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Oct 5, 2024, 07:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex Pereira defends his light heavyweight championship against Khalil Rountree Jr. in the main event of two-title-fight UFC 307 on Saturday in Salt Lake City. The other title bout at Delta Center pits women’s bantamweight champion Raquel Pennington against former champ Julianna Peña. Saturday’s main card

Oct 3, 2024, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A number of interesting boxing rematches could be made — or not — in the next few weeks, and two world champions are making title defenses this weekend. A possible second fight between Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney seems to be farther away following Haney’s recent

Associated Press Oct 4, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup competitions are both changing their formats next year. The International Tennis Federation announced the changes Friday, with the Billie Jean King Cup Finals transitioning from 12 teams to an eight-team event to mirror the

Scott Robertson will name a 36-man squad for the All Blacks five-Test northern tour on Monday. The All Blacks carried the same squad size for the Rugby Championship, leaving little wriggle room for selection shocks. Robertson will embrace a degree of flexibility with a further 29 players joining the second-tier All Blacks XV, with some

Chris Herring, ESPN Senior WriterOct 3, 2024, 03:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLESTON, S.C. — Karl-Anthony Towns says his initial reaction was shock upon learning he had been traded from Minnesota, his NBA home for nine years, to New York. Still, the four-time All-Star was all smiles Thursday during his first full day with

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 3, 2024, 01:03 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce was slapped with an eight-year show-cause order due to violations that occurred when he was an assistant coach at Arizona State, the NCAA announced

Max Olson Close Max Olson ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Oct 2, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Erick Harper

Oct 1, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s MLB playoff time! After a bonus Monday of action to decide the final two National League postseason spots, eight teams were in action Tuesday as the 2024 MLB playoffs began with the best-of-three wild-card round. The Game 1 action started with the Detroit Tigers defeating

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 1, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Lucas Raymond had that breakout player aura last season. The Detroit Red Wings winger had a strong rookie season in 2021-22, followed by a dip in production. He entered last season primed to break out, thanks

Open Extended Reactions Erik ten Hag is out of excuses at Manchester United, although he is still looking for them as he attempts to prove he remains the manager to bring success back to Old Trafford. Yet while United’s beleaguered coach searches for mitigation, the smiling faces of counterparts Arne Slot, Unai Emery, Ange Postecoglou

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday and the Americans made the outcome as inevitable as it usually is, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time. Sam Burns completed

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Ross Chastain finally got to smash a watermelon for the first time this season Sunday at Kansas Speedway. Smashed the hopes of a bunch of playoff drivers trying to earn an automatic berth in the next round, too. The seventh-generation

Sep 25, 2024, 07:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fall is officially here, and the UFC’s calendar is jam-packed with big events and intriguing matchups set for the next few months. On Saturday, lightweights Renato Moicano and Benoît Saint Denis will headline UFC Fight Night as the promotion returns to Paris after last hosting a

Sep 28, 2024, 06:49 PM Open Extended Reactions Fullback Aphelele Fassi and flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit scored two tries each as South Africa claimed the 2024 Rugby Championship with a comprehensive 48-7 victory over Argentina at a festive Mbombela Stadium on Saturday. Wing Cheslin Kolbe, hooker Malcolm Marx and centre Jesse Kriel also crossed for

Sep 25, 2024, 07:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions This weekend belongs to women’s boxing. Three title fights divided in three boxing cards will take place in New York, Georgia and Sheffield, England. On Friday at The Theater inside Madison Square Garden, Sandy Ryan will make the first defense of her WBO welterweight title against

Sep 27, 2024, 01:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Billie Jean King has been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, the United States Tennis Association said on Friday, becoming the first individual woman athlete to receive the honor. President Joe Biden signed the legislation into law on Thursday, recognizing King’s groundbreaking contributions both on and off

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterSep 26, 2024, 09:09 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterSep 26, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions DENVER — With a blue banner commemorating

Sep 26, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Week 5 is here as we gear up for another weekend filled with exciting matchups. On Saturday, we’ll see a rematch of last season’s SEC championship game as No. 4 Alabama will play host to No. 2 Georgia in its first conference matchup of the season.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 25, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions South Korea’s Sungjae Im and Australia’s Min Woo Lee were born in 1998, the same year the International team captured its only Presidents Cup