Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Moments after Jose Altuve was ejected for taking off his left cleat and sock trying to prove a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and then made a sensational play at second base to seal the Houston Astros‘ wild…
Kevin Pelton, ESPN Senior WriterSep 18, 2024, 01:25 AM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system SEATTLE — With seven rebounds in Tuesday’s 85-72 win over the Seattle Storm, A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces surpassed injured Chicago Sky rookie Angel…
Michael Voepel, ESPN Senior WriterSep 17, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The seeds for A’ja Wilson‘s dynamic 2024 WNBA season were planted before last…
Sep 17, 2024, 09:18 PM ET WASHINGTON — Billie Jean King will become the first individual women’s athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would be sent to President Joe…
Sep 17, 2024, 04:30 PM ET Non-scholastic basketball reaches new levels every spring and summer. It’s not just the talent; it’s also the opportunities to view them. From the elite club events outside of the evaluation period (The Prime Event Series, WPA Bruins Tip-Off Classic, Earned Not Given, Summer Jam, etc.) to the condensed and…
Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterSep 17, 2024, 07:20 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 17, 2024, 07:27 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Georgia All-American guard Tate Ratledge underwent TightRope surgery on his sprained left ankle Monday and is expected to miss a handful of games, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart…
Sep 17, 2024, 08:02 AM ET In December 2020, with no fans in arenas and lines of credit and loans to owners growing, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league was taking a fresh look at the idea of expanding after nearly two decades. In the three-plus years since he floated the concept, an entire…
Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNSep 17, 2024, 04:10 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…
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterSep 17, 2024, 12:39 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Center Boban Marjanovic has reached an agreement with the EuroLeague team Fenerbahce after spending the past nine seasons in the NBA, sources confirmed to ESPN….