Month: February 2025

Jorge CastilloFeb 21, 2025, 05:10 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — New
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Field Level Media Feb 21, 2025, 04:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Reds manager Terry Francona plans to opt out of elective participation in the automated ball-strike challenge trial during spring training but is willing to let Cincinnati’s minor league players accustomed to the procedure use the system. ABS allows pitchers, hitters and catchers an
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Open Extended Reactions For nearly a half-century, the New York Yankees‘ facial-hair policy kept the visages of some of the world’s most famous baseball players whisker-free. Over the past week, with a nudge from a new player and the advice of an All-Star cast, Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner changed the face of the Yankees. Literally.
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ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2025, 08:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. returned to action Friday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves after missing 22 games with a broken left hand. Smith, normally a starter, entered the game off the bench early in the first quarter. Head coach Ime
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 11:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Kyle Kuzma‘s return to Washington led to a confusing moment with a couple of former teammates. “One time in the first quarter, it might have been Alex [Sarr], he might have blocked a shot. Bilal [Coulibaly] came over to dap him up,”
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 11:49 PM ET CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers‘ latest blowout victory included an unexpected bump. Center Jarrett Allen hurt his right hand at some point in the first half of Cleveland’s 142-105 rout of the New York Knicks on Friday night, an injury that could leave the NBA’s top team without
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ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2025, 10:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Evan Mobley added 21 and the Cleveland Cavaliers bullied the New York Knicks from the start Friday night, winning 142-105 in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. Only the Cavs looked elite,
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Open Extended Reactions Spain and Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos is scheduled to make his Liga MX debut for Monterrey on Saturday and will sport the captain’s armband for the Mexican top flight side. “Sergio Ramos will play from the start,” said Monterrey manager Martin Demichelis on Friday ahead of the Week 8 home game
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Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 10:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lorenzo Lucca‘s argument with teammates about him taking a first-half penalty scarred Udinese‘s 1-0 win at Lecce in Serie A on Friday. Captain Florian Thauvian is Udinese’s regular penalty-taker but Lucca grabbed the ball and pushed away teammates who came to discuss his decision.
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