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Everyone wants to be known as the best at something. Anything. Being the best grill master at your house. Being the best among your friends at singing Taylor Swift karaoke at 2 a.m. Being the best player in all of college football. And when it comes to us who cover college football for a living,

Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 14, 2023, 01:47 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball launched an investigation into Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco and the team placed him on the restricted list after social media posts questioned the alleged

Cale Makar can’t quite comprehend how, after just four NHL seasons, he’s being compared to perhaps the greatest defenseman in hockey history. Wayne Gretzky said Makar is “the closest player we’ve ever seen offensively and defensively” to Boston Bruins legend Bobby Orr. Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy told “The Cam and Strick” podcast this

Aug 12, 2023, 06:18 PM ET European soccer is back, with the English Premier League, Spanish LaLiga, and French Ligue 1 all beginning this weekend. We also had a first look at Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup vs. RB Leipzig, with the German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A set to resume next weekend.

Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 02:30 PM ET Officials for the Preakness Stakes say they are considering moving the second Triple Crown race to four weeks after the Kentucky Derby — instead of two weeks later — in a shift that would change the timing that has been in place for decades. Aidan Butler, CEO

Timothy Bradley Jr. Aug 11, 2023, 06:07 AM ET Soccer’s global appeal is undeniable, but in the United States, NFL, college football, NBA and MLB reign supreme, captivating the hearts of American sports fans while ingraining themselves into the nation’s most popular pastimes. In Mexico, boxing stands proudly among the elite, just a smidge below

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 11, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun This weekend’s UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas features a pair of well-known welterweights — Rafael dos Anjos and Vicente Luque — in the main event. It’s a 170-pound showcase

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 05:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia One last major championship. One last shot at glory for women’s professional golfers this season. The final major championship of the 2023 season, the AIG Women’s Open,

Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 5, 2022, 08:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Editor’s note: This story originally published on April 3, 2019. On Saturday, Nowitzki will be enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Before stepping

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 12:49 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

The NHL has seen its share of noteworthy trades and signings in this offseason. Some helped teams level up. Some knocked teams down a peg. A few could have a transformative effect on franchises for next season and beyond. With the 2023-24 season drawing closer each day, there are some teams whose stock has clearly

Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterAug 9, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. LATROBE, Pa. — Joey Porter Jr.’s nights at the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ training camp always used to end the same way. A ball boy during middle school and

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 8, 2023, 10:45 AM ET Entering last week’s Citi Open in Washington D.C., Coco Gauff had never won a title on American soil. Nor, for that matter, had she won a title at anything other than a 250-level event. And as her last match had been a devastating first-round defeat at

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterAug 8, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Trent Dilfer stands in his office doorway in late July, a cheerful grin and a firm handshake obscuring the faint redness in the corners of his eyes. College football’s most

Liam Napier Aug 8, 2023, 03:16 AM The All Blacks unveiled their 33-man World Cup squad on Monday night. Few shocks or surprises emerged but as with any pinnacle event, dreams were achieved and others shattered. Read on as we unpack the squad that will chase an unprecedented fourth Webb Ellis Trophy. Brodie Retallick injury

Aug 7, 2023, 09:11 PM ET Orioles play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Brown reportedly was removed from MASN broadcasts after he made a reference to Baltimore’s lack of success against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in previous years. Before a game against the Rays on July 23, Brown noted that the Orioles had won as

Associated Press Aug 7, 2023, 02:58 PM ET BROOKLYN, Mich. — Chris Buescher won his second straight NASCAR Cup Series race by holding off Martin Truex Jr. late in the FireKeepers 400 on Monday. Buescher, who won last week at Richmond, took the lead on Lap 133 in the No. 17 Ford and didn’t give

Throughout the spring and early summer, there had been buzz that Erik Karlsson could be traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins as a bold new move by recently hired president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas. On Sunday, that buzz became reality, as the Pens acquired Karlsson, forwards Rem Pitlick and Dillon Hamaliuk and a 2026 third-round

Associated Press Aug 6, 2023, 06:57 PM ET SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A 4-year-old filly broke down in the fourth race at Saratoga and was euthanized on Sunday, the second consecutive day a racing death occurred at the track in upstate New York. Ever Summer sustained a catastrophic injury to her left front leg in

LONDON — Nothing develops a winning mentality quite like winning itself. The Community Shield occupies a curious position in the calendar, sitting somewhere between a friendly and the competitive fare that follows a week later when the Premier League begins, but beating Manchester City in any circumstances can have a significant psychological effect on Arsenal