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Seth Walder, ESPN AnalyticsSep 2, 2024, 06:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions My usual job is to write about NFL football in terms of probabilities. But today is my annual departure from that, as we’re focusing on our single simulation of the 2024 NFL season. Pure results, total certainty. To form its projections of the

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 2, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The drenching rain came out of nowhere Saturday afternoon. Kalen DeBoer didn’t seem to mind. Smiling as raindrops ricocheted off his face, DeBoer strode confidently

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — For a brief moment in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, world No. 1

ESPN News Services Aug 31, 2024, 10:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and the New York Mets beat the skidding White Sox 5-3 on Saturday night, handing Chicago its 106th loss to tie a franchise record. The White Sox (31-106)

Associated Press Aug 31, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DARLINGTON, S.C. — Christopher Bell thought his chance to win at Darlington Raceway was over — twice. He got passed by Sheldon Creed with eight laps remaining, then after regaining the lead a final time coming out the pits with four laps left, was

Aug 30, 2024, 07:48 AM ET Columbus Blue Jackets winger Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were killed Thursday when they were struck by a vehicle while riding as “pedalcyclists,” New Jersey State Police said in a release Friday. Johnny Gaudreau was 31, and Matthew was 29. According to police, a driver of a Jeep

Aug 30, 2024, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For Europe’s biggest clubs and leagues, the time for transfers in 2024 has come and gone. The transfer window closed at 11 p.m. BST (6 p.m. ET) in England and Spain, an hour earlier in France and even earlier in Italy and Germany. It remains open

Records are made to be broken, right? Try telling that to Wilt Chamberlain and Cy Young. “Wilt the Stilt” averaged an NBA-record 50.4 points per game in 1961-1962, a season in which he also set a single-game scoring mark with 100 points. No one has come close to either record in the six decades since.

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJul 23, 2023, 07:30 AM ET His opponent, Paul Butler, was in survival mode the entire fight, ultra reluctant to throw a punch for fear of opening up his guard. Butler knew what he was up against: not just any boxer, but the one who earned the moniker “The Monster” for his unbridled

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2024, 07:25 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has won six times this season, including a second green jacket at the Masters in April,

Associated Press Aug 27, 2024, 03:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has bought an ownership stake in a racehorse named Swift Delivery. Team Valor International founder and CEO Barry Irwin announced Tuesday that Kelce and the Zoldan family recently acquired a significant share of the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 27, 2024, 11:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Danielle Collins unceremoniously packed up her bag and quickly headed for the exit at Louis Armstrong Stadium, as US Open tournament director Stacey Allaster followed behind her, awkwardly carrying a bouquet of flowers. Collins had just lost to Caroline Dolehide

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterAug 24, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Open Extended Reactions The NBA has asked the New York

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterAug 27, 2024, 12:04 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions David Nucifora has joined Scottish Rugby in an advisory capacity. Harry Murphy/Sportsfile via Getty Images Scottish Rugby

NFL Nation, ESPNAug 27, 2024, 07:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Kansas City Chiefs can make history this season with the NFL’s first three-peat, an achievement that would thrust quarterback Patrick Mahomes into the conversation of the greatest of all time. ESPN asked over 100 NFL players to rank quarterbacks according to a variety

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 26, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Georgia coach Kirby Smart isn’t ready to say whether Florida transfer Trevor Etienne will be available to play in Saturday’s opener against No. 14

ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season in Sunday’s 10-3 win over the Colorado Rockies, putting him on pace to break his own American League home run record. Home run No. 50 came

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterAug 23, 2024, 06:31 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions All the questions surrounding Yaroslav Askarov‘s future received an answer Friday when the Nashville Predators traded him to the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks got Askarov, forward Nolan Burke and a 2025

Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 06:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Fierceness held off Thorpedo Anna’s late charge to win the $1.25 million Travers Stakes on Saturday, denying the filly’s attempt to become the first female winner of the Grade 1 race in over a century at Saratoga. Ridden by John

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Aug 24, 2024, 06:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Barcelona have included Dani Olmo in their matchday squad for Saturday’s fixture against Athletic Club at the Olympic Stadium as they race to get him registered with LaLiga in time. Olmo, 26, joined Barça from RB Leipzig for an initial €55 million