Month: January 2025

Mike CoppingerJan 22, 2025, 09:27 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 Former welterweight champion Keith Thurman will end a three-year layoff with a March 12
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Tim McManusDec 18, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio sauntered
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Associated Press Jan 22, 2025, 08:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Sluggball, a 4-on-4 baseball competition co-founded by former Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr., is expected to debut in May and tour minor league stadiums this season. Sluggball focuses entirely on situational hitting, with no fielding or running required. Amaro, who
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Open Extended Reactions Virgil van Dijk has said Liverpool can use the disappointment of last season to help propel them to silverware this term. Liverpool fell away in the title race during the final weeks of last season, ultimately finishing third, and crashed out of the Europa League at the quarterfinal stage. However, Arne Slot’s
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Jan 22, 2025, 03:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Nuri Sahin has been sacked by Borussia Dortmund. Sebastian Widmann/Getty Images Borussia Dortmund have sacked head coach Nuri Sahin with the team out of the German Cup and struggling in the Bundesliga. “Unfortunately, we have not managed to live up to Borussia Dortmund’s sporting ambitions this season,”
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Tom Hamilton Close Tom Hamilton Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Emily Keogh Close Emily Keogh Correspondent Jan 22, 2025, 05:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Chelsea are closing in on the
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Open Extended Reactions Former Juventus and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba is considering offers from a number of clubs in Europe’s big five leagues, a source has told ESPN, though an agreement on a deal isn’t imminent. Pogba, 31, terminated his contract with the Serie A team by mutual consent after his suspension for taking
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Open Extended Reactions Are we witnessing the end of Manchester City‘s incredible period of dominance, and have recent weeks exposed the first cracks in the winning empire built by Pep Guardiola? When the Champions League fixture list for the new 36-team league phase was released in September, nobody could have seriously predicted that Wednesday’s clash
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