Nov 11, 2023, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Columbus Blue Jackets activated forward Patrik Laine off injured reserve Saturday morning, making him available for the team’s afternoon game against the host Detroit Red Wings. Laine, 25, had been sidelined since absorbing a high hit from Calgary Flames defenseman Rasmus Andersson as the final
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 06:10 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
Nov 11, 2023, 07:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said on Saturday the European Super League is “more necessary than ever” and called UEFA’s new Champions League format “absurd” in a speech to the club’s members. In an 80-minute intervention at the club’s Annual General Meeting, Perez reiterated his support
Andrew Lopez, ESPNNov 11, 2023, 01:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — Following Friday night’s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, two very large countrymen stood at halfcourt of the Frost Bank Center. The 31-year-old, 7-foot-1 Rudy Gobert and the 19-year-old, 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama swapped jerseys and exchanged pleasantries before
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lionel Messi held the Ballon d’Or over his head as fireworks lit up the sky to bring a pregame ceremony to a close. And with that, Inter Miami CF got to celebrate the game’s greatest player one more time in 2023. Messi was on
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 11:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Williams is returning to the San Francisco Giants as the third-base coach on new manager Bob Melvin’s staff. The team announced its coaching staff Friday. Williams spent the first 10 of his 17 major league seasons as an infielder with
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Through the ups and downs of Stephen Vogt‘s playing career — the minor league demotions, two All-Star selections, injuries and too many moves to remember — he never lost sight of his goal to one day become a manager. For the kid
Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Bears beat the Carolina Panthers 16-13 on Thursday night without starting quarterback Justin Fields, who missed his fourth consecutive game with a dislocated right thumb. Undrafted rookie Tyson Bagent, out of Division II Shepherd, won for the second time in four starts. He passed for only 162 yards, but he
NFL Nation, ESPNNov 10, 2023, 06:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Week 10 NFL schedule for the 2023 season is stacked with great matchups, and we have you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a bold
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterNov 10, 2023, 02:14 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 10, 2023, 02:05 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they are retiring Jaromir Jagr’s No. 68 jersey on Feb. 18. “Pittsburgh, I’m coming home,” Jagr said in a video posted on social media. Jagr, 51, played 1,733 career regular-season games
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEVILLE, Spain — Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova sent the Czech Republic into the semifinals of the Billie Jean King Cup by beating American duo Danielle Collins and Taylor Townsend 6-3, 7-5 in their decisive doubles match Friday. Siniakova and Krejcikova completed a 2-1
Nov 10, 2023, 12:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Two days ahead of the highly anticipated 2023 NWSL championship between NJ/NY Gotham FC and OL Reign — and shortly after the league announced a historic new media rights deal that includes a package of matches across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes,
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 12:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Seven Belgian tennis players have been suspended from the sport as part of a match-fixing investigation, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Friday. The ITIA said the players admitted to corruption breaches and that the sanctions “are linked to a recently concluded
Associated Press Nov 10, 2023, 12:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Gerardo Parra — of “Baby Shark” fame — will be the new first-base coach for the Washington Nationals as part of a series of changes to manager Dave Martinez’s staff announced by the club on Friday after a fourth consecutive last-place finish
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterNov 10, 2023, 01:49 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — The debut of the Mavericks‘ in-season tournament court will be delayed because of a “manufacturing issue,” an NBA spokesman told
Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 10, 2023, 01:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford was stripped of his IBF title months after he won the 147-pound belt from Errol Spence Jr. in July. The ninth-round TKO victory crowned Crawford as the undisputed welterweight champion and cemented his place as ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer. Crawford, 36,
Nov 10, 2023, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former junior lightweight unified champion Mikaela Mayer is moving up in weight class once again to challenge IBF welterweight champion Natasha Jonas on Jan. 20 in the United Kingdom, a source told ESPN’s Michael Rothstein this week. Mayer (19-1, 5 KOs), of Woodland Hills, California, moved