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Jan 7, 2025, 09:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denver Nuggets superstar center Nikola Jokic has been ruled out for Tuesday night’s home game against the Boston Celtics. Jokic popped up on the injury report with an illness earlier Tuesday and was downgraded from probable to questionable before eventually being ruled out. For the Celtics,

Jan 7, 2025, 08:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Recent doping controversies involving top players have not damaged tennis’s reputation but having a single commissioner for the sport would go a long way towards clearing up any confusion surrounding cases, John McEnroe said. Men’s world number one Jannik Sinner failed two drug tests in March

Open Extended Reactions The order for the first 18 picks of the 2025 NFL draft is set after Week 18, with the Tennessee Titans landing at No. 1. The order for Nos. 19-32 will lock in over the course of the playoffs. The 2025 draft will take place in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the first

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJan 6, 2025, 09:49 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions Clemson coach Dabo Swinney has fired defensive coordinator Wes Goodwin, Swinney announced Monday. The Tigers’ defense — particularly against the run — took a significant step back in the

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 6, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Buffalo Sabres didn’t get that “New Year, New Me” memo. And that’s putting it nicely. Buffalo spent much of 2024 struggling to gather any positive momentum — and its first outing

Jan 3, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re around five weeks out from when the first MLB teams report to spring training and plenty of free agents remain unsigned. So while we wait, let’s look ahead to the start of the 2025 season. Where does every team stand heading into spring training? Can

Associated Press Jan 4, 2025, 09:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARCADIA, Calif. — Barnes defeated stablemate Romanesque by 5½ lengths to win the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in a field of Kentucky Derby hopefuls on Saturday at Santa Anita. Ridden by Juan Hernandez, Barnes ran seven furlongs

Open Extended Reactions LONDON — At some point this month, Arsenal will have to make the same judgement call they did in the summer: do we have enough in attack to win the Premier League? Wednesday’s 3-1 win at Brentford on New Year’s Day was inconclusive. Manager Mikel Arteta has said the search for solutions

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 3, 2025, 11:22 AM 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 Ilona Maher is set to debut for Bristol Bears on Sunday. Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images American

Associated Press Jan 2, 2025, 07:56 PM ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand — NASCAR driver Shane van Gisbergen walked away from a multiple-car crash at a dirt track speedway meeting at Auckland in his native New Zealand on Thursday. Van Gisbergen, who drives the No. 88 Chevrolet ZL1 for Trackhouse Racing in the NASCAR Cup series,

Jan 1, 2025, 08:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions British No. 1 Katie Boulter secured Great Britain a quarterfinal spot in the United Cup with a 6-2, 6-1 straight-set victory over Australia’s Olivia Gadecki. Team GB needed a straight set victory in any of their matches to send them through as Group F winners. Boulter

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 1, 2025, 08:16 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions After just a 39-day offseason, the PGA Tour’s 2025 schedule tees off Thursday at the Sentry at Kapalua Resort in Hawaii, one of eight

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterDec 31, 2024, 04:28 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 — Ezekiel

Tim MacMahon Close Tim MacMahon ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Bobby Marks Dec 31, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With a driving floater over Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis, Zion Williamson tied the score

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