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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJul 16, 2024, 7:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. This has been the year of high velocity in Major League Baseball. Pitchers such as Pittsburgh Pirates rookie starter Paul Skenes (who will start the All-Star Game on Tuesday night for the […]

Former NBA player Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant dies at 69 (1:11) Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, former NBA player and father of Kobe Bryant, dies at age 69. (1:11) ESPN News Services Jul 16, 2024, 11:27 AM ET Former NBA player Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, the father of Hall of Famer Kobe Bryanthas died. He was 69. An official […]

Bucks land guard Gary Trent Jr. on one-year deal play The best of Gary Trent Jr. as he reaches a deal with the Bucks (2:04) Check out some highlights from Gary Trent Jr. as he agrees to a contract with the Bucks. (2:04) Jamal Collier, ESPNJul 16, 2024, 05:01 PM ET The Milwaukee Bucks and […]

ESPN News Services Jul 16, 2024, 07:34 PM ET The French Football Federation (FFF) is filing a legal complaint over “racist and discriminatory remarks” by Argentina players in postmatch chants about France’s team after the Copa América final. Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 on Sunday. A video posted on Instagram by Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez and […]

‘NFL Live’ crew react to Caleb Williams signing Bears contract (1:50) Dan Orlovsky and Field Yates look at what lies ahead for Caleb Williams with the Chicago Bears after he signed a four-year rookie contract that is worth $39 million fully guaranteed. (1:50) Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterJul 16, 2024, 03:46 PM ET Close Courtney […]

Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 30, 2023, 02: 27 AM ETBOSTON — Jimmy Butler had the ball and surveyed the scene.It was early in the fourth quarter of Monday’s Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, and the Miami Heat had absorbed everything the Boston Celtics — and the raucous crowd inside TD Garden — had thrown… […]

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2023, 07: 06 PM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.Diamond Sports Group has decided not to pay the San Diego Padres their latest rights fee, a monumental development that will revert the… […]

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterMay 30, 2023, 06: 31 PM ETClose Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, MankatoParticipating baseball teams that are searching for hotel rooms for the NCAA Division I tournament’s regional at the University of Kentucky in Lexington this weekend are striking out, leaving teams to choose… […]

ESPN.comMay 30, 2023, 08: 00 AM ETThe top-seeded Denver Nuggets are headed to their first NBA Finals in franchise history and will face the surprising eighth-seeded Miami Heat, who have surged back to the Finals via the play-in tournament.The Nuggets, behind the leadership of two-time MVP Nikola Jokic, will look to win the franchise’s first… […]