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Associated Press Aug 10, 2024, 09:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RICHMOND, Va. — Denny Hamlin’s bid for a sweep at Richmond is off to a good start. Hamlin won the pole for Sunday night’s NASCAR Cup Series race, topping qualifying Saturday in his No. 11 Toyota. It was Hamlin’s third pole of the year,

Aug 9, 2024, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 Olympic women’s soccer tournament is set to conclude in Paris on Saturday with the final between the United States and Brazil. While the USWNT has been dominant in the tournament under new coach Emma Hayes — it has won all its games — Brazil

Liam Napier Aug 7, 2024, 05:38 AM Open Extended Reactions A cloud of uncertainty accompanies the return of the southern hemisphere’s premier rugby competition. What is the future of the Rugby Championship? At this point, no one really knows. This year’s tournament – as with the vast majority of the previous 12 editions – appears

Aug 8, 2024, 02:45 PM The search for a French rugby player missing after being swept away by a wave while swimming in the sea off Cape Town continued on Thursday as condolences were sent to his family by rugby authorities. Medhi Narjissi, part of the France under-18 team due to participate in a tournament

Associated Press Aug 7, 2024, 09:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is set to return to MMA when he makes his Professional Fighters League debut in October, stepping back inside the cage after a pair of high-profile paydays in boxing. Ngannou fights 2023 PFL heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira on

STANDING BAREFOOT IN her family’s backyard, 9-year-old Rose Zhang stared down at a bottlecap laying on the grass. She watched her father swing his seven iron and make contact with the bottlecap and thought, “I can do that.” She got the hang of it within minutes. Haibin Zhang saw his daughter’s natural talent for golf,

Aug 7, 2024, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford moved up in weight once again and captured a world title in a fourth division. The former undisputed junior welterweight and welterweight champion, who also held a lightweight world title, made his debut at junior middleweight on Saturday with a closely contested unanimous decision

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterAug 6, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — For months, Tuesday’s Olympic men’s basketball knockout round had been marked as a much anticipated day for international basketball. It felt like a college

Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterAug 6, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can

Bill Connelly Close Bill Connelly ESPN Staff Writer Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Aug 5, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The point of underachiever tiers isn’t to shovel shame upon unsuspecting

Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 05:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — The woeful Chicago White Sox lost their 20th consecutive game Sunday, the majors’ longest skid in 36 years and one short of the American League record, as Chris Flexen was chased early in a 13-7 defeat against the Minnesota Twins. Royce Lewis

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 4, 2024, 03:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Novak Djokovic walked back out onto the court at Philippe-Chatrier and dropped to his knees. As the fans in the crowd — still waving a mixture of Serbian and Spanish flags — stood collectively on their feet, loudly cheering and with

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

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Juan Pablo Montoya will return to NASCAR for the first time since 2014 when he races for 23XI Racing at Watkins Glen International next month. 23XI, the team owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, said Friday that Montoya would drive

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The UFC’s event in Abu Dhabi on Saturday on ABC has been a bit overshadowed by last weekend’s festivities in Manchester, which featured two title fights at

Associated Press Jul 31, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Carolina Hurricanes center Evgeny Kuznetsov will return to Russia to continue his career, signing a four-year contract with SKA Saint Petersburg, the Kontinental Hockey League announced Wednesday. Kuznetsov’s contract with the Hurricanes was terminated two weeks ago by mutual agreement after he cleared

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 31, 2024, 02:53 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LILLE, France — Jayson Tatum went from out of the rotation to a starter for Team USA. Coach Steve Kerr promised Tatum would play Wednesday against

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 31, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Most of the world’s best golfers spent the past four months playing in the four most famous tournaments in the world — the Masters,

Field Level Media Jul 31, 2024, 10:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle signed a six-year, $33.3 million contract extension on Wednesday. The deal begins in the 2025-26 season for Guhle, who becomes the third defenseman signed to a new contract by the Canadiens in the past two days. Arber Xhekaj

Timothy Bradley Jr.Jul 31, 2024, 07:56 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions Terence Crawford moves up in weight once again Saturday night, this time to take on WBA junior middleweight champion Israil