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Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterMay 25, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 24, 2024, 06:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Xavi Hernández will leave his role as Barcelona coach after Sunday’s final game of the season, the club said in a statement on Friday. Sources have told ESPN that former Bayern Munich and Germany head coach Hansi Flick is “on course” to

Andreas Hale, ESPNMay 22, 2024, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A fourth fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor is potentially one of the biggest fights that can be made in the UFC. And with McGregor returning to action for the first time since breaking his leg against Poirier three years ago against Michael

May 22, 2024, 08:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There’s a new No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, which doesn’t come as a surprise. Oleksandr Usyk‘s victory over Tyson Fury to become the first undisputed champion in the four-belt era, and first since Lennox Lewis held three belts in 2000, catapulted him to the top spot over

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2024, 01:55 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Kyle Larson will attempt the Double on Sunday, contesting the Indianapolis 500 before flying to Charlotte to take part in NASCAR’s Cola-Cola

Tom Chambers May 21, 2024, 08:57 AM Open Extended Reactions A 31-year-old man is to be charged with the racially aggravated harassment of former England winger Ugo Monye, police confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Devon and Cornwall police confirmed to ESPN that the man has been summonsed to appear before Exeter Magistrates’ Court on July

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 21, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Another clay tournament, another title for Iga Swiatek. The world No. 1 and three-time French Open champion followed up her win at 1000-level Madrid earlier this month by nabbing the trophy at Rome — another 1000-level event — on Saturday. And while Swiatek

Associated Press May 20, 2024, 02:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The San Antonio Spurs‘ Victor Wembanyama was a unanimous selection for the NBA’s All-Rookie team this season, the league revealed Monday. It was no surprise, given that Wembanyama also was the unanimous choice for rookie of the year from the same

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2024, 08:13 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions After nine NFL seasons, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVante Parker has decided to retire, he said Monday night. As

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions There are fewer than 100 days until the start of the 2024 college football season — and just over 200 days until selection day

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNMay 19, 2024, 10:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Deep down, Bryson DeChambeau knew it. And yet he couldn’t stop himself from swinging. Alone on the driving range after turning in the lowest round of the day at 7-under, highlighted by an electric birdie on 18 to tie Xander Schauffele

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNMay 16, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 17, 2024, 07:00 AM 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 Comparisons to Tony Gwynn began to follow Luis Arráez when he first established himself in the big leagues,

ESPN News Services May 18, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid. The gray colt, ridden by Jamie Torres,

May 14, 2024, 09:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The second leg of the Triple Crown will kick off Saturday, May 18 with the 149th running of the Preakness Stakes from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (5-2) will look to continue his bid for the first Triple Crown since Justify

Moises Llorens Sam Marsden May 17, 2024, 06:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona are once again debating the future of Xavi Hernández less than a month after president Joan Laporta and the coach himself announced at a news conference that the Catalan would continue for at least another season, sources told ESPN. The official

May 16, 2024, 12:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC will put two titles up for grabs in the form of rematches as the promotion returns to Manchester, England, in July for UFC 304. Leon Edwards, ranked No. 2 in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings, will defend his welterweight title against Belal Muhammad, ESPN’s No. 3-ranked

Timothy Bradley Jr.May 16, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is an ESPN’s boxing analyst, a two-division, five-time world champion and a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Open Extended Reactions ​​ From the 1880s to the present undisputed era, one championship reigned supreme around the heavyweight division: The lineal championship.

The second major championship of the year is upon us, and with it comes a tough test at Valhalla, where the long, narrow and wet golf course will test the world’s best this week for the first time since 2014. Between the three players who arrive in Louisville with the best odds to hoist the

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2024, 09:44 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Foundation repair begins on frontstretch grandstands at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. @NWBSpeedway Tuesday, March 26, was supposed to be a routine