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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

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJul 1, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions Alabama was already on Steve Sarkisian’s mind. So were LSU and Georgia. But not necessarily within the framework of the SEC. During the process of being hired as

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJul 1, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Steven Stamkos is hitting the free agent market. The first time we considered this possibility was back in 2016, before Stamkos signed an eight-year deal worth $68 million with the Tampa Bay Lightning two days before

Buster Olney, ESPN Senior WriterJun 30, 2024, 06:56 PM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE, Md. — The rules for the 2024 Home Run Derby have been altered significantly, with some of the changes designed to reduce the frantic

Tim Vickery, South America correspondentJun 29, 2024, 12:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tournament football can be a little like a social media voice message played three times faster than normal. Time speeds up. Teams suddenly come together, or just as quickly collapse under the intense pressure of the competition. Brazil were subjected to the

Jun 28, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dennis Walters remembers sobbing as his father cradled his head in his arms. It was late January 1975. The Bing Crosby National Pro-Am was playing on the TV in the Walters’ living room in Neptune Township, New Jersey. The celebrity-studded annual PGA event from Pebble Beach

Jun 27, 2024, 09:59 AM Open Extended Reactions Michael Chieka has joined Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers as head coach. Photo by David Ramos – World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images Leicester Tigers have appointed Michael Cheika as their new head coach ahead of the 2024-25 season, the Premiership Rugby club announced on Thursday. The 57-year-old

Timothy Bradley Jr.Jun 26, 2024, 07:52 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 It could sound like a boxing cliché, but fight fans can anticipate nonstop action on Saturday night thanks to a

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan was suspended and fined Tuesday, for throwing a punch at a fan during his walkout at UFC 300 in April. The suspension will

Associated Press Jun 26, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Seth Waugh is leaving the PGA of America after six years as CEO, a period marked by a sharp boost in golf participation and PGA membership and the move of its headquarters from Florida to a massive complex in Texas. Waugh was the CEO