insurance addendum in Rodgers’ contract. The Jets renegotiated Rodgers’ contract after trading for him
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterSep 18, 2024, 04:51 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie will be placed on long-term injured reserve for the 2024-25 NHL season because of a chronic back issue, the team announced on Wednesday. The club’s decision came
Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers have a new teammate in their bid to build a new $1.3 billion arena downtown. Mayor Cherelle Parker announced Wednesday that she has forged a deal with team owners to keep the NBA franchise in town and will send it
Sep 18, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ESPN senior NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski has agreed to become the general manager of the men’s basketball program at St. Bonaventure, he told ESPN. Wojnarowski is a St. Bonaventure alumnus and has a strong relationship with the program, including as a fundraiser for the school’s collective
Sep 18, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — World No. 6 Coco Gauff and coach Brad Gilbert are parting company after the player suffered a frustrating fourth-round exit at the US Open, Gilbert said Wednesday, adding that he was looking forward to the next chapter of his career. Gilbert helped to
Andreas Hale, ESPNSep 18, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aljamain Sterling has pulled out of his UFC 307 featherweight fight with Movsar Evloev due to an injury. The former bantamweight champion was slated to compete for a second time as a featherweight after dropping his 135-pound title to Sean O’Malley in August 2023.
Sep 18, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Dubois makes the first defense of his IBF heavyweight title against former unified champion Anthony Joshua in the main event of a boxing card at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday (DAZN PPV). Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs), of London, won the IBF interim title with an
Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 01:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning selected Victor Hedman as the team captain Wednesday as training camp opened, making the big defenseman the successor to Steven Stamkos. Hedman, who is going into his 16th season with Tampa Bay, was considered the obvious choice
Jeff Kassouf Sep 18, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There is an inevitable question USL Super League president Amanda Vandervort faces in just about any interview, a version of which she has answered ad nauseum before the league she oversees even played a game: Why did the USL Super League launch as a
Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterSep 18, 2024, 12:23 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Kelce blames the slow start to his season on himself. “I put that on me,” Kelce said on the weekly New Heights podcast
Sep 18, 2024, 11:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Elina Svitolina‘s tennis season has ended, the Ukrainian said on Wednesday after she underwent surgery on her right foot to address a long-standing injury. Svitolina came back from maternity leave last year firing on all cylinders and reached the Wimbledon semifinals, but she
Multiple Contributors Sep 18, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With the NBA poised this season to consider expansion — perhaps adding at least one franchise in the next two to three years, as we laid out in Tuesday’s FAQ — let’s consider how any new team(s) would be built. The NBA is a
ESPN News Services Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Moments after Jose Altuve was ejected for taking off his left cleat and sock trying to prove a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and then made a sensational play at second base
Sep 18, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Canelo Alvarez‘s unanimous decision victory over Edgar Berlanga — his eighth defense of at least one super middleweight title — solidified his spot atop the 168-pound division but didn’t earn him many extra votes to move up in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings. It was Alvarez’s sixth fight
Sep 17, 2024, 06:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Emma Raducanu has progressed to the second round of the Korean Open after defeating Peyton Stearns in straight sets on Tuesday. Raducanu, playing for the first time since her first-round defeat to Sofia Kenin at the US Open, came through a difficult contest against the American,
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 17, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — The Los Angeles Dodgers‘ recent series at the Atlanta Braves marked the first time in more