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Associated Press Sep 23, 2023, 11:52 PM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Chip Trayanum plunged across the goal line from a yard out with one second left and No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 9 Notre Dame 17-14 on Saturday night. Trayanum’s score capped a gutty game-winning drive by Kyle McCord and the Buckeyes that

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. As an American visiting Australia for the first time, Arizona Coyotes forward Clayton Keller had a simple request. “I want to see a kangaroo,” he said. Keller is in Melbourne with the Coyotes for their NHL Global Series preseason

Sep 22, 2023, 07:29 PM ET Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. became the fifth player in major league history to have 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season, entering the exclusive club when he led off Friday night’s game against the Washington Nationals with his 40th homer. Acuña sent a 3-2

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Sep 22, 2023, 09:42 AM ET It began with almost no fanfare. Before play got underway at the spectator-less, pandemic-restricted 2020 US Open, No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic and fellow ATP player Vasek Pospisil announced the creation of the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), first with a letter to their ATP peers, and

Harry Kane believes he has only just reached half-time. It might appear a slightly dismissive, almost self-deprecating assessment of a career that’s already seem him excel at Tottenham, become England‘s captain and all-time record goal scorer and join Bayern Munich for €100 million ($110m) as their new talismanic No. 9 this summer. But Kane judges

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 21, 2023, 12:03 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on

Sep 19, 2023, 12:47 AM Two weeks down, five more to go! Halfway through the pool stage and there’s still plenty that could happen to determine who reaches the quarterfinal stage, with the Wallabies fighting for a chance to exit the pool with their massive clash against Wales, while Ireland and South Africa play off

Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterSep 20, 2023, 08:08 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. MINUTES AFTER THE congregation of basketball players ranging from NBA All-Stars to pro prospects to gym

8:00 AM ET Leon Edwards made his first appearance in the ESPN men’s pound-for-pound top 10 last August following his stunning dethroning of UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman. Now Edwards has moved into the top five, after defending the belt with another win over Usman on Saturday. Edwards (21-3, 1 NC) is unbeaten in his

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 18, 2023, 04:14 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson said he isn’t wagering on football games this season as he continues to recover from a gambling addiction. Mickelson’s statement on social

NBA Insiders Sep 18, 2023, 08:00 AM ET All eyes will be on this season’s NBA rookie class — headed by No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama — but don’t sleep on a whole list of second-year players to watch. Before we get to them, let’s acknowledge the sophomores who already proved their star power. Orlando

NFL Nation, ESPNSep 17, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Welcome to Week 2 of the NFL regular season. Another week, another painstaking process in trying to figure out which teams are among the elite this season. The Bills’ offense came alive against the Raiders, while Chris Jones was the difference-maker in the Chiefs’ win over the

ESPN News Services Sep 17, 2023, 02:18 PM ET No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The Associated Press’ college football poll for the first time in eight years, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday. Georgia received 57 first-place votes in the AP Top 25. Michigan held at No. 2 with

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 16, 2023, 01:48 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. ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani‘s attempts to return from an oblique injury officially came to an end Saturday, when the Los

Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 16, 2023, 01:30 AM ET Luis Alberto Lopez retained his IBF featherweight title with a unanimous-decision victory over Joet Gonzalez on Friday in Corpus Christi, Texas. The scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112. Lopez, ESPN’s No. 1 boxer at 126 pounds, was headlining on ESPN for the first time in the U.S.

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 15, 2023, 09:43 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on

Ian Darke, ESPN.com writerSep 13, 2023, 01:51 PM ET Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most

Sep 12, 2023, 12:47 AM The countdown is over, the 2023 Rugby World Cup has finally arrived and we were treated to an absolute spectacle across the opening weekend. The action continues from Thursday with hosts France taking on Uruguay, New Zealand looking to find their first win of the tournament, while Tonga and Samoa

Eddie Maisonet Sep 13, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Despite being arguably the closest person to Israel Adesanya in his fight camp, City Kickboxing head trainer Eugene Bareman couldn’t identify from cageside what many observers called out after his fighter’s loss to Sean Strickland at UFC 293 on Saturday. “There’s a very small percentage, less than

Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 13, 2023, 07:44 AM ET For the second time in four years, Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions finds itself in a legal battle with its top star. Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s No. 1 attraction, was released from his 11-fight, $365 million deal with Golden Boy in November 2020 after he sued