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Nick ParkinsonJul 10, 2024, 08:03 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions From the return of former pound-for-pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, to title defenses by Janibek Alimkhanuly, Skye Nicolson and Jaron “Boots” Ennis, there are some big fights around the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 10, 2024, 07:12 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — More than three weeks after his collapse in the final three holes of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2,

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 9, 2024, 04:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WIMBLEDON, England — For one set and two games on Tuesday afternoon, it looked as if Tommy Paul was on his way to becoming the first American man to reach the Wimbledon semifinals since 2018. After a tightly contested opening set on No.

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 8, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Fresh off winning an NBA title and signing a record contract extension over the weekend, Jayson Tatum arrived in Sin City for his first Team USA training camp practice Monday with a fresh haircut and feeling like a weight was lifted

Jul 8, 2024, 04:11 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Cameron Sutton has been suspended eight games without pay for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, the league announced Monday. He will be eligible to return Tuesday, Oct. 29, following the Steelers’ Week 8 game against the New York Giants. Sutton, 29, entered a pretrial diversion

ESPN News Services Jul 7, 2024, 12:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Any thoughts about Shohei Ohtani entering a prolonged batting slump can be put to rest. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar had a day at the plate on Saturday that has happened only three times since 1909. The Japanese slugger went

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 28, 2024, 07:20 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — At the foothills of the North Shore mountains is an unassuming mid-century modern home that blends in with the other houses in the neighborhood. Inside this house is

ESPN News Services Jul 5, 2024, 08:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Portugal coach Roberto Martínez said it was “too soon” to say if Cristiano Ronaldo had played his last game for his country following the team’s Euro 2024 exit at the hands of France in Hamburg on Friday. Portugal lost 5-3 to France on

Jul 5, 2024, 10:24 AM Open Extended Reactions England captain Jamie George has challenged his players to make a strong impression on their New Zealand counterparts after winger Sevu Reece said he did not know much about the touring side. The teams meet on Saturday’s series-opener in Dunedin for their first Test since a 25-25

Jul 4, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson returns to the ring on Saturday to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan. The fight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (ESPN/ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:10 p.m. ET), will be the main event of a

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 3, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Dan Ige was about as mentally removed from a fight as one could get on a Saturday afternoon. He’d just spent the last hour on a massage

Associated Press Jun 30, 2024, 09:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEBANON, Tenn. — Joey Logano felt he couldn’t get to the finish line fast enough with his No. 22 Ford sputtering and nearly out of gas. First, he had to hold off the driver with the fastest car to win the rain-delayed race that

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 3, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The moves we’ve talked about for so long as part of a power struggle, of some abstract future, are now concrete. This week, almost three years after it was officially announced, Oklahoma and

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJul 3, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions IN 2019 THE NBA amended the official start of its free agent negotiating period to begin at a more reasonable hour: 6 p.m. ET on June 30 instead

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 2, 2024, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A year ago, Marketa Vondrousova surprised the tennis world as she defeated one higher-ranked player after another to ultimately become the 2023 Wimbledon champion. The unlikely victor stunned Ons Jabeur, the clear favorite by both oddsmakers and fans, in the final and became

Associated Press Jul 1, 2024, 05:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Jon Gruden lost a bid for the Nevada Supreme Court to reconsider whether a contract interference and conspiracy lawsuit he filed against the NFL after he resigned as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders should be heard in court or in