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Andreas Hale, ESPNSep 28, 2024, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Behind a savage first-round beating, Renato Moicano defeated Benoît Saint Denis by doctor’s stoppage after two rounds Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Paris. Moicano denied the rabid fans at the Accor Arena a reason to celebrate, ravaging Saint Denis

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

Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BEIJING — No. 3-ranked Carlos Alcaraz withstood a heavy barrage from big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to win 6-4, 6-4 in the China Open first round on Friday. Second-seeded Alcaraz took both of his break point opportunities, despite the No. 51-ranked Frenchman regularly sending down

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

NFL Nation, ESPNSep 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome to Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season. The undefeated Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers continued to turn heads in Week 3. Meanwhile, the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins each lost their second straight games. The New Orleans Saints‘ high-powered

Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Marty Smith Close Marty Smith ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Sep 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ATHENS, Ga. —

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

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterSep 24, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions Even more than the sadness, even more than the anger and the despair and the disgust, there is loneliness. As the A’s final season in

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNSep 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The

Open Extended Reactions Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. In this week’s

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 10:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR champions Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. were among the first four drivers knocked out of the playoffs Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, where Kyle Larson cruised to an easy victory. The first of three elimination races in the 10-race playoffs began

Nick ParkinsonSep 21, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Anthony Joshua‘s career has not been ruined by Saturday’s devastating knockout loss to Daniel Dubois challenging for the IBF heavyweight title. But Joshua’s latest setback leaves us

NBA Insiders Sep 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re in the final weeks of the NBA offseason before teams convene for training camp ahead of the Oct. 22 opening date for the 2024-25 season. Several All-Stars and key players will be looking to bounce back after seeing their 2023-24 campaigns mitigated because

David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. You can follow Newton on Twitter at @DNewtonespn. Open

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FREEHOLD, N.J. — Freehold Raceway, the oldest horse racing track in the United States, is shutting down at the end of the year. Track officials made the announcement on Thursday after a meeting with employees. Horse racing has been conducted at the half-mile track

Sep 19, 2024, 08:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Blockbuster trades in MMA don’t happen like in other sports, and free agency only usually occurs when a fighter is either on the decline or a prospect is ready to rise up. Yet, many fighters are at a crossroads. Some find themselves perennially just outside of

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Golden Tate spent more than a decade as a receiver in the NFL. He won a Super Bowl. He appeared in a Pro Bowl. He made a winning touchdown catch

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 17, 2024, 11:09 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — The Los Angeles Dodgers‘ recent series at the Atlanta Braves marked the first time in more

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 17, 2024, 04:35 PM 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 Simon Easterby will coach Ireland’s men’s team in the 2025 Six Nations while Andy Farrell takes