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7:51 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS legends Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond had an important announcement to make to the Chase Center crowd during the Warriors’ April 7 matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers. “Dub Nation, we received great news last weekend,” Mullin said. “Warrior legend Tim Hardaway is a Hall of Fame

10:29 AM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agreed to a new 10-year, $115 million contract Thursday, the largest college football coaching contract by total compensation. The new, enhanced contract runs through the 2031 football season and averages $11.5 million over 10 years. In 2022, Swinney is set to earn $10.5 million, just behind Alabama coach

Sep 8, 2022 D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Caroline Garcia and Ons Jabeur were both 16 years old when they first played against one another at a Grand Slam event. A year later they met again with a spot in a major junior final on the line. As heralded young players who frequently made deep

1:10 PM ET As Aaron Judge continues his pursuit of home run history, the New York Yankees continue to prepare for their offseason contract negotiations with the superstar outfielder. Team president Randy Levine said during a recent interview that Judge is “an all-time Yankee” and emphasized that the franchise “will be extraordinarily competitive” in its

The rosters for the 14th Presidents Cup are set, and once again the Americans, who have won 11 previous times, seem to be overwhelming favorites. With the U.S. team having five of the top 10 players in the world and 11 of the top 20, the International team faces an uphill climb when play begins

3:00 PM ET ESPN staff The NHL season is returning on Oct. 11 with a doubleheader on ESPN, as the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the New York Rangers at 7:30 ET, and the Vegas Golden Knights face off with the Los Angeles Kings at 10 ET. There will be 103 exclusive games across ESPN, ESPN+,

7:26 AM ET Lindsey Horan has told ESPN the United States were not out for revenge when they beat Canada in the CONCACAF W Championship final but said they were desperate for victory against their longstanding rivals. The USWNT lifted the W Championship trophy with a 1-0 win against Canada in July, a year after

Apr 8, 2022 Editor’s note: This story was originally published ahead of Chimaev’s fight against Gilbert Burns. Chimaev defeated Burns, and now fights Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 279 on Saturday. IT’S A SATURDAY morning in one of the final weeks of winter, and I’m standing in Allstars Training Center for precisely

8:29 AM BST Sam Bruce Close ESPN Associate Editor 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 ESPNscrum after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Brittany Mitchell Close ESPN

Sep 4, 2022 Associated Press DARLINGTON, S.C. — Erik Jones gave the No. 43 car a landmark 200th victory — along with maybe a few regrets to his old employers at Joe Gibbs Racing. Jones moved in front when JGR star Kyle Busch blew an engine, then outraced another former Gibbs colleague in Denny Hamlin

11:44 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com NEW YORK — Twenty-three years ago, Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title here. On Friday, she said her goodbyes in the same place, in front of a sold-out crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “Thank you daddy, I know you’re watching. Thanks mom,” Williams said before starting to cry

5:40 PM ET Jamal Collier Ramona Shelburne Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News CHICAGO — Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to miss training camp and is doubtful for the start of the regular season because of lingering pain and discomfort following meniscus surgery

7:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — As the Dolphins prepared for one-on-one drills with the Philadelphia Eagles during a recent joint practice, Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and receiver Tyreek Hill discussed which route to run first. Hill didn’t have a preference, but quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell jumped in and said: “I want to hear

7:57 AM ET Top-ranked Alabama kicks off its campaign Saturday as one of the biggest preseason national title favorites of the past 20 years. The Crimson Tide are around +180 to win the College Football Playoff at sportsbooks around the nation. Since 2001, only USC (+160) in 2005 and Alabama (+175) in 2018 had better

The most tumultuous season in PGA Tour history is finally in the rearview mirror. A season that started in September with Max Homa winning the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California, a week before Team USA put a beatdown on Team Europe in the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits (doesn’t that seem like years ago?) ended

10:55 PM ET NEW YORK — Timmy Trumpet made his triumphant return to Citi Field on Wednesday and got an opportunity to deliver the performance baseball fans have been waiting for: a live horn rendition of Edwin Diaz‘s walk-up song, “Narco.” Taylor Twellman, Treavor Scales and Ashley Brewer host a highlight-driven recap of the previous

7:40 PM ET Associated Press HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin is still sore from last week’s late wreck at Daytona and won’t race, as had been planned, in the Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. Hamlin will be full go for the Southern 500 on Sunday, the start of the NASCAR Cup Series

Aug 31, 2022 In the NHL, business is about to pick up. General managers are heading back to their offices and starting to work the phones again with agents. At least one team is assembling its coaching staff this week to begin prep for training camp, which begins around Sept. 21. This is good news

12:26 PM ET Gwendolyn Oxenham When Shelbourne FC team captain Pearl Slattery picked up her two teammates, Shauna Fox and Izzy Glennon, for the drive to training in North Dublin, she was downright giggly. “I have the craziest news,” she said as she drove. “But I can’t tell you, I swore I wouldn’t tell.” A

Aug 30, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Just last year, the 135-pound division was the weight class to watch, as Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis all called it home. Now Lopez and Garcia campaign at 140 pounds, and suddenly, the junior welterweight division is one of the sport’s most competitive weight classes. The