Seth Wickersham, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2023, 02:45 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Joined ESPN The Magazine after graduating from the University of Missouri. Although he primarily covers the NFL, his assignments also have taken him to the Athens Olympics, the World Series, the NCAA tournament and the NHL
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Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 15, 2023, 02:08 PM ET At the start of the season, Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez sat his players down and told them they had to win the LaLiga title. “With this squad, the league cannot escape us,” he said in August, as revealed in a recent documentary. “We have to
May 15, 2023, 12:26 PM ET The Oakland Athletics have reached agreement to put their new ballpark on part of the site of the current Tropicana property along the Las Vegas Strip. Bally’s Corp. announced Monday that, in conjunction with Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., it has reached a binding agreement with the A’s for
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
Necessity is the mother of invention. The statement applies for all walks of life, including sports. The same was visible during a fun cricket match on a ship. The craze for cricket is huge and it showed in the cricket game was was being played on the deck of the ship. However, when one of
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. After guiding Kansas State to its first Big 12 championship in a decade, coach Chris Klieman has agreed to a new eight-year contract through the 2030 season. Klieman, who is 30-20 overall at
Associated Press May 15, 2023, 10:08 AM ET ROME — Carlos Alcaraz‘s 12-match winning streak came to an unexpected end when he was beaten by 135th-ranked Hungarian qualifier Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-6 (4) Monday in the third round of the Italian Open. Alcaraz, 20, had won consecutive clay-court titles in Barcelona and Madrid and secured
Gab Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCMay 15, 2023, 01:37 PM ET It has been another brilliant weekend on the business end of European soccer season, so let’s look at the biggest talking points and what you might have missed. Arsenal were stunned at home by Brighton, all but ending the Gunners’ hopes to clinch the
Jeff Wagenheim May 15, 2023, 12:34 PM ET The Edwards family already has one MMA world champion. It could add a second in September. Bellator middleweight Fabian Edwards, fresh off a win in a No. 1 contender fight, will challenge champion Johnny Eblen in the main event of Bellator Dublin on Sept. 23 at 3Arena
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,
Tim Bontemps, ESPNMay 14, 2023, 08:58 PM ET BOSTON — After losing in the Eastern Conference semifinals for a third year in a row, Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said he intends to return as the team’s coach next season, while James Harden said he hadn’t begun to think about what his offseason decision-making process
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
May 15, 2023, 10:36 AM ET Past winner John Daly has withdrawn from the PGA Championship, tournament organizers said Monday, and will be replaced in the field by German Stephan Jaeger. The larger-than-life Daly, who won the tournament in 1991, has played only a handful of PGA Tour events in the past two years but
Geraint Thomas feared his chance to win the Giro d’Italia was long gone, but the new race leader says he aims to prove the doubters wrong again. Thomas has inherited the maglia rosa following Belgian Remco Evenepoel’s withdrawal on Sunday due to Covid-19. The world champion was the latest rider to test positive, prompting organisers
May 15, 2023, 09:23 AM ET There was plenty of action across MMA over the weekend with Bellator 296 in Paris on Friday night and UFC Fight Night in Charlotte on Saturday. Rising UFC heavyweight contender Jailton Almeida notched a first-round submission win over Jairzinho Rozenstruik to extend his UFC unbeaten streak to five in
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 15, 2023, 02:57 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Edmonton Oilers superstar center Connor McDavid lamented his team’s second-round playoff exit Sunday night, acknowledging, “I really feel like you’ve got to go through some of this to win.” McDavid’s comments came in the wake
May 15, 2023, 08:00 AM ET PARIS — IN A SMALL park in Rive Gauche, the Parisian district known for its art and culture, is one of the highest murals in Europe, an 88-foot old stairwell that has been turned into a colorful collection of squiggly figures designed to cheer up patients in the nearby
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2023, 08:24 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The 105th PGA Championship is returning to Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, for the fourth time. The East Course will play much different this