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Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 9, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Before every game, Salvador Perez, the Kansas City Royals’ 34-year-old catcher, lathers his entire body with an icy balm to wake up

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNOct 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions EUGENE, Ore. — It’s a midsummer day in July, and Oregon‘s present and future at the quarterback position are fittingly passing each other inside the brightly lit hallways of the Marcus Mariota Performance Center. Dillon Gabriel and Dante Moore dap each other up and

ESPN Betting Aug 1, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With the MLB trade deadline behind us, the Los Angeles Dodgers remain the favorites to win the World Series. The Dodgers opened at +550, moved to +450 after signing Shohei Ohtani in the offseason and now sit at 3-1 at ESPN BET. The Philadelphia

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 9, 2024, 01:20 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SALT LAKE CITY — The first game. The first goal. The first fight. Those moments led to another first for the Utah Hockey Club: the first win in franchise history, a 5-2

Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 11:57 PM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,

Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNOct 7, 2024, 08:29 PM 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. Open Extended Reactions Nearly one month after a new lawsuit was filed accusing Cleveland Browns quarterback

Oct 8, 2024, 10:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Jets have fired coach Robert Saleh after starting the season 2-3, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Saleh, who was hired by the Jets in 2021, has a 20-36 record as the team’s head coach. Saleh’s firing marks the first time in owner Woody

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 11:33 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — The baseball that San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado threw towards the Dodgers‘ dugout

Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Longtime Florida women’s tennis coach Roland Thornqvist retired Monday, ending his career with more than 500 wins and four national championships. Thornqvist, 54, led the Gators to NCAA championships in 2003, 2011, 2012 and 2017. He won 11 Southeastern Conference titles

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 02:11 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Iowa running back Leshon Williams and wide receiver Kaleb Brown are leaving the program and entering the transfer portal, the school confirmed Monday. Williams ranked sixth in

Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BELLEAIR, Fla. — Caitlin Clark wasn’t joking when she included golf in her offseason plans. Clark is going to The Annika in November, the penultimate tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule hosted by Annika Sorenstam, to play in the pro-am and be a panelist

Doug Greenberg, ESPNOct 7, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The puck dropped on the 2024-25 NHL season thousands of miles away on Friday, when the New Jersey Devils defeated the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 in Czechia, but back in North America, the focus is squarely on the best player in the world, wondering whether

Oct 7, 2024, 07:58 AM Open Extended Reactions England earned their third straight victory over New Zealand on Sunday as a scintillating attacking performance helped them to a 49-31 win in Vancouver. Jess Breach scored a hat trick, while fellow winger Abby Dow and fullback Ellie Kildunne scored two each to keep England’s perfect record

Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderOct 6, 2024, 10:22 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 Gervonta Davis will defend his WBA lightweight title against

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It was a week of upheaval in The Associated Press college football poll, with Texas returning to No. 1 on Sunday after a one-week absence following Vanderbilt‘s monumental upset of Alabama. The Commodores’ win as more than three-touchdown underdogs caused the Crimson Tide to

Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 08:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Keith Mitchell finished with a pair of birdies Saturday for a 7-under 65 and avoided some of the blunders that tripped up other contenders, giving him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship. At stake

Associated Press Oct 4, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LONDON — The Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup competitions are both changing their formats next year. The International Tennis Federation announced the changes Friday, with the Billie Jean King Cup Finals transitioning from 12 teams to an eight-team event to mirror the

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 3, 2024, 12:38 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions USA Hockey will honor the lives of brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau by having national teams at all levels wear a unique helmet decal during this coming season. The governing body made

Oct 1, 2024, 07:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas State‘s talks with the Mountain West Conference have stalled, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday. The school, in fact, has informed the Sun Belt Conference that it won’t be going to the Mountain West after Texas State received a verbal offer over the weekend.

ESPN News Services Oct 1, 2024, 12:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Indianapolis Colts placed defensive end Tyquan Lewis on injured reserve with an elbow injury sustained during Sunday’s win against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He becomes the third starting member of the team’s defensive line to be placed on injured reserve since the beginning