Month: February 2024

Brothers Inaki and Nico Williams scored to help Athletic Bilbao secure a 3-0 semi-final win over Atletico Madrid on Thursday and a 4-0 aggregate victory that sent the Basque side into their third Copa de Rey final in the last five years. Ernesto Valverde’s team punished the visitors with clinical counter-attacks, starting when Inaki Williams
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ESPN News Services Feb 29, 2024, 05:16 PM ET Atlético Madrid said one of their supporters was hospitalized with serious injuries amid fan trouble ahead of the team’s Copa del Rey second-leg semifinal against Athletic Club on Thursday. Atletico president Enrique Cerezo told Movistar that some of the team’s fans were allegedly attacked by Athletic
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Feb 29, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford has responded to critics questioning his commitment to the Premier League club after being dropped for disciplinary issues this season by manager Erik ten Hag. The 26-year-old England international missed United’s 4-2 FA Cup fourth-round win over Newport County this month,
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Associated Press Feb 29, 2024, 04:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — San Francisco Giants right-hander Tristan Beck has been diagnosed with an aneurysm in the upper part of his pitching arm and is evaluating his treatment options after the condition was checked after he began experiencing numbness in his hand. The team
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ESPN News Services Feb 29, 2024, 06:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Rays have signed catcher Francisco Mejia to a minor league contract, and outfielder Josh Lowe is not expected to play in a game for the next 10 to 15 days as he deals with hip inflammation. Mejia, 28, was released
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Associated Press Feb 29, 2024, 02:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — For more than a quarter century, Phillies fans considered Dollar Hot Dog Night among the best ballpark promotions — but the team has now decided it was the wurst. Those dog days of April — when the Philly weather is cold and
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Associated Press Feb 29, 2024, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Major League Baseball’s average salary rose 7.1% last year to a record $4,525,719, according to the annual report the players’ association issued Thursday, but several teams appear to be cutting payroll for 2024. After declining in 2021 following the pandemic-shortened season,
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ESPN News Services Feb 29, 2024, 05:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pittsburgh Pirates starter Paul Skenes retired Baltimore Orioles shortstop prospect Jackson Holliday on a grounder to second base Thursday in a spring training matchup of the top overall picks in the past two amateur drafts. Skenes threw 10 pitches while retiring the side
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Associated Press Feb 29, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers — and many around the world — with his marriage announcement Thursday, so manager Dave Roberts said any gift the team gives the two-time MVP would be like most of the money in his
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