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Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 6, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Defending NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney, top right, has his work cut out for him in this year’s stacked Playoffs field. Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Open Extended Reactions Shohei Ohtani could be on his way to another record-setting accomplishment. Editor’s Picks In his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, after signing the largest contract in MLB history, Ohtani earned his membership to the 40/40 club on Aug. 23 against the Tampa Bay Rays when he stole a base in

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 6, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Va. — Johnny Gaudreau was Will Smith‘s hockey idol. The 19-year-old San Jose Sharks forward was a Boston College superfan before attending the school where Gaudreau became an NCAA legend. Gaudreau’s presence was everywhere when

Jeff Kassouf Sep 5, 2024, 02:48 PM ET There is no weight like the expectation of being the next star of the U.S. women’s national team. Alex Morgan shouldered that as a 20-year-old in 2009, when she joined her first senior training camp with the team. She hadn’t yet debuted for the U.S., and already

Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:41 PM Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderSep 3, 2024, 10:21 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Open Extended Reactions The same question pops up following every Naoya Inoue victory: When

Records are made to be broken, right? Try telling that to Wilt Chamberlain and Cy Young. “Wilt the Stilt” averaged an NBA-record 50.4 points per game in 1961-1962, a season in which he also set a single-game scoring mark with 100 points. No one has come close to either record in the six decades since.

Fantasy staff Aug 30, 2024, 08:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In less than a week, we will have NFL games that count and, therefore, fantasy football results to track. Hope springs eternal and everyone has an opinion on which players will do this and which teams will do that. That’s the fun of being

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 1, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Coco Gauff knew becoming a back-to-back champion at the US Open would be hard. She was likely aware that no woman had repeated at the tournament since Serena Williams won her third straight a decade ago. And Gauff knew she

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — For a brief moment in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, world No. 1

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:10 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions THE ANNOUNCEMENTS CAME 37 hours apart in November 2021, two coaching hires — and abrupt departures — that rocked college football and would forever bind USC‘s Lincoln Riley and LSU‘s

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNAug 30, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA Clippers center Ivica Zubac has agreed on a three-year, $58.6 million contract extension — tying him to the franchise for $70 million through the 2027-2028 season, his agents Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz of Excel told ESPN on Friday. Zubac will sign the

Field Level Media Aug 31, 2024, 03:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions With a potential playoff berth in sight, the Kansas City Royals made a pair of claims off the waiver wire, adding outfielders Tommy Pham and Robbie Grossman on Saturday. Both players participated in last year’s World Series, with Pham on the Arizona Diamondbacks

Aug 30, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Columbus Blue Jackets winger Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed Thursday when they were struck by a vehicle while riding as “pedalcyclists,” New Jersey State Police said in a release Friday. Johnny Gaudreau was 31, and Matthew was 29. According to police, a driver of a Jeep

Open Extended Reactions Arsenal have been offered the chance to sign Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling, sources have told ESPN. The 29-year-old has been deemed surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge and sources have said he is keen to secure a permanent move to another Premier League club to revive his career at club and international

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 23, 2023, 07:30 AM ET His opponent, Paul Butler, was in survival mode the entire fight, ultra reluctant to throw a punch for fear of opening up his guard. Butler knew what he was up against: not just any boxer, but the one who earned the moniker “The Monster” for his unbridled

Associated Press Aug 27, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has bought an ownership stake in a racehorse named Swift Delivery. Team Valor International founder and CEO Barry Irwin announced Tuesday that Kelce and the Zoldan family recently acquired a significant share of the

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 25, 2024, 01:48 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions It is not easy to break into a top five ranking in the UFC, but Caio Borralho has made it happen in a relatively short amount of

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterAug 27, 2024, 12:04 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 David Nucifora has joined Scottish Rugby in an advisory capacity. Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images Scottish Rugby

Associated Press Aug 26, 2024, 04:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR will take its elite Cup Series international for the first points-paying race outside the United States with a June 2025 stop in Mexico City. The Cup Series will race at storied Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, where NASCAR and track officials have a Tuesday morning