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NBA Insiders Nov 20, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re one month into the 2024-25 NBA season, and in just a few weeks a lot has unfolded in both conferences. The second edition of the NBA Cup kicked off last week, once again unveiling some flashy courts. Group stage games will end Dec.

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterNov 19, 2024, 07:02 PM ET 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 MÁLAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal said he would only let his emotions break through at

NFL Nation, ESPNNov 19, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Coordinating an offense and calling plays in the NFL is a pressure-filled job. If your team’s offense is clicking on all cylinders like Ben Johnson’s Detroit Lions and Kellen Moore’s Philadelphia Eagles, or if you’ve received unexpectedly good results from your quarterback, like the

Emily Kaplan, ESPNNov 18, 2024, 08:25 AM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions As the New York Rangers and Igor Shesterkin‘s camp negotiate for a new contract, the goalie doesn’t want to talk about what’s at stake — though everyone else around the league does. According to sources, Shesterkin

Nov 18, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions What a week it was in college football: Five AP Top 25 teams lost to unranked opponents, and after No. 6 BYU’s defeat to Kansas and victories by Colorado and Arizona State, the Big 12 appears to be up for grabs. The Buffaloes and Sun Devils

Bradford Doolittle, ESPN Staff WriterNov 18, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association Open Extended Reactions Welcome to MLB Awards Week. November has become awards season in baseball, which increasingly serves as

Jeff Kassouf Nov 16, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Washington Spirit goalkeeper Aubrey Kingsbury saved all three penalties she faced as the Spirit defeated reigning champion NJ/NY Gotham FC 3-0 in a penalty shootout on Saturday at Audi Field to advance to next week’s NWSL Championship. The two teams played to a 1-1

James Regan Nov 14, 2024, 03:57 PM Open Extended Reactions Within two matches, England’s autumn has turned from hopeful to something a little more agonising as they prepare to welcome two-time reigning World Cup champions South Africa to Twickenham on Saturday. It has been a difficult couple of weeks for Steve Borthwick’s side. They have

Jeff Wagenheim Nov 15, 2024, 07:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Two weeks ago was the 50th anniversary of The Rumble in the Jungle, and all of the bouquets being laid at the feet of that classic heavyweight championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman got me thinking about — of all things

Field Level Media Nov 14, 2024, 07:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Along with national pride, it appears members of the United States’ 2025 Ryder Cup team will have another incentive when teeing off against their European counterparts at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. Lots of zeros. A vote by the PGA of America will

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderNov 12, 2024, 07:48 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 MIKE TYSON SAT on the canvas with his back against the

Michael C. Wright, ESPN Staff WriterNov 13, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M SAN ANTONIO — Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is continuing to recover after he suffered what the team called a “mild stroke” on Nov. 2. Popovich has missed

Nov 12, 2024, 09:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Shane Waldron has been fired as the Chicago Bears‘ offensive coordinator less than 10 months after being hired for the job, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Waldron has come under heavy scrutiny in Chicago due to the offense’s overall performance and the recent struggles of rookie

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 12, 2024, 09:54 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Gerry Faust, who was famously plucked from an Ohio high school to lead Notre Dame’s storied football program in 1981, died Monday, his family

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Nov 12, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Coco Gauff opened the 2024 season with the title in Auckland. And while there were ups-and-downs along the way, she finished the season just as she started, with another victory, by winning the WTA Finals at the year-end event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 12, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions NHL Awards are not typically won in the first month of the season — but there are always exceptions. Look at the NHL Awards Watch from one year ago. Quinn Hughes ended up winning the Norris

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 11, 2024, 02:21 PM 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 Joey Logano took home his third NASCAR Cup Series championship on Sunday in Phoenix. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Legitimacy (li-jit-uh-muh-see) noun. The state

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, a single sentence from baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti still reverberates: “The matter of Mr. Rose is now closed.” Those words, which cemented Pete Rose’s lifetime ban for gambling on the team he managed, landed like a gavel in August 1989: authoritative, unambiguous, final — and yet wholly untrue. Rose was 83

Associated Press Nov 10, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, Ariz. — Eliminated from the playoffs at the end of the second round, Joey Logano received a second chance when another competitor was disqualified. He pounced on the opportunity. Logano was added to the round of eight following Alex Bowman‘s disqualification and immediately

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentNov 10, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Open Extended Reactions Did you ever have a nightmare that seemed so real it took every fiber of your being to wrench yourself back into consciousness, at which point the relief that