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Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 9, 2024, 08:39 PM Close • 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 Open Extended Reactions Marcus Smith celebrates his dramatic match-winning drop goal to give England victory over Ireland. Julian Finney/Getty Images

Feb 1, 2024, 10:58 AM Maxime Lucu of France celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s fifth try. Getty France put in a dominant second half performance to earn a 45-24 bonus point victory over Wales in Cardiff on Saturday in a seesaw contest in which the lead changed hands numerous times before the visitors pulled

Mar 10, 2024, 07:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PRETORIA, South Africa — Burundi’s Dynamo BC have forfeited their Basketball Africa League game against FUS Rabat, set to be played on Sunday, in the wake of the Burundian side’s refusal to display tournament sponsor Visit Rwanda’s logo. Dynamo had blacked out the logo on their

Associated Press Mar 8, 2024, 07:18 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some of the people who attended the near-record cold Kansas City Chiefs playoff game in January had to undergo amputations, a Missouri hospital said Friday. Research Medical Center didn’t provide exact numbers but said in a statement that some of the 12 people

Mar 8, 2024, 11:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Panama midfielder Marta Cox has threatened to quit the national team again after the president of her country’s football federation (FEPAFUT) called her fat and “out of shape” following their CONCACAF W Gold Cup exit. Panama were eliminated from tournament without getting a single point in

ESPN News Services Mar 7, 2024, 11:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Anthony Edwards matched his season high with 44 points, made a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:11 to go and came up with a spectacular block at the buzzer to give the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves a 113-111 victory over the Indiana Pacers on

Mar 7, 2024, 09:14 AM ET Sweden midfielder Kristoffer Olsson is suffering from multiple small blood clots on both sides of his brain as a result of an extremely rare inflammatory condition in his brain vessels, the player’s club FC Midtjylland said on Thursday. The 28-year-old has been in hospital and put on a ventilator

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMar 7, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Colorado Avalanche added another new face on Thursday in the acquisition of forward Brandon Duhaime from the Minnesota Wild in exchange for a 2026 third-round draft pick. The Avalanche are coming

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMar 6, 2024, 01:01 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Michigan State head coach Duffy Daugherty was for it. Tennessee athletic director Bob Woodruff was against it. Ohio State’s Woody Hayes was for it, then against it and Notre Dame’s (and CBS’) Ara

Associated Press Mar 7, 2024, 06:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANYA, China — Minjee Lee shot a 7-under 65 for a 1-stroke lead after the first round of the Blue Bay LPGA on China’s southern island of Hainan on Thursday. Sarah Schmelzel, Miranda Wang and Ruixin Liu were tied for second after 66s on

Associated Press Mar 6, 2024, 08:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Andy Murray began what is expected to be his final appearance at the BNP Paribas Open with a smooth performance and a straightforward victory, beating David Goffin 6-3, 6-2 on Day 1 in the desert Wednesday. Murray, a three-time Grand

Mar 6, 2024, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Russian and Belarusian tennis players will be allowed to enter the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris as neutrals, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) confirmed Wednesday. The ITF said players from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to enter in “an individual and neutral capacity” if

Mar 5, 2024, 06:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions An MRI on Jalen Brunson‘s left knee came back clean but the New York Knicks star guard will still be out for Tuesday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks, according to head coach Tom Thibodeau. Brunson went down with what first appeared to be a serious knee

Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNMar 5, 2024, 04:57 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 5, 2024, 10:37 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions West Virginia has extended the contract of football coach Neal Brown through 2027. Brown had been under contract through the 2026 season. He led West Virginia to a 9-4 record

Open Extended Reactions Two leagues will be rewarded with extra places in next season’s Champions League as part of the revamp to expand it to a 36-team competition — but who is likely to benefit? Four additional clubs will qualify compared to the current format. And two of those places will go to the leagues

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterMar 4, 2024, 09:11 AM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and five-time Pro-Bowl receiver Mike Evans reached agreement on a two-year, $52 million contract that

Mar 4, 2024, 01:40 PM Open Extended Reactions Italy flanker Jake Polledri has announced his retirement from professional rugby at the age of 28, having failed to recover completely from a serious knee injury, he said on Monday. Polledri, born in England, qualified for Italy through his grandparents and played for them at Under-20 level

Open Extended Reactions Xavier Worthy made headlines at the NFL combine Saturday, setting a 40-yard dash record with a time of 4.21 seconds. Editor’s Picks The Texas Longhorns wide receiver broke the record of former wide receiver John Ross, who ran a 4.22 at the 2017 NFL combine. Worthy ran an unofficial time of 4.25

Jeff Legwold, ESPN Senior WriterMar 2, 2024, 06:51 PM ET Close Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2013. He also assists with NFL draft coverage, including his annual top 100 prospects. Jeff