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Associated Press Nov 29, 2023, 05:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NASCAR has added two new partners and streaming elements to a seven-year media rights deal announced Wednesday that will run from 2025 through the 2031 season. The new media rights deal is worth $7.7 billion when the previously announced $1.1 billion

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterNov 29, 2023, 03:26 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 England captain Owen Farrell has announced he will take a break from international rugby and will not be available

Nov 29, 2023, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Katie Taylor avenged her loss to Chantelle Cameron on Saturday to become the undisputed junior welterweight champion in front of her fans at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs), scored a majority decision victory over Cameron (18-1, 8 KOs). In their first fight back

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 28, 2023, 05:14 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods is returning to competitive golf for the first time in nearly eight months when he tees it up at

Associated Press Nov 28, 2023, 06:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Arthur Fils and Luca Van Assche both started their pushes for the Next Gen Finals title with wins in the round-robin stage as the tournament opened Tuesday at its new home in Saudi Arabia. The top-seeded, 19-year-old French player Fils

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterNov 28, 2023, 12:21 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Nobody has spent more time on an NBA court playing in

Xuan Thai, ESPN Senior WriterNov 27, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Xuan Thai is a senior writer and producer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. She was previously deputy bureau chief of the south region for NBC News. Open Extended Reactions For Minnesota Vikings fans, the emergence of 28-year-old journeyman quarterback Joshua Dobbs these past

Nov 27, 2023, 09:11 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PFL will start the new year with the most talented and deepest roster outside the UFC, perhaps ever. After acquiring Bellator MMA officially last week, there is an exponential amount of potential matchups PFL can now make with all of its champions and contenders and their

Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 26, 2023, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas A&M and Duke‘s Mike Elko have reached an agreement to make him the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Elko addressed the potential move with his Duke team at a team meeting on Sunday. Sources told ESPN on Sunday afternoon

Nov 24, 2023, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has dismissed reports of a rift with defender Raphaël Varane. Varane, 30, has started just one of United’s last eight games and has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford in January. Ten Hag has a record of

Associated Press Nov 24, 2023, 12:59 PM ET NEW YORK — Ron Hodges, a catcher who spent his entire 12-season major league career with the Mets, died Friday. He was 74. Hodges died at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital after a short illness, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said. Selected by the Mets in the second round

Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auNov 23, 2023, 02:24 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Open Extended Reactions

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 22, 2023, 10:15 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The LIV Golf League’s 2024 regular season will tee off at El Camaleon Golf Club in Mayakoba, Mexico, Feb. 2-4, one of seven international

Kayla Harrison Nov 22, 2023, 08:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison returns to competition for the first time in a year on Friday, when she meets Aspen Ladd in a nontitle fight at the PFL Championships in Washington (ESPN+ PPV, 5 p.m. ET). It has been a quiet, uncharacteristic year

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterNov 22, 2023, 07:19 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Connor Bedard. Leo Carlsson. Logan Cooley. Adam Fantilli. Luke Hughes. They’ve been talked about as promising prospects who’ve now come to the NHL as the latest wave of first-round picks that their

Timothy Bradley Jr. Nov 22, 2023, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sugar Ray Robinson is still widely regarded by many as the greatest male boxer ever, winning titles in two divisions (welterweight and middleweight) and recapturing the middleweight title five times throughout his career. However, when it comes to the most remarkable women fighter

Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 15, 2023, 03:00 PM ET The NBA announced Tuesday its schedule for the group stage games of its inaugural in-season tournament, which will see the NBA Cup handed out for the first time in Las Vegas on Dec. 9 on ESPN. The new tournament will be a proving ground for the league’s

Tim McManus Close Tim McManus ESPN Staff Writer Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus. Adam Teicher Close Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for

Nov 20, 2023, 06:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Editor’s note: A version of this story originally was published in 2021. It’s finally here, the week that hate — the clean, old-fashioned kind, mind you — is in fashion. If you’ve ever been accused of firing a contractor because he wore a rival’s shirt to

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Nov 20, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The WTA and ATP seasons are officially over, and what a year it was on and off the court. With record-setting moments (hello, Novak Djokovic!), maiden major victories and new stars cementing themselves at the top of the game, 2023 was one to