Cesar Hernandez Dec 13, 2023, 08:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liga MX Clausura champions Tigres Canadian champions Vancouver Whitecaps will square off in the opening round of the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup. The draw for the rebranded tournament formerly known as the Concacaf Champions was held on Wednesday, with a pair of top MLS
Month: December 2023
Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterDec 13, 2023, 08:42 PM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Steelers star pass-rusher T.J. Watt is out of concussion protocol and available to play in a crucial matchup at Indianapolis on Saturday.
Open Extended Reactions NEWCASTLE — The Champions League can be as brutal as it can be glorious, and Newcastle United have learned the hard way that club football’s biggest competition can never be taken for granted. In the space of 90 minutes against AC Milan at St James’ Park on Wednesday, Eddie Howe’s team found
Jeff Passan, ESPNDec 13, 2023, 04:57 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball plans to showcase the sport’s best young players during a series of spring training games it’s calling “Spring Breakout,” sources familiar with the
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterDec 13, 2023, 07:33 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 LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani‘s historic deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers allows him to opt out if
Associated Press Dec 13, 2023, 07:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Winnipeg Jets leading scorer Kyle Connor has been placed on injured reserve with a knee injury. The Jets announced the move on social media Wednesday. The team did not provide a timetable for the forward’s return. Connor was injured during the
Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 13, 2023, 05:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder have a deal in place to fight on March 9 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sources told ESPN. The sides agreed on the money, sources said, but they both must come out victorious and uninjured in separate
Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 13, 2023, 07:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas backup quarterback Maalik Murphy is entering the NCAA transfer portal, he told ESPN on Wednesday night. Murphy said in a phone interview that he will not be with the Longhorns in the College Football Playoff, a decision that was wrenching for him. “I
Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterDec 13, 2023, 05:27 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterDec 13, 2023, 05:21 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals