Month: March 2024

Jeff Carlisle Close Jeff Carlisle U.S. soccer correspondent Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Julien Laurens Mar 27, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MLS side LAFC is finalizing a deal with AC Milan and France international forward Olivier Giroud, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Athletic was first
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Jeff Kassouf Mar 27, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team forward Sophia Smith has signed a new contract with the Portland Thorns that will make her the highest-paid player annually in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), the club announced Wednesday. Smith’s new deal keeps her in Portland through
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 27, 2024, 01:50 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Reigning U.S. Open winner Wyndham Clark injured his back while working out at home Monday, but he hopes to play in this week’s Texas
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Mar 27, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Erika Cruz will defend her WBA junior featherweight title against Nazarena Romero on Saturday, May 11, promoter Matchroom Boxing announced Wednesday. The fight at the Palenque de la Feria National de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico, will be the co-main event of Eduardo Hernandez’s junior lightweight
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Jon Arnold Mar 27, 2024, 10:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions When not starring for the Houston Dash, Michelle Alozie is working on pediatric cancer research at Texas Children’s Hospital. Orlando-USA TODAY Sports Michelle Alozie is accomplished by any measure. She is a professional soccer player who also works at Texas Children’s Hospital. Last summer, she
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Associated Press Mar 27, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DARLINGTON, S.C. — Darlington Raceway will pay tribute to the late NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough by displaying his No. 29 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass during its throwback weekend at the Goodyear 400 in May. Yarborough, a native of Sardis, South Carolina, and three-time
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Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — William Bryon started on pole and delivered a dominant drive Sunday to win NASCAR’s first road course race of the season at the Circuit of the Americas. The Daytona 500 winner snatched his second win of the season and delivered the
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James Regan Mar 27, 2024, 09:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith has said a clash between the UK’s Dalton Smith and American Regis Prograis is one of several “amazing fights” they’re looking to make after the Sheffield boxer’s win over Jose Zepeda on Saturday. Smith (16-0, 12 KOs) beat Zepeda
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