Longtime ESPN director Kyle Brown, 42, died Saturday after he suffered a medical emergency while working the NCAA baseball super regional in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Brown worked on a variety of sports during his 16-year career at the network, including baseball, basketball, NFL and college football.
“A 16-year ESPN employee, Kyle was a deeply admired member of our production team—and highly accomplished, having captured two Sports Emmy Awards while working a multitude of sports from baseball and basketball to Monday Night Football and college football,” ESPN said in a statement on Sunday.
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Pirates star Andrew McCutchen received salutes from a few fellow Pittsburgh-area sports heroes on Sunday after the 15-year veteran and franchise great reached his latest career milestone.
With a single into left field in his first at-bat against the Mets, the 36-year-old McCutchen notched the 2,000th hit of his illustrious career, doing so in the city where the former NL MVP blossomed into one of the game’s best during his first nine MLB seasons.
On November 15, 2013, Lane Kiffin was fired by the University of Southern California. Athletic director Pat Haden made one of the most dramatic moves in sports history by telling his head football coach that he was out at 3:14 a.m. on the tarmac of LAX following a loss to Arizona State.
Now, in a full-circle moment 10 years later, Kiffin’s son is coming off of a Saturday competing at USC.
(Image courtesy: @knox.kiffin/Instagram)
Knox, a quarterback in the Class of 2028, has not even reached high school yet.
Lucas Zelarayán lifted Columbus past Chicago 2-1 with his incredible goal from nearly 61 yards out on Saturday night.
For the first time in his life, Miles Sanders is going to be playing his home football games outside the state of Pennsylvania. He grew up and attended high school near Pittsburgh. He went to Penn State for college. And, the Philadelphia Eagles drafted him in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
But, the Eagles let him walk in free agency and he signed a four-year contract with the Carolina Panthers.
Now, the former Eagle is taking subtle shots at his former team. Specifically, he talked about being underused in the Super Bowl.
The Chiefs defeated the Eagles 38-35.
Novak Djokovic enjoyed a record-breaking Sunday, winning his third French Open for his 23rd Grand Slam title, the most by a men’s tennis player ever. He did so in straight sets against Casper Ruud, dropping just one game on serve in the entire match.
Throughout his dominance, Djokovic always has displayed significant confidence in himself, going as far as to have a jacket with the number “23” ready to go for when he broke the record. After the match, NBC’s Maria Taylor asked him about the jacket, and Djokovic shouted out another legendary winner for inspiration.
Josh Jacobs has yet to sign the franchise tag for the upcoming season, and he took to Twitter with a message appearing to address his contract standoff with the Raiders.
“Sometimes it’s not about you,” he said in a tweet on Saturday. “We gotta do it for the ones after us.”
The clock is ticking for the two sides to come to terms on a new deal, with the deadline being July 15. It’s unclear what the Las Vegas tailback is currently looking for, but if he were to sign the franchise tag, he’d earn $10.
The team hopes the closer will be out for less than a month.
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Rory McIlroy compares the scenes around No. 14 at RBC Canadian Open to one of the most famous par 3 atmospheres in TPC Scottsdale.
Rory McIlroy has played in some great environments throughout his PGA Tour career, but this week at the RBC Canadian Open has to be up there. The 14th hole at Oakdale Golf and Country Club is known as “The Rink,” and it rivals some of the best scenes in golf.
On the tee box, three of the four sides of it are lined with fans behind closed railings.
Novak Djokovic won the French Open on Sunday defeating Casper Ruud in straight sets in the final match. For Djokovic, he now owns 23 career Grand Slam titles, one more than Rafael Nadal for most among men’s tennis players. Of course, Djokovic made headlines with his refusal to receive the COVID vaccine.
Thanks to his vaccine stance, Australia and the United States denied him entry into their countries in 2022. Because of that, Djokovic did not compete in either the Australian Open or US Open last year.