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Buster Olney, ESPN Senior WriterNov 15, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Open Extended Reactions In the fall of 2022, San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler headed the team traveling party that went to visit Trea Turner as Turner weighed

Nov 14, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions There’s no telling if there will be a bountiful harvest of fast-food pizza, fried chicken and tacos at the housewarming party, but newly retired NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick and his wife have recently bought the home made famous for its appearance in the movie “Talladega Nights:

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Nov 14, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time in the event’s history, Canada is the Billie Jean King Cup champion. Led by the red-hot Leylah Fernandez and the previously unheralded 18-year-old Marina Stakusic, the Canadians claimed the title on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Italy. Fernandez,

Jeff Kassouf Nov 13, 2023, 10:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NWSL championship is the marquee event for the National Women’s Soccer League, and that was no truer than over the weekend as a more polished version of the event showed the new heights the league is reaching. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images SAN DIEGO — Change

Nov 12, 2023, 01:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions UFC 295 concluded with two new champions, as Alex Pereira won the vacant light heavyweight title and Tom Aspinall took home the interim heavyweight title. But with two divisions plagued with questions, what’s next for the new champs and their weight classes? Brett Okamoto, Marc Raimondi

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterNov 11, 2023, 02:20 AM 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 – LA Clippers coach Ty Lue described his team’s performance for the first nine minutes Friday night as “a work of

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,

Open Extended Reactions The midway point of the 2023 NFL season is here. Nine weeks (and one Week 10 Thursday night game) down, nine to go. We saw a little bit of everything in the first half, but even at midseason, it’s still very early. A lot can still happen over the two months remaining

Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auNov 10, 2023, 12:01 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Open Extended Reactions

Pete Thamel Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Nov 9, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With the Big Ten’s ruling on whether Michigan violated the league’s sportsmanship policy expected to arrive in the near future, the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Nov 8, 2023, 04:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Professional Tennis Players Association has asked the WTA to co-commission an independent, third-party investigation into the “numerous glaring breakdowns” that occurred at the recently concluded WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico. The PTPA extended its invitation in a statement Wednesday, two days after

Associated Press Nov 9, 2023, 02:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEXINGTON, Ky. — Rich Strike, the upset winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby, has been retired after injuries kept him from returning to racing. The 4-year-old colt will be offered for sale as a stallion prospect. Keeneland announced Thursday that Rich Strike will be

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The start of the NHL season is rife with panic and overreaction — and not just in Edmonton. Players get benched. Teams get called out. Fans start to wonder if their championship dreams have been shattered

Associated Press Nov 8, 2023, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels hired Ron Washington to be their new manager Tuesday. The 71-year-old Washington becomes the oldest current manager. He led the Texas Rangers from 2007-14, winning two AL pennants and going 664-611. He spent the past seven seasons

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 8, 2023, 09:27 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The LIV Golf League is introducing a transfer window it says is the first in professional golf, allowing teams to trade players in midseason

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 7, 2023, 03:53 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Ryan Blaney was crowned 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday in Phoenix. Chris Graythen/Getty Images It is no secret that Ryan Blaney

ESPN Nov 7, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Champions League soccer is back for matchday four! Europe’s premier club competition returns for 2023-24 with eight matches on Tuesday across the continent, providing exciting matchups, top talent and drama. Enjoy the play-by-play from all the matches as Newcastle United visit Borussia Dortmund,

Jarryd Barca Nov 5, 2023, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re back! It’s the race that stops the nation, and in 2023, it’s going to be an absolute classic. Not sure who to back? Not to worry, as we take you through the best selections and some value runners in Tuesday’s 10-race card at

Associated Press Nov 6, 2023, 01:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Cody Dorman, the teenager who watched his namesake horse Cody’s Wish win at the Breeders’ Cup, has died. He was 17. Dorman died Sunday after suffering a “medical event” on the family’s way home to Kentucky after attending the world championships at Santa Anita

Mike Coppinger, ESPNNov 6, 2023, 09:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Francis Ngannou danced as he looked down at Tyson Fury and declared, “You’re a bad professor, motherf—er. … Who is taking who to school?'” That moment — really, any Ngannou success — was unimaginably hard to fathom during the buildup to the event last