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Sep 19, 2023, 08:00 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — With training camps opening up this week, and a preseason game in [checks notes] Australia on Friday, the NHL is close to being back in action. This summer was an eventful one, with a new franchise icon in Chicago in Connor Bedard, a handful of key

ESPN News Services Sep 18, 2023, 10:54 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Adam Wainwright earned his 200th win, pitching seven innings of four-hit ball in a vintage performance as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 1-0 on Monday night. It was the longest outing this season for the 42-year-old Wainwright (5-11), who struck

Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 16, 2023, 02:11 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has attempted to brush off the boos which greeted his decision to substitute Rasmus Højlund during the 3-1 defeat to Brighton. A disastrous day for Ten Hag was made worse when his decision to replace Højlund with Anthony

Sep 5, 2023, 07:17 PM The All Blacks got back to winning ways in some style at the World Cup on Friday by running in 11 tries in a 71-3 hammering of a courageous but outclassed Namibia side to revive their Pool A campaign. Stung by their loss to France in the tournament curtain-raiser last

Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 15, 2023, 10:16 PM ET Emanuel Navarrete will defend the WBO junior lightweight title against Robson Conceicao on Nov. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, it was announced on Friday’s “Top Rank on ESPN” broadcast. The fight, which will be Navarrete’s third of 2023, will serve as the chief-support bout to

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

Carlos Contreras Legaspi Sep 15, 2023, 08:15 AM ET The rear-naked choke is the most commonly applied jiu-jitsu submission in MMA. Winning and losing by that method have marked the career of UFC women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso. The Mexican standout, who dethroned Valentina Shevchenko in March at UFC 285 with that choke as a

Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderSep 13, 2023, 12:37 PM ET Close Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 The NBA Board of Governors on Wednesday voted to approve new rules strengthening resting policy rules and punishments for star players that include national TV games, in-season tournament games and sitting out multiple All-Stars together

Jenna Laine, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN. On Dec. 4, 2022, quarterback Josh Johnson, then a member of the Denver

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. GROWING UP, JOE Milton couldn’t help himself when he saw smoke on the horizon. It didn’t matter how many times his mom warned him about the tractor blades that could chew him up,

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterSep 12, 2023, 03:19 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. The NCAA Division I Board chair and vice chair said in a statement Tuesday that “violent and possibly criminal threats” have been directed at committee members in the wake of a high-profile

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 12, 2023, 04:45 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Kentucky offensive coordinator Liam Coen has been released from the hospital and plans to be working for this week’s home game against Akron. Coen put out a statement Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter,

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 12, 2023, 03:54 PM ET Iowa defensive tackle Noah Shannon‘s appeal to the NCAA regarding his yearlong suspension has been denied, coach Kirk Ferentz announced Tuesday. As a result, Shannon’s collegiate career is over. “I’m not quite sure what went into the decision,” Ferentz said in his weekly news conference.

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterSep 12, 2023, 12:47 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Ohio State coach Ryan Day named Kyle McCord the starting quarterback for the remainder of the season after being noncommittal about the full-time starter the past few weeks. Day had a quarterback battle

Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2023, 08:51 PM ET Five-star wide receiver Micah Hudson committed to Texas Tech on Monday night, he announced on social media. Hudson, No. 13 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the fourth-best wide receiver in the cycle, was the highest-ranked prospect left to commit. Editor’s Picks 2 Related

Associated Press Sep 11, 2023, 01:28 PM ET NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby apologized Monday after his father-in-law, disgraced former Baylor coach Art Briles, was seen on the field with Lebby after Oklahoma’s 28-11 win over SMU on Saturday night. Baylor fired Briles in 2016 after an investigation concluded he and his

Associated Press Sep 12, 2023, 02:09 PM ET UConn starting quarterback Joe Fagnano will miss the rest of the season after suffering a shoulder injury in the Huskies’ loss to Georgia State, coach Jim Mora announced Tuesday. Fagnano, a transfer from Maine, was injured during a designed quarterback run in the second quarter of Saturday’s

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterSep 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Inspirational thought of the week: Do you know who I am?Have you any idea who I am?Do you know how I tried?Have you any idea

Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Sep 11, 2023, 06:10 PM ET Suspended Michigan State coach Mel Tucker adamantly

Sep 13, 2023, 06:49 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — A review of the thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing industry in Australia’s state of Victoria has detailed multiple allegations of physical and sexual abuse over a period of decades, with victims including children as young as 12. Until the 1990s, it was common practice in Australia