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May 23, 2023, 07:53 PM ET At long last, Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford will meet for welterweight supremacy on July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN, and unlike Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao, this matchup is materializing while both are still in the prime of their careers. Crawford and

Nick Friedell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 23, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. IT’S AN HOUR after the Miami Heat shocked the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 23, 2023, 09:52 AM ET Daniil Medvedev has an enviable list of achievements during his career — a major title (in the Big Three era, no less), three other Grand Slam final appearances and 16 weeks last year ranked No. 1 in the world. But most of his success has been

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 22, 2023, 03:00 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — The 2023 NASCAR All-Star Race at the back-from-the-dead North Wilkesboro Speedway wasn’t great. Kyle Larson led 145 of 200 laps and

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterMay 22, 2023, 08:01 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Regulated sports betting is spreading rapidly around the nation, and the NFL is trying to stay ahead of potential problems with increased monitoring and education, while hoping stiff penalties act as a deterrent. Recent

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. In the last year of the 20th century, quarterback play in college football seemed to be making a quantum leap. Virginia Tech‘s Michael Vick was showing us a combination of rushing and passing prowess that we

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 06:36 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In the final round of the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Sunday, Brooks Koepka seemed determined to step on the

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 21, 2023, 09:06 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — It wasn’t like the Dallas Stars didn’t address why they lost a second straight overtime game to the Vegas Golden Knights. If anything? There was more of a conversation around the circumstances

ESPN News Services May 20, 2023, 02:22 PM ET The New York Yankees designated Aaron Hicks for assignment on Saturday and signed fellow outfielder Greg Allen to a major league contract and added him to the roster. Hicks has more than two years left on a seven-year, $70 million contract signed in 2019. He is

Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterMay 19, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Close Covered the NFL since 2013 Previously covered the Saints for the Times-Picayune and The Athletic Bengals beat writer for ESPN from 2016-19 Additional betting analysis provided by Anita Marks. File has been updated to account for news of No. 8 horse First Mission. The

May 19, 2023, 03:57 PM Wales pair Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric have both announced their retirement from international rugby, just four months before the World Cup in France. Jones, 37, is the record cap holder in world rugby with 170 Test appearances for Wales and British and Irish Lions. 33-year-old Tipuric captained Wales

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 03:29 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun If Sean O’Malley is to become the UFC’s bantamweight champion this summer, he’ll have to defeat the most dangerous bantamweight in the history of the sport — at least in

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 18, 2023, 11:48 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Nine-thousand, seven-hundred and thirty-one days. When the NASCAR All-Star Race drops the green flag on Sunday evening, that’s how long it will have been since

Mike Coppinger, ESPNMay 18, 2023, 07:48 AM ET LOS ANGELES — DEVIN HANEY ROLLED into the back of his white Mercedes-Maybach SUV, and through a massive gold grill, he reminisced on everything he and his father Bill Haney had built. His security guard, Tank, took the wheel of the $170,000 vehicle as Haney departed the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 17, 2023, 08:15 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Nearly a year ago, after Justin Thomas matched the largest 54-hole comeback in PGA Championship history by chasing down Chile’s Mito Pereira from 7

May 16, 2023, 08:26 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs have won the 2023 NBA draft lottery and the right to select French super-prospect Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick. The Charlotte Hornets will draft second, followed by the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets. The Detroit Pistons, who finished a league-worst 17-65,

NFL Nation reporters May 15, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The 2023 NFL draft is over. The league has more than 259 new players looking to make a difference on a team. These players fill key important holes on the roster, and others make great depth adds. So, how has the draft (and all of the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com May 16, 2023, 09:52 AM ET Despite some shocking upsets and rain that wreaked havoc on the schedule, one issue dominated the conversation during the first several days of the Italian Open: the pay disparity between the men and women. While some tournaments on tour offer equal prize money, Rome currently does

May 15, 2023, 02:00 PM ET If there were any lingering doubts about Georgia‘s ability to attract a top-ranked quarterback, coach Kirby Smart addressed them on Monday when the Bulldogs landed a commitment from Dylan Raiola, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2024 ESPN 300. Raiola, from Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Arizona, is the

A berth in the NHL’s Western Conference finals is on the line Monday night, as the Dallas Stars host the Seattle Kraken in Game 7 of their second-round series (8 p.m. ET, ESPN). The series has been quite a back-and-forth affair, as the teams split the first four contests then the Stars went ahead 3-2,