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Oct 23, 2024, 01:57 PM Open Extended Reactions Centre Sione Tuipulotu will captain Scotland in their November internationals, coach Gregor Townsend announced on Wednesday, as he named an expansive 45-player group for the Tests against Fiji, South Africa, Portugal and Australia at Murrayfield. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The Australia-born Tuipulotu, who qualified through his Scottish

Elizabeth Merrill, ESPN Senior WriterOct 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. IT WAS GETTING late the night of Sept. 12, and Dr. Julian Bailes had settled in to watch a little football. The renowned neurosurgeon

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 03:08 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter is improving from a shoulder injury and is expected to have a larger role against Cincinnati this week after sitting out the second half against

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 22, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have played in some epic matches over the years. There was the 2012 Australian Open final, in which Djokovic needed almost six hours to defeat Nadal in five mind-blowing sets. And of course the French Open semifinals the

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 21, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions A few years from now, when the New York Mets have become the powerhouse they’re bound to be, they will look back on the 2024 season

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 21, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The 2024-25 NHL season is just two weeks old and already chock full of surprises. Did we expect the Winnipeg Jets to be the last undefeated team? Or for the Calgary Flames

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2024, 06:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Knocked out of the playoffs this time last week, Joey Logano seized on his reversal of fortune to become the first driver locked into NASCAR’s championship finale. Logano was below the cutline and eliminated from the eight-driver field when he

Adam Brown Oct 19, 2024, 03:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday as they fell 2-0 to Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. The Gunners had control of the game until the 30th minute, when Leandro Trossard‘s careless pass left William Saliba in trouble before earning red

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 19, 2024, 11:00 AM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Louis Rees-Zammit was fresh off the practice field on the banks of St. Johns River in

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 16, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions BATIÉ, Cameroon — IT’S A COLD, foggy morning in August, which is the middle of the rainy season in Central Africa. Francis Ngannou and I are standing

Nick ParkinsonOct 18, 2024, 05:01 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Junior welterweight contender Adam Azim said living with ADHD is like having a superpower as a professional boxer but acknowledged his struggles as a child and the diligence required

Oct 16, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NBA Rank is back for its 14th season counting down the best players in the league. Who made this season’s cut of the top 100? Where do MVP contenders such as Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic check in? Which young stars are

ESPN News Services Oct 16, 2024, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Davante Adams will likely make his debut for the New York Jets on Sunday night at Pittsburgh. The star wide receiver was acquired from Las Vegas on Tuesday, and interim Jets coach Jeff Ulbrich said Wednesday that Adams would

J.J. Post, ESPNOct 16, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In early September, Charleston Southern deputy athletic director Courtney Hall sent an unconventional email to all athletics personnel. The school needed an interim women’s golf coach. And fast. A few weeks prior, former Buccaneer golf head coach Chan Metts had departed the school to

Oct 14, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Week 7 has wrapped up as this week’s matchups gave us some exciting endings along with Arizona State’s upset of No. 16 Utah Friday evening. Four of the 17 games with top-25 teams went into overtime as the unranked looked to make it another chaotic weekend.

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 15, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Buffalo Sabres were practically pronounced dead before the NHL season had officially begun. Buffalo went out of the gate early for the league’s latest Global Series showcase in Prague, Czechia. That

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 15, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Saturday, Jannik Sinner clinched the year-end world No. 1 ranking with his semifinal victory over Tomas Machac at the Shanghai Masters, becoming the first Italian player in history to do so. And 24 hours later, he proved exactly why he deserves the

Oct 14, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s a two-game day in the Championship Series. First, the Los Angeles Dodgers look to extend their scoreless innings streak with a bullpen game against the New York Mets, who will try to avoid heading back to Queens in a 0-2 hole. Then, the New York

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Larson raced to his Cup Series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday to easily advance to the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs, winning on The Roval — the hybrid road course/oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Larson led a race-high 62

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentOct 13, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Mauricio Pochettino said he was happy, though at times it was hard to tell. Yes, the United States men’s national team had prevailed 2-0 over Panama