David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 02:32 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Mecklenburg County judge on Thursday denied two motions by Florida State to dismiss or stay a lawsuit filed by the ACC that the league hopes
Apr 4, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kenny Smith, a two-time NBA champion and prominent broadcaster, has been appointed head of Next Stars’ player initiatives in North America for the National Basketball League‘s Next Stars program, the league announced. The appointment of Smith will see him actively recruit, develop and mentor new Next
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 02:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Charlotte Hornets have secured permission to interview several top assistant coaches for the franchise’s head-coaching opening, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Hornets coach Steve Clifford is moving into a front office role at the end of the season, allowing for new executive vice
Apr 4, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson is considered day-to-day because of a finger injury on his left hand after X-rays and scans came back negative, coach Willie Green told reporters Thursday. “Everything structurally was fine, just some soreness in his finger,” Green said. Williamson missed the
Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 10:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After two months of rehabilitation to attempt a return to the New York Knicks, All-NBA forward Julius Randle will undergo season-ending right shoulder surgery, the team announced Thursday. Randle, who has been out since dislocating his shoulder on Jan. 27, had been relentlessly rehabilitating
ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rafael Nadal withdrew from the upcoming Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, saying his body is not yet ready for competition. Nadal, who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane in January after almost a year
Emily Keogh Apr 4, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arsenal have confirmed that after extensive testing following Frida Maanum’s collapse during the Conti Cup final on Sunday, “no obvious cardiac causes” were found. The Norwegian midfielder collapsed off the ball in the fifth minute of stoppage time during Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Chelsea
Adriana Garcia Apr 4, 2024, 09:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales denied that his decision to move the Spanish Supercopa to Saudi Arabia was motivated by his own business investments. Rubiales was detained and briefly questioned by police on arrival in Madrid on Wednesday from the Dominican Republic.
Apr 4, 2024, 10:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Wrexham owner and Hollywood star Rob McElhenney is set to make a documentary based on the Enhanced Games, the proposed sporting competition for athletes who take performance-enhancing drugs. Businessman Aron D’Souza has declared his intention to hold the inaugural Enhanced Games next year. The idea has
Apr 4, 2024, 09:38 AM ET Former South Africa junior international Luke Fleurs, who played for the country’s most popular club Kaizer Chiefs, has been killed in a hijacking in Johannesburg, police officials confirmed on Thursday. The 24-year-old was shot in the chest at a petrol station on Wednesday night and the assailants drove off