Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 12:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic rallied to beat top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday night after a long weather delay in the Mubadala Citi DC Open semifinals. Down 2-1 in the third set when lightning and rain
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 11:01 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Coming off arguably the greatest knockout in UFC history, Max Holloway will try to regain his featherweight championship when he challenges Ilia Topuria in October. A featherweight
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 05:35 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Former UFC interim champion Tony Ferguson has set a new record for consecutive defeats in the Octagon. Ferguson (25-10) suffered a submission loss to Michael Chiesa in
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions In his first UFC main event, Umar Nurmagomedov soundly defeated Cory Sandhagen over the course of 25 minutes, and he didn’t even really need to wrestle to
Aug 3, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ilia Topuria seized the moment at UFC 298 when he faced one of the featherweight GOATs, Alexander Volkanovski. Topuria dethroned Volkanovski in February and became the 145-pound champion. Eight months later, Topuria will now take on arguably the other featherweight GOAT, as Max Holloway will look
Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW
Open Extended Reactions The Miami Dolphins and Pro-Bowl wide receiver Tyreek Hill have agreed to a restructured contract worth $90 million over the next three years, including $65 million guaranteed. No additional years were added to the contract. The deal brings Hill’s four-year total of fully guaranteed money to $106.5 million, the most ever for
Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 3, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Trinity Rodman doesn’t remember much about her stunning, staggering extra-time strike that sent the United States women’s national team into the Olympic semifinals on Saturday. In truth, Rodman confessed afterward, the
Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
Aug 3, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Umar Nurmagomedov continued his winning ways as he defeated Cory Sandhagen by unanimous decision on Saturday night. Nurmagomedov (18-0) is now on a six-fight winning streak in the UFC, and with the win over ESPN’s No. 3 ranked bantamweight in Sandhagen (17-5), “Young Eagle” will likely
Associated Press Aug 3, 2024, 05:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Lorenzo Musetti won Italy’s first Olympic tennis medal in 100 years on Saturday night, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 for the men’s singles bronze. Asked by an Italian reporter how he planned to celebrate, Musetti said he would eat
Nick ParkinsonAug 3, 2024, 03:13 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Lewis Richardson, Team GB’s only remaining boxer at the 2024 Olympics, secured himself a medal in the junior middleweight (71kg) division with a narrow points win over Jordan’s Zeyad
Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 3, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LILLE, France — For three years, Team USA has been planning, recruiting and refining to reach this upcoming week in Paris. And they’ve aligned things in
Jeff Kassouf Aug 3, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For 106 minutes, the United States and Japan slogged through their 2024 Olympic women’s soccer quarterfinal to the point of occasional jeers from the crowd due to the slow, passive nature of the game. To call it a chess match would be generous; tactical
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 07:27 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — It felt like a moment that couldn’t even have been scripted. Just hours after the St. Louis Cardinals acquired Tommy Pham from the Chicago White Sox at
Aug 3, 2024, 06:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The International Boxing Association (IBA) will award Italy’s Angela Carini, who lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Algerian Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics in 46 seconds on Thursday, $50,000 in prize money, it said on Friday. Carini pulled out in the first round after the
Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He
Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 2, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Team USA, the most scrutinized basketball team on the planet, often isn’t evaluated just on whether they win but by how many points they