ESPN News Services Jan 11, 2025, 01:26 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, said Saturday that she disagrees with the WTA Tour’s decision to provisionally suspend her longtime coach, Stefano Vukov, and reiterated that she never made a complaint about him. “I always said that he never mistreated me,” Rybakina
Month: January 2025
Associated Press Jan 11, 2025, 12:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — Patrick Fishburn found some early momentum and Denny McCarthy overcame a sluggish start Friday, both winding up in the same spot — with a share of the lead in the Sony Open going into what figures to be a wide-open weekend at
Doug Greenberg, ESPNJan 11, 2025, 12:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ohio State opened as a 9.5-point favorite over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T, per ESPN BET odds. If that line holds, it would be tied for the second-largest spread in a CFP national championship game and the
ESPN News Services Jan 11, 2025, 12:10 AM ET Bill McCartney, a three-time coach of the year in the Big Eight Conference who led the Colorado Buffaloes to their only national football title in 1990, has died. He was 84. McCartney died Friday night “after a courageous journey with dementia,” according to a family statement.
Jan 10, 2025, 11:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The first 12-team College Football Playoff is down to the final two contenders: Notre Dame and Ohio State. The seventh-seed Fighting Irish and eighth-seed Buckeyes will meet Jan. 20 at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T. Whichever team wins will end
Associated Press Jan 10, 2025, 11:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Quinshon Judkins ran for two touchdowns before Jack Sawyer forced a fumble by his former roommate that he returned 83 yards for a score with 2:13 left as Ohio State beat Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl on Friday night to
Field Level Media Jan 10, 2025, 10:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Goalie Charlie Lindgren took a hit to the head and left the Washington Capitals‘ home game against the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night. In the first minute of the second period, Lindgren was struck in the side of the head by Montreal‘s Nick
Associated Press Jan 10, 2025, 09:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — All-Star reliever Jeff Hoffman and the Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to a $33 million, three-year contract. The team announced the deal Friday night, two days after Hoffman’s 32nd birthday. Hoffman went 3-3 with a 2.17 ERA and 10 saves last season
DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNJan 9, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show, “Talkin’ Texans.” Open Extended
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 10, 2025, 08:14 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 For the second time in 30 days, Australia’s Sam Goodman has