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Associated Press Feb 24, 2025, 06:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Swedish golfer Anna Nordqvist was appointed Monday as the captain of the European team for next year’s Solheim Cup being staged in the Netherlands. Europe will look to reclaim the cup after losing 15½-12½ on U.S. soil last year. That was the Americans’ first

Associated Press Feb 23, 2025, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Brian Campbell cashed in on a huge break Sunday when his tee shot in a playoff bounced out of the trees and back into play, leading to a birdie on the second extra hole to win the Mexico Open over Aldrich

Feb 22, 2025, 08:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dmitry Bivol became the undisputed light heavyweight champion with an impressive majority decision victory in a rematch against Artur Beterbiev on Saturday. And while the margin on the scorecards wasn’t that big, Bivol dominated Beterbiev for long parts of the fight. While many thought he also

Feb 22, 2025, 07:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dmitry Bivol avenged his October 2024 loss to Artur Beterbiev and defeated his rival by majority decision to become the undisputed light heavyweight championship at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday night. The rematch was set 133 days after Beterbiev won a narrow majority

Associated Press Feb 22, 2025, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOHA, Qatar — Andrey Rublev credited his mental approach after beating Jack Draper 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 to win the Qatar Open for the second time Saturday. It was Rublev’s third three-set win in three days. The Russian also dropped the second set in his

ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2025, 08:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr., back after missing 22 games with a broken left hand, had 15 points to help the Rockets win 121-115 in overtime Friday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Smith, normally a starter, entered the game off the

Tim MacMahon Close Tim MacMahon ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Michael C. Wright Close Michael C. Wright ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M Feb 20,

Dave McMenaminFeb 20, 2025, 08:19 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions Nearly two weeks after the Los Angeles Lakers rescinded their trade for center Mark Williams with

ESPN News Services Feb 21, 2025, 10:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Evan Mobley added 21, and the Cleveland Cavaliers bullied the New York Knicks from the start Friday night, winning 142-105 in a matchup of two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. Only the Cavaliers looked elite, winning their

Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 11:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Kyle Kuzma‘s return to Washington led to a confusing moment with a couple of former teammates. “One time in the first quarter, it might have been Alex [Sarr], he might have blocked a shot. Bilal [Coulibaly] came over to dap him up,”

Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 11:49 PM ET CLEVELAND — The Cavaliers‘ latest blowout victory included an unexpected bump. Center Jarrett Allen hurt his right hand at some point in the first half of Cleveland’s 142-105 rout of the New York Knicks on Friday night, an injury that could leave the NBA’s top team without

NBA insiders Feb 20, 2025, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions One by one, the San Antonio Spurs strolled into the Moody Center on Thursday afternoon for a shootaround, minutes after the Phoenix Suns left the floor. One notable absence stood out: generational superstar Victor Wembanyama, who didn’t accompany the team to Austin, Texas, for

Steve Alexander Feb 21, 2025, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome to this week’s roundup of the biggest risers and fallers in fantasy basketball! As the season unfolds, player performances continue to shake up the rankings and impact fantasy rosters. Whether it’s a breakout star making waves or a struggling veteran losing ground, staying

Jim McCormickFeb 18, 2025, 02:00 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency

Michael RothsteinFeb 21, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Open Extended Reactions A MAN BY the name of Jake Reedy was drinking with friends at Local Public Eatery in the Knox-Henderson neighborhood of Dallas

Jake Michaels, Senior WriterJan 16, 2025, 07:28 PM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer. He has been with ESPN since 2013, covering everything from AFL to Formula One, basketball to boxing, and tennis, both in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions Tennis was rocked in 2024 by two separate doping

Open Extended Reactions The 2025 NFL draft is just over two months away. It kicks off on April 24 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the Tennessee Titans will be on the clock first with the No. 1 pick. But what does the top of the draft board look like right now? We used the recent

Associated Press Feb 14, 2025, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Carolina star quarterback Cam Newton doubled down on recent comments that the Panthers had “a locker room of losers” before drafting him with the first overall pick in 2011, saying his remarks were “aggressive” but “true.” Newton said during Thursday’s “4th and 1

Marcel Louis-JacquesFeb 14, 2025, 02:42 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 for

ESPN News Services Feb 14, 2025, 03:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia was awash in green on Valentine’s Day to celebrate its Super Bowl champion Eagles. Swooning fans screamed and cheered Friday as Super Bowl MVP quarterback Jalen Hurts and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie took turns hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy at