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Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterAug 23, 2023, 08:45 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The dog days of NHL summer are winding down. Which means it’s time to ramp up speculation about who is still (potentially) destined to be traded before fall is in full swing. Because unless you’re

Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 25, 2023, 07:48 AM ET Whether you’re staying up late to watch or getting up very early in the United States, there is a nice slate of UFC fights Saturday morning in Kallang, Singapore. The card is headlined by two of the bigger names in the UFC men’s featherweight division,

Timothy Bradley Jr. Aug 24, 2023, 07:38 AM ET The driving force behind a fighter’s career goes beyond their skill and talent — it comes from deep within their heart. Whether brave or timid, fighters still feel fear and put on their shoes the same way. But what sets the best of the best apart

Aug 23, 2023, 08:16 PM ET It doesn’t matter what the surface is — Jimmy Butler can’t help but score points. Editor’s Picks At a charity exhibition match leading up to the US Open on Wednesday night, the Miami Heat star was serving as an honorary ballboy in a match between Carlos Alcaraz and Frances

Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 07:27 PM ET The National Basketball Players Association intends to file a grievance disputing the NBA’s $100,000 fine for James Harden over public comments he made earlier this month expressing displeasure after the Philadelphia 76ers failed to trade him. “We respectfully disagree with the league’s decision to discipline James Harden

Aug 22, 2023, 12:43 PM ET One person died and another was injured when the suburban Charlotte home owned by Tennessee Titans cornerback Caleb Farley exploded overnight, per authorities in Mooresville, North Carolina. Farley was not home at the time of the explosion but was at the property speaking with police early Tuesday morning. Aerial

NFL Nation, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Four months after hearing their names called on draft night — three within the first four picks — the league’s rookie quarterbacks are nearly through their first preseason. Bryce Young and Anthony Richardson were named starters early, and C.J. Stroud could be named a starter soon. Will

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 21, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Just when it looked like college football was settling down for the final season of a four-team playoff, conference realignment shook up the sport once again. UCLA

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 21, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia There’s just one more week to go in the FedEx Cup playoffs and eight days left before U.S. Ryder Cup team captain Zach Johnson announces his six

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterAug 20, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. CLEARWATER, Fla. — The car ride to meet Lyn and Garrett Reid is quiet, each mile taking Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Andrew Bellatti back 13 years, to the accident, the jail cell and

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 07:34 PM ET Sam Mayer spun race leader and archrival Ty Gibbs following a late restart in the Xfinity Series race at Watkins Glen International on Saturday and went on to win for the second time in four weeks. Gibbs, a Cup Series regular and a rising star at Joe

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentAug 18, 2023, 03:53 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. The U.S. women’s national team’s leadership shakeup will continue with general manager Kate Markgraf set to leave her role at the end of this month, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Equalizer was

Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auAug 16, 2023, 03:53 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. With the eyes

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 17, 2023, 09:09 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on

Mike Coppinger, ESPNAug 17, 2023, 08:29 AM ET Between Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia and Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr., boxing has produced two genuinely major fights in 2023. Another big-business bout arrives next month when boxing’s top star, Canelo Alvarez, defends his undisputed super middleweight championship vs. undisputed junior middleweight champion Jermell Charlo.

Aug 14, 2023, 09:00 AM ET The UFC returns to New England this weekend as the promotion hosts UFC 292 in Boston on Saturday night (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV, with prelims at 8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN+). The fight card will be headlined with a bantamweight title fight as Aljamain Sterling looks to set

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 16, 2023, 02:29 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia As if there wasn’t enough on the line in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, a handful of players are still fighting

Cale Makar can sense when the Colorado Avalanche are clicking offensively. Those moments when they’re swarming the attacking zone, zipping passes to one another and a goal feels inevitable. But as a defenseman, Makar also understands what it’s like to endure that kind of pressure during an opponent’s offensive onslaught. “When we get buzzing on

Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 15, 2023, 03:00 PM ET The NBA announced Tuesday its schedule for the group stage games of its inaugural in-season tournament, which will see the NBA Cup handed out for the first time in Las Vegas on Dec. 9 on ESPN. The new tournament will be a proving ground for the league’s

NFL Nation, ESPNAug 15, 2023, 06:00 AM ET In 1973, the NFL standardized jersey numbers by position group, at which point the only players who were given single-digit uniform numbers were quarterbacks, punters and placeholders, but there was a catch — no one was granted No. 0. In 2021, rules changes led to greater flexibility