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Adam Teicher Close Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Alaina Getzenberg Close Alaina Getzenberg ESPN Alaina Getzenberg is a staff writer who covers the Buffalo Bills and the NFL. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte

D’Arcy Maine Jan 26, 2025, 03:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The first major of the 2025 season came to a close over the weekend as Madison Keys and Jannik Sinner claimed the singles trophies at the Australian Open. In her 46th Slam appearance — and last before turning 30 next month — Keys won

Jake MichaelsJan 26, 2025, 11:04 AM 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 MELBOURNE, Australia — There was an air of confidence surrounding Jannik

Ohio State won the national championship. Ohio State had the most talented roster in the country. The first is an incontrovertible fact. The second is, technically, an opinion — one shared by everyone on ESPN’s committee selecting the top 100 players of the 2024-25 season — but it’d be tough to come up with a

Associated Press Jan 25, 2025, 06:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — White Abarrio won the $3 million Pegasus World Cup with a dominant performance at Gulfstream on Saturday. He ran 1⅛ miles in 1:48.05 under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., who earned his third career Pegasus victory. Sent off as the 5-2

Jorge CastilloJan 25, 2025, 11:58 AM 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 NEW YORK — The

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Greg Wyshynski Close Greg Wyshynski ESPN Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Dec 6, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NHL trade deadline for the 2024-25 season is not until March 7, but teams

Associated Press Jan 23, 2025, 11:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH, Fla. — Thorpedo Anna won Horse of the Year honors at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night, becoming only the second 3-year-old filly to beat male competition for the top trophy. Trained by Ken McPeek, she earned six Grade 1 victories last

Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER, England — Among the songs at the end of Manchester United‘s UEFA Europa League match with Rangers, the home fans started to sing Ruben Amorim’s name. The Portuguese head coach says he doesn’t like it because he doesn’t yet think he deserves the honour. But on this occasion, he will have

Jan 23, 2025, 11:25 AM Open Extended Reactions Bill Sweeney has said he the easiest option would be to walk away amid controversy over his pay. Dan Mullan/Getty Images Rugby Football Union CEO Bill Sweeney has defended his controversial pay package and said he had no intention of walking away from his position despite a pending

Dre Waters Jan 21, 2025, 09:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The TGL had its closest match of the inaugural season on Tuesday, as Atlanta Drive Golf Club and New York Golf Club were separated by only two points through the first nine holes. But Atlanta pulled away in the last six holes en route

Andreas Hale, ESPNJan 19, 2025, 01:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Islam Makhachev retained his lightweight title with a first-round submission against Renato Moicano on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome. After being dropped briefly by a right hand, Makhachev (27-1) put Moicano on his

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

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderJan 20, 2025, 10:20 PM 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 Boxing star Ryan Garcia will fight Rolly Romero in his return

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