ESPN News Services Jan 25, 2024, 05:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka avenged a US Open final loss to Coco Gauff and became the first woman since Serena Williams to reach back-to-back finals at the Australian Open on Thursday. Sabalenka attacked Gauff’s serve with her powerful returns and unloaded 33 winners
Associated Press Jan 25, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DARLINGTON, S.C. — Darlington Raceway is going back to racing’s roots for its latest NASCAR throwback next May. The track announced Thursday that the latest edition to celebrate NASCAR history will focus on the roots of racing and origin stories of drivers who began
Luis Miguel Echegaray, ESPNJan 25, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The late, great Anthony Bourdain — one of my personal heroes — once said that good food is “very often, even most often, simple food” and one of the best representations of this sentiment is in football. When you attend a match, you
Jan 25, 2024, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Vic Fangio is set to become the new defensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, in the first move of a coaching staff overhaul for Nick Sirianni. Fangio is traveling to Philadelphia on Thursday morning to sign his contract with
Jake Michaels, ESPN Senior WriterJan 25, 2024, 08:40 AM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer who covers everything from Aussie Rules to Formula One, basketball to boxing. He has been with ESPN for 10 years and works as a Senior Writer, covering sport in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions
Jan 25, 2024, 08:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. will transition to a front office advisory position, the team announced Thursday. Unseld compiled a record of 77-130 since being named head coach on July 17, 2021. The team picked up an option in Unseld’s contract for the 2024-25
Jan 25, 2024, 07:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Natasha Jonas overcame a tough test against Mikaela Mayer to retain her IBF welterweight title with a split-decision victory Saturday night at M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England. Two judges scored the fight for Jonas 96-94 and 96-95, and the third for Mayer 97-93. Jonas (15-2-1,
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Value. It’s a loaded, variable term. Especially in the sports sphere. We’ve seen it all before: a struggling player cut from one team goes on to thrive somewhere else. Right place, right
Both Madhevere and Mavuta were part of the Zimbabwe side that faced Ireland in a home series in early December. Madhevere played all three T20Is while Mavuta played just the third T20I and the three ODIs after that. While Mavuta hasn’t played any competitive cricket since then, Madhevere featured for Mashonaland Eagles in the ongoing
This is the first is a series of articles that will examine the many issues facing VAR around the world. Why does a video review system cause so many issues in soccer, and can it be fixed? If you’d been told that the Football Association had gone to the police to report the leaking of