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Field Level Media Mar 19, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An unspecified “minor medical procedure” will force Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness to miss Tuesday’s road game against the New York Rangers, the team said Tuesday. Bowness, 69, went back to Winnipeg for the procedure and will return to the team when he

Mar 19, 2024, 10:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Germany midfielder Toni Kroos, who has returned to the team after a three-year international retirement, has not ruled out staying on with the national team after Euro 2024 while he also eyes a new deal with club Real Madrid. Kroos, a 2014 World Cup winner with

Open Extended Reactions England manager Gareth Southgate has a decision to make, and the clock is ticking. Multiple sources have told ESPN that he has significant support within the new INEOS-led hierarchy at Manchester United to succeed Erik ten Hag as manager if the Dutchman loses his job at the end of this season, but

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 18, 2024, 12:06 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 England scrum-half Danny Care will assess his international future over the coming days but has not

Feb 1, 2024, 11:22 AM Ireland held firm to beat Scotland 17-13 in a thrilling match in Dublin on Saturday to clinch back-to-back Six Nations titles for the second time in 11 years. After being denied a bid for successive Grand Slams last week, a sluggish Ireland looked at risk of relinquishing their grip on

Feb 1, 2024, 11:01 AM Italy completed their best Six Nations campaign with a 24-21 win over a desperately poor Wales who scored three late tries in Cardiff on Saturday but slipped to a fifth successive defeat and finished bottom of the standings. While Italy are seemingly on the up, it’s the first time in

Mar 16, 2024, 09:29 PM Open Extended Reactions Ireland flanker Peter O’Mahony said that if Saturday’s Six Nations clinching 17-13 win over Scotland proves to be his last game for his country, it will not be a bad way to go out. O’Mahony picked up his fifth Six Nations winners medal and first as captain

Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 16, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast

Mar 16, 2024, 05:54 PM Open Extended Reactions Wales have rejected coach Warren Gatland’s offer to resign after they finished bottom of the Six Nations standings for the first time in 21 years following a 24-21 defeat to Italy in Cardiff on Saturday. Gatland said he remains committed to taking Wales to the 2027 World

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 16, 2024, 02:13 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. New Michigan defensive line coach Greg Scruggs, hired to the staff earlier this month, was arrested early Saturday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. An Ann Arbor police spokesman confirmed Scruggs’ arrest at

Associated Press Mar 15, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A new plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but deteriorating Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control is making a late charge down the stretch of Maryland’s legislative session. The measure, released Thursday with less than a month to

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterMar 14, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Dallas police on Thursday confirmed they are

Associated Press Mar 14, 2024, 12:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Donovan Mitchell returned from a seven-game absence and the Cleveland Cavaliers stemmed a two-game slide with style and on the road against an opponent that has been hard to beat lately. Mitchell scored 14 points, Darius Garland had 27 points and

Field Level Media Mar 14, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tom Kim withdrew from The Players Championship eight holes into his opening round at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. on Thursday. The PGA Tour said Kim’s withdrawal was due to an unspecified illness. It came as Kim was 5-over par following

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 13, 2024, 11:23 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Texas A&M is expected to hire Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts for the same role, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Alberts, 53, a former All-American linebacker at Nebraska

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 13, 2024, 12:30 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 Wales and British & Irish Lions back George North will retire from international rugby after Saturday’s

Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday there is a 50-50 chance of Congress passing legislation that would provide antitrust protection and regulation to college athletics in the U.S. by the end of the year. Cruz (R-Texas) lowered his previous estimate of 60-40 from

Mar 12, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cameroon have suspended a player they took to the Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast earlier this year for allegedly falsifying his name and date of birth, which could see them face a future ban from the tournament. The Cameroon federation, FECAFOOT, on Monday

Cesar Hernandez Mar 12, 2024, 01:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Mexico men’s national team will play five U.S.-based friendlies for 2024, including a high-profile match-up vs. Brazil at Texas A&M University’s Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. Revealed as this year’s slate of “MexTour” friendlies that have been held in the U.S. for

Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Austria coach Ralf Rangnick has dropped three players from the national team squad for upcoming friendly games because they took part in anti-gay chants after the Vienna derby last month. Rapid Vienna players Marco Grüll, Guido Burgstaller and goalkeeper Niklas Hedl were not included