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Matt Walsh, ESPN Assistant EditorJan 20, 2025, 10:18 PM ET Close Matt Walsh is a Melbourne-based sports journalist who willingly travels far and wide to watch any sport. Not only has he seen NFL in Dallas, football in London, baseball in Arlington and hockey in Boston, he’s covered F1, AFL, Wimbledon and the Australian Open

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 20, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Open Extended Reactions The NFC and AFC conference championships are set. The Philadelphia Eagles will host the Washington Commanders and the Buffalo Bills will face the Kansas City Chiefs with tickets to Super Bowl LIX on the line. To look ahead at next weekend’s conference championship matchups, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to pick

Heather Dinich, Senior College Football InsiderJan 19, 2025, 03:50 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA, Ga. — No major decisions were made regarding the future format of the 12-team College Football Playoff on Sunday, but “tweaks” to the 2025 season haven’t been ruled

Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 04:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom already has thrown off the mound this offseason and said everything felt normal after missing most of his first two seasons with the Texas Rangers because of elbow surgery. The three starts deGrom got

Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 07:58 PM ET Martin Truex Sr., the father of former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. has died, Truex and his brother said in a statement Friday. He was 66. “We are devastated by the loss of our father,” Martin Jr. and Ryan Truex said. “Simply put, he was our hero

Multiple contributors Jan 17, 2025, 04:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The transfer window is open across Europe as clubs look to do some mid-season business. But what are ESPN’s reporters hearing about some of the deals that could be done, and which clubs are hoping to make moves? Every Friday during January we’ll bring

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNJan 16, 2025, 07:30 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 16, 2025, 07:51 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — It’s Jan. 1, and Khabib Nurmagomedov is spending the start of this new year the same way he has spent most of his life.

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 15, 2025, 07:44 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 This past year was full of great fights, upsets and incredible

Open Extended Reactions We’ve reached the second round at the 2025 Australian Open, and it’s a busy day, with stars taking to the court wherever you look. Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, and Aryna Sabalenka are among some of the top seeds in action. Stay tuned as we bring you all the live action,

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 14, 2025, 06:00 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 Steve Borthwick has backed Maro Itoje to lead England into the 2027 Rugby World Cup and

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — When the inaugural season of TGL launched at the SoFi Center last week, Ireland’s Shane Lowry forgot to bring a tee to the hitting area to hit the first drive in the history of the tech-infused golf league. It was one of the lighter moments in TGL’s opening night, which

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 14, 2025, 12:41 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterJan 13, 2025, 09:48 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — The

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJan 13, 2025, 08:00 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 Mid-January is always a period of great adjustment. That icy time when we hopefully have finally started ending dates with ’25 instead

ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2025, 05:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has banned two fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium from attending any games at big league ballparks. The league sent a letter to Austin Capobianco

Associated Press Jan 11, 2025, 01:32 PM ET LOS ANGELES — A flare-up of the wildfire on the west side of Los Angeles that prompted new evacuations has caused Santa Anita to cancel horse racing this weekend. The track in Arcadia, near the smoldering Eaton fire that decimated Altadena, had said Friday that it would

Jan 10, 2025, 05:56 PM ET The United States women’s national team’s January training camp has been relocated to Florida due to the Los Angeles wildfires, U.S. Soccer said on Friday. The training camp, and the concurrent Future Camp featuring 24 USWNT prospects, will begin three days later than planned and run between Jan. 17-23

ESPN News Services Jan 10, 2025, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves claimed a spot in the season-opening Daytona 500 as part of a slew of rule changes, NASCAR announced Friday. Castroneves is guaranteed a spot in the field under a new provision that earmarks a