ESPN News Services Dec 4, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tony Finau cleared the air Wednesday amid rumors that he was leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. Finau withdrew from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and was not yet registered to play at The Sentry, the 2025 season-opening
Month: December 2024
Dec 4, 2024, 09:48 AM Open Extended Reactions Jordie Barrett will play the rest of the season at Leinster. David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images All Blacks star Jordie Barrett has been given the “royal treatment” upon arriving in Dublin as he prepares to start life at Irish club Leinster. Barrett signed a short-term deal with Leinster
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderDec 4, 2024, 07:42 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions The International Boxing Hall of Fame’s rules mandate that exactly three
Dec 4, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions 2024 will mark the sixth year ESPN has orchestrated a list of the 25 best MMA fighters in the world under the age of 25. The list’s purpose is twofold: Highlight the young stars serving as the faces of the sport and project the prospects who
Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 09:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz will have an additional coach with him when the 2025 season begins. The four-time Grand Slam champion has hired Samuel Lopez to work alongside Juan Carlos Ferrero, who has coached the Spaniard since he was 15 years old. Lopez
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 3, 2024, 01:40 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods isn’t playing in this week’s Hero World Challenge, an unofficial tournament he hosts in the Bahamas. But the 15-time major champion will
ESPN News Services Dec 3, 2024, 08:25 AM ET Israel Vazquez, Mexico’s three-time junior featherweight world champion, has died after a battle with cancer, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said Tuesday. He was 46. Known for his punching power and hand speed, Vazquez was one of Mexico’s most celebrated boxers and shared a rivalry with compatriot
Dec 3, 2024, 07:40 AM Open Extended Reactions The 2024-25 Investec European Rugby Champions Cup will kick off on 6 December as Bath host La Rochelle at the Rec. The season is scheduled to run until 24 May 2025. The defending champions, France’s Toulouse, will look to defend their crown against the best teams from
Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 01:08 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Neale Fraser, who won three Grand Slam singles titles and guided Australia to four Davis Cup titles during a 24-year career as team captain, has died at 91. Tennis Australia released a statement Tuesday saying the sport “has lost one of its giants.” Fraser
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderDec 2, 2024, 08:47 PM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will meet in a Feb. 22