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Oct 27, 2024, 06:57 PM Open Extended Reactions George Ford could play against New Zealand on Saturday. Dan Mullan – RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images Fly-half George Ford is in contention to play for England against New Zealand on Saturday after being added to Steve Borthwick’s 36-man squad. Ford had to prove his fitness after

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 01:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BASEL, Switzerland — Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard completed a perfect week on serve by upsetting American Ben Shelton to win the Swiss Indoors on Sunday. The French player, who is ranked No. 50, prevailed 6-4, 7-6 (4) against the sixth-seeded Shelton to become the lowest-ranked

ESPN News Services Oct 26, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Auburn coach Hugh Freeze is making a late arrival to Lexington for Saturday’s game against Kentucky after dealing with an illness, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Freeze didn’t travel with the Tigers on Friday after falling ill, potentially due to food poisoning, sources

Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 03:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Maja Stark shot a 6-under 66 Friday to take the lead after two rounds of the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship, with a 34-year-old American just one stroke behind. Storms forced an early stop to play, with about 12 players —

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Oregon State and Washington State will play each other twice in 2025, the schools announced Wednesday. With the schools operating as quasi-independents again next season before the Pac-12 expands in

John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 04:23 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can

Associated Press Oct 21, 2024, 08:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Resale tickets for the World Series opener at Dodger Stadium against the New York Yankees started at $1,358 on Monday evening on StubHub. StubHub said sales outpaced last year’s final figures and are four times higher than the pace of the

ESPN News Services Oct 22, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Jack Flaherty will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series opener against the New York Yankees. The right-hander opposes Gerrit Cole on Friday night at Dodger Stadium in a matchup of area natives. Flaherty is from nearby

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 04:39 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Oct 22, 2024, 05:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Roma legend Francesco Totti has claimed that Serie A teams are still calling him to see if he would return to professional football, adding that he thinks it would take two to three months of training to return to playing fitness. Totti, 48, retired from football

Oct 22, 2024, 10:16 AM Open Extended Reactions Zoe Aldcroft of England and Kate Zachary of the United States. World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup will kick off on Aug. 22 with hosts England taking on 1991 winners United States, two days before defending champions New Zealand face Spain, organisers

Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 21, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Close Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. An MRI revealed that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has a season-ending ruptured right Achilles, a

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2024, 09:49 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold will get the start under center when the Sooners visit

Associated Press Oct 20, 2024, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Oregon became the fourth team this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll, moving into the top spot Sunday for the first time in 12 years after Texas lost at home to Georgia. Vanderbilt made its first

Oct 20, 2024, 11:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 World Series matchup is set, and it will be a star-studded showdown between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. After the Yankees put away the Cleveland Guardians on Juan Soto‘s extra-innings home run in Game 5 of the ALCS on Saturday night,

Field Level Media Oct 20, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Colorado Avalanche placed Jonathan Drouin on injured reserve Sunday and called up fellow veteran forward Chris Wagner from the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. Drouin, 29, has been sidelined with an upper-body injury since he was injured in Colorado’s season

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tommy Paul capped a dominant week by winning the BNP Paribas Nordic Open for a second time Sunday. The American, who hadn’t dropped a set this week, beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3 in the 85-minute final. It was a third tour-level trophy of

Associated Press Oct 18, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SOUTHPORT, Conn. — The Diamond Sports Group’s channels will soon be branded as FanDuel Sports Network. The Diamond Sports Group, which is going through bankruptcy proceedings, and FanDuel made the announcement Friday. Diamond’s channels had been Bally Sports since baseball’s Opening Day in 2021.

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Georgia owns the longest active streak as a betting favorite in the nation, a 49-game run that is poised to end Saturday against top-ranked Texas. The Longhorns were consensus 5-point favorites

Oct 17, 2024, 08:14 PM Open Extended Reactions Hosts and favourites England were grouped with Australia and the United States while six-times winners New Zealand will face an awkward clash with Ireland after the draw for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup was made on Thursday. Reflecting huge growth in the women’s game, the tournament