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Oct 22, 2024, 10:16 AM Open Extended Reactions Zoe Aldcroft of England and Kate Zachary of the United States. World Rugby/World Rugby via Getty Images The 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup will kick off on Aug. 22 with hosts England taking on 1991 winners United States, two days before defending champions New Zealand face Spain, organisers

Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 21, 2024, 11:07 AM ET Close Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun. An MRI revealed that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has a season-ending ruptured right Achilles, a

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2024, 09:49 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold will get the start under center when the Sooners visit

Associated Press Oct 20, 2024, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Oregon became the fourth team this season to hold the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press college football poll, moving into the top spot Sunday for the first time in 12 years after Texas lost at home to Georgia. Vanderbilt made its first

Oct 20, 2024, 11:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 World Series matchup is set, and it will be a star-studded showdown between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. After the Yankees put away the Cleveland Guardians on Juan Soto‘s extra-innings home run in Game 5 of the ALCS on Saturday night,

Field Level Media Oct 20, 2024, 02:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Colorado Avalanche placed Jonathan Drouin on injured reserve Sunday and called up fellow veteran forward Chris Wagner from the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League. Drouin, 29, has been sidelined with an upper-body injury since he was injured in Colorado’s season

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2024, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tommy Paul capped a dominant week by winning the BNP Paribas Nordic Open for a second time Sunday. The American, who hadn’t dropped a set this week, beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3 in the 85-minute final. It was a third tour-level trophy of

Associated Press Oct 18, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SOUTHPORT, Conn. — The Diamond Sports Group’s channels will soon be branded as FanDuel Sports Network. The Diamond Sports Group, which is going through bankruptcy proceedings, and FanDuel made the announcement Friday. Diamond’s channels had been Bally Sports since baseball’s Opening Day in 2021.

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Georgia owns the longest active streak as a betting favorite in the nation, a 49-game run that is poised to end Saturday against top-ranked Texas. The Longhorns were consensus 5-point favorites

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Oct 17, 2024, 10:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Danielle Collins said Thursday she will return to the WTA Tour next year, a decision that comes nine months after she announced she would retire at the end of the 2024 season. In an Instagram post Thursday, the world No. 9 said explained

Oct 17, 2024, 08:14 PM Open Extended Reactions Hosts and favourites England were grouped with Australia and the United States while six-times winners New Zealand will face an awkward clash with Ireland after the draw for the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup was made on Thursday. Reflecting huge growth in the women’s game, the tournament

Jeff Kassouf Oct 17, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Six uncapped players will join head coach Emma Hayes’ 26-player roster for the United States women’s national team’s first matches since winning the Olympic gold medal in women’s soccer in August. The training camp, which begins next week in Austin, Texas, will also mark

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterOct 16, 2024, 03:32 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Arizona State starting quarterback Sam Leavitt will miss Saturday’s game at Cincinnati and possibly more time with an injury to his ribs. Jeff Sims, a former starter at both Nebraska

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 15, 2024, 03:52 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions Hawai’i will become the eighth full-time member of the Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2026, it was announced Tuesday. It’s a notable change for the Mountain West, which needed

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 16, 2024, 11:30 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 Henry Slade has been named to play in England’s autumn Tests. Hannah Peters/Getty Images England will be

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterOct 16, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions STANDING ALONE IN the middle of the grassy Francis Quadrangle at the University of Missouri are six ionic-style columns. They are the last remaining features from the school’s first building,

Oct 16, 2024, 02:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States men’s national team had a rough night in Guadalajara on Tuesday, thoroughly beaten by rivals Mexico 2-0. Mauricio Pochettino’s second match in charge of the Stars and Stripes went much, much different than the 2-0 win over Panama on Saturday, as the U.S.

Field Level Media Oct 15, 2024, 07:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Utah Hockey Club defenseman Sean Durzi is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, general manager Bill Armstrong said Tuesday. Durzi was injured when he was hit by New Jersey Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler while carrying the puck during the Devils’ 3-0 home victory

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterOct 14, 2024, 07:19 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 — A

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 10:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — Utah quarterback Cam Rising is out for the season with a lower leg injury and coach Kyle Whittingham said Monday true freshman Isaac Wilson will be the Utes’ starter until further notice. Rising was injured in Utah’s 27-19 loss to