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Every NHL offseason is a chance for front office personnel around the league to bolster their club’s on-ice roster in an effort to improve their Stanley Cup chances in the upcoming campaign. This particular offseason included blockbuster trades (some occurring during the Stanley Cup Final), several teams drafting a new No. 1 prospect for their

Jul 11, 2024, 10:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas meets Tracy Cortez in the women’s flyweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Denver. The fights at Ball Arena will be on ESPN and ESPN+, with the main card starting at 10 p.m. ET and prelims at

Jul 11, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A young fighter has been making noise in the last couple of years, taking over different weight classes and moving up the ranks. And with his performance against future Hall of Famer Juan Francisco Estrada on June 29, Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez earned high praise from our

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 10, 2024, 03:17 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Most of the world’s best women golfers are competing in this week’s Amundi Evian Championship, the fourth major championship of the season, and for

Dana Lee, ESPNJul 10, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Dana Lee is a reporter-researcher at ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Gotham Chopra is the director of “In the Arena: Serena Williams,” an eight-part docuseries that examines Williams’ most formative moments on and off the court and features firsthand perspective from the 23-time Grand Slam (singles) winner.

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 10, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The first partnership between LeBron James and Stephen Curry in international play began with a phone call in the fall. That’s when, as Curry recalled, the two longtime NBA rivals spoke about the possibility of teaming up at the 2024 Paris Olympics and joining

Jul 9, 2024, 06:07 PM ET Several panels were missing from the retractable roof of NRG Stadium, the home of the NFL’s Houston Texans, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, which has left millions in the Texas without power and is blamed for multiple deaths in Texas and Louisiana. Video posted by The Associated Press

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 9, 2024, 07:41 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions It boasts maybe the two best running backs in the country. It has the most proven quarterbacks outside of the SEC. Its September slate is magnificent. Its conference race could feature as many

Open Extended Reactions The end of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs ran right up to draft week, as the Florida Panthers won the Cup less than four full days prior to the start of the selection process at Sphere. And less than two days after the final draft pick was made, the free agency frenzy

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJul 7, 2024, 05:39 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions The

Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Shane van Gisbergen raced to his third Xfinity Series victory of the season Saturday, making a successful return to the NASCAR street course in downtown Chicago. Van Gisbergen started on the pole before dropping back after a pit stop. He then made

Jul 6, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions England defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has declared he was not nervous as he stepped up to take the penalty that sent England to the semifinals of Euro 2024. Gareth Southgate’s team beat Switzerland in a penalty shootout after the teams were level at 1-1 following 120 minutes

Jul 2, 2024, 05:37 PM England fell agonisingly short of a famous victory over the All Blacks in New Zealand on Saturday, losing 16-15 in Dunedin. There was a whiff of an upset in the air under the roof at Forsyth Barr Stadium as Steve Borthwick’s England went toe-to-toe with the World Cup finalists and

Jul 4, 2024, 07:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Shakur Stevenson returns to the ring on Saturday to defend his WBC lightweight title against Artem Harutyunyan. The fight at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey (ESPN/ESPN+, 8:30 p.m. ET, with prelims on ESPN+ at 6:10 p.m. ET), will be the main event of a

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jul 3, 2024, 07:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EMMA RADUCANU’S SMILE still hadn’t faded. She was minutes removed from her dominant 6-1, 6-2 second-round victory over Elise Mertens at Wimbledon and seemed to be taking in every moment. As she stood to the side of No. 1 Court for her post-match

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJul 3, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Dan Ige was about as mentally removed from a fight as one could get on a Saturday afternoon. He’d just spent the last hour on a massage

Ramona Shelburne Close Ramona Shelburne ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Kendra Andrews Jul 3, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB in Pacific Palisades is one of those places in Los Angeles where every room — every tree, even — has

DJ Bien-Aime, ESPNJul 3, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show, “Talkin’ Texans.” Open Extended

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 2, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Thank goodness actual football is starting soon. No offense to the good folks of the Atlantic Coast Conference, but when lawsuits and countersuits are the primary storyline of your offseason, well, you haven’t

ESPN News Services Jul 1, 2024, 09:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals top prospect James Wood is expected to make his major league debut Monday night against the New York Mets. The Nationals selected the contract of the 21-year-old outfielder to call him up from Triple-A Rochester. Wood was acquired in