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Nick ParkinsonDec 30, 2024, 07:18 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Daniel Dubois, right, celebrates his fifth-round KO victory over Anthony Joshua Saturday night at London’s Wembley Stadium. Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing British boxing’s biggest winner of 2024 was Daniel Dubois, but

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterDec 30, 2024, 07:35 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions UConn coach Jim Mora plans to “pursue all avenues” against teams that tamper with Huskies players, warning such teams to “think hard before you tamper with our players.” Mora’s posted

Emily Kaplan, Senior NHL InsiderDec 30, 2024, 08:15 AM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions IN THE SECOND month of his second NHL season, Connor Bedard’s sophomore slump hit hard. After matching his massive pre-draft hype by winning the Calder Trophy last spring as the NHL’s top rookie with

Dec 29, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday afternoon at the age of 100. The Carter Center confirmed that the former president died peacefully and surrounded by his family at his home in Plains, Georgia. At 100 years old, Carter was the longest-lived president in U.S. history. A life-long Atlanta Braves

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterDec 28, 2024, 05:02 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Pep Guardiola has definitively changed the Premier League since arriving in 2016, but now he finds himself in the rare position of trying to catch up to the competition. James Gill – Danehouse/Getty Images

ESPN News Services Dec 27, 2024, 10:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARCADIA, Calif. — All-Stars Alex Bregman and Walker Buehler have teamed as owners of a 3-year-old colt that won for the first time at Santa Anita on Friday. March of Time defeated four rivals by 2 1/4 lengths to win a six-furlong sprint

Connor O’Halloran Dec 27, 2024, 11:32 AM Open Extended Reactions What was your most memorable moment of the past sporting year? Was it Luke Littler, the country’s newest sporting sensation, coming heartachingly close to winning the World Darts Championship? Was it seeing Oleksandr Usyk outpoint Tyson Fury in May, or in their rematch in December?

ESPN News Services Dec 16, 2024, 11:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Colby Covington on Monday decried the fact that his UFC bout against Joaquin Buckley on Saturday in Tampa, Florida, was stopped in the third round due to excessive bleeding from a cut above his right eye. “I was just getting warmed up in

Jeff Wagenheim Dec 23, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The year of the champion. That’s what 2024 has been in the UFC. How so?There were 16 title fights this year, and in 11 of those, the defending champion walked out of the cage still holding onto the belt. That might not seem so

Associated Press Dec 26, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARCADIA, Calif. — Raging Torrent won the $200,000 Malibu Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths on Thursday at Santa Anita, with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finishing last in the final Grade 1 stakes of the year in the United States. Ridden by Frankie Dettori,

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterDec 25, 2024, 03:44 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic exited the team’s Christmas Day game against the Minnesota Timberwolves late in the second quarter

Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterDec 24, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018,

Dec 10, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024-25 bowl season is right around the corner, kicking off with the Cricket Celebration Bowl (Jackson State vs. South Carolina State) on Dec. 14. In a span of 19 days, 36 bowl games will be played — on top of the College Football Playoff. Our

Anthony Gharib, ESPNDec 24, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Claressa Shields had just watched “The Fire Inside” in early January 2024 for the first time, a film chronicling the 15-time world champion boxer’s journey from growing up in Flint, Michigan, to becoming a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Shields relived the moments — good

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterDec 23, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions It’s not easy being a baseball fan. The commitment is intense: 162 games from the thaw of early April through the sweat of summer to the

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNDec 23, 2024, 07:00 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

Dec 20, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie Woods, are teeing off at the PNC Championship Pro-Am this weekend, and it’s bound to be a fun time for the duo. This is Tiger’s first competition since the British Open in July. He’s recovering from a sixth surgery on

Field Level Media Dec 22, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASCAR will conclude its initial three-year agreement for the street race held in Chicago in July and has not yet committed to holding the event beyond 2025. “For us, we’re just looking at 2025. It’ll be the third year of a three-year run,

Chris Wright, Toe Poke writerDec 21, 2024, 11:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City slumped to yet another defeat on Saturday as the defending Premier League champions fell to a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa that, just to rub salt into the wound, saw their opponents leapfrog them in the table. The four-time reigning

Associated Press Dec 20, 2024, 07:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge set a Jan. 8 hearing to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports The two teams are suing NASCAR and were