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, 11:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It isn’t often that players are eager to call out their worst coaches, but Ángel Di María doesn’t appear to have that problem. Speaking ESPN Argentina, the 36-year-old Benfica and Argentina midfielder singled out his one season at Manchester United under Louis van Gaal, tacking on
ESPN News Services Aug 30, 2024, 11:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino is set to miss six to eight weeks after suffering a broken right thumb in a collision with the Houston Astros‘ Yainer Diaz, the team announced Friday. Pasquantino was injured while trying to catch a rushed
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 30, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions No. 26 seed Paula Badosa came back from a set down and staved off a match point late in the third set Friday to reach the Round of 16 at the US Open for the first time. Badosa ultimately prevailed against Romanian qualifier
NFL Nation, ESPNAug 30, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a 2023 NFL season that saw teams average the lowest offensive points per game (20.7) since 2017, can a new crop of playcallers help bring up scoring this season? The playcaller landscape brings both new and familiar faces. League veterans like Kansas City
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNAug 30, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell has agreed on a four-year, $45 million contract extension that takes him through the 2028-29 season, Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman of Priority Sports told ESPN on Friday. McConnell had been under contract for $9.3 million for the 2024-25
Anthony Olivieri Dan Hajducky Close Dan Hajducky ESPN Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Aug 30, 2024, 07:07 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Professional sports teams have largely moved to
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
Aug 30, 2024, 06:00 PM ET The 2024 summer transfer window will close on Aug. 30 across Europe (at 11 p.m. BST / 6 p.m. ET for the Premier League; find out when the rest of the leagues shut here), and there are plenty of moves in the works and gossip swirling around. Transfer Talk
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 30, 2024, 01:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — After a dominant summer that saw him win the titles at the French Open and Wimbledon — becoming just the sixth man to win both in the same season — Carlos Alcaraz was handed his earliest exit at the US
Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 29, 2024, 04:25 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Left-hander Sam Aldegheri will become the first pitcher born and raised in Italy to play in Major League Baseball when he starts for the Los Angeles
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
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 29, 2024, 08:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — It was only a few moments after his dominant second-round win that Ben Shelton was asked about his next opponent. Covered in sweat and with a drenched towel draped over his shoulder on the blistering hot Wednesday afternoon, Shelton claimed
Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 29, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years
Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 29, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years
Aug 29, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool have been drawn to face Real Madrid as part of the Champions League’s revamped 36-team league format, while Barcelona head coach Hansi Flick will return to Germany to face his former employers Bayern Munich. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Bayern will face Barça in the competition
Associated Press Aug 29, 2024, 06:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RALEIGH, N.C. — Carolina Hurricanes forward Jesper Fast is expected to miss the season after neck surgery this month. The team announced Fast’s prognosis Thursday after he had surgery Aug. 6. Fast, 32, suffered a neck injury in the regular-season finale in April and