Sam Marsden, Barcelona correspondentJun 22, 2023, 09:00 AM ET LaLiga‘s fixtures for the 2023-24 season (stream all games live on ESPN+) were released on Thursday and the new campaign is already bubbling with promise after some busy transfer market activity. As Real Madrid look to reclaim the title from rivals Barcelona, they have spent €103
Jun 22, 2023, 09:42 AM ET Super middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga returns to Madison Square Garden in New York to headline a boxing card against Jason Quigley on Saturday. The fight at The Theater will be Berlanga’s 21st professional bout. Berlanga (20-0, 16 KOs), 26, of Brooklyn, New York, and Puerto Rican descent, started his
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. In a roundabout way, Texas Tech gamed my SP+ ratings in 2022. I have long written about a measure I call postgame win expectancy — it takes all the plays in a given game, tosses them
Tor-Kristian Karlsen Jun 22, 2023, 09:00 AM ET A number of players from Europe’s top clubs could depart in the transfer window this summer, but who would be perfect to replace them? We break down some of the best options available. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) ARSENALCentral midfieldThomas Partey/Granit Xhaka >> Amadou
Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 08:04 AM ET Early in his time in the NHL, Darnell Nurse says he did not notice a lot of players talking about what to do after hockey. Going into his ninth season, the chatter is now normal. “People are curious as to what there is outside the game and
Two-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar says a crash in which he fractured his wrist came at the “perfect time” for the 2023 Tour. The 24-year-old Slovenian, who rides for UAE Team Emirates, was injured at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race in April. But the timing of the accident meant he was able to rest before
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Selling the Ottawa Senators generated more drama than an episode of Netflix’s “Selling Sunset.” For months the Senators’ saga played out like a reality series cliché: billionaire bidding wars, high-stakes negotiations, celebrity cameos and, in
Jun 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET They’ve been ahead in the standings for a while — now the Arizona Diamondbacks have at last leapfrogged the Los Angeles Dodgers in our MLB Power Rankings. That’s only part of a wild week for the National League West, though, which sends a third team into our top 10
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 10:37 AM ET Dylan Raiola, the No. 1 overall player in the 2024 ESPN 300, is transferring to Buford High School in Buford, Georgia, sources told ESPN. Raiola, who committed to Georgia last month after decommitting from Ohio State in December, headlines a 2024 recruiting class for Kirby
England cricket team in action during Ashes 2023© AFP England cricket team fast bowler Stuart Broad took a cheeky dig at the Australian media for their reporting on his teammate Ollie Robinson. Australia pulled off a sensational two-wicket win over England in the first Ashes Test and the Australian media were quick to criticise Robinson
Jun 22, 2023, 12:05 AM ET The Washington Wizards are completing a three-way deal with the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies that will send Marcus Smart to the Grizzlies, Kristaps Porzingis to the Celtics and Tyus Jones to the Wizards, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday night. The Wizards are also acquiring Danilo Gallinari
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 09:01 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. In early January, roughly a week after Gregg Berhalter’s contract as the United States men’s soccer coach expired, Zinedine Zidane rejected an approach from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) to be the
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 21, 2023, 11:46 PM ET A pair of elite bantamweights will scrap in Beantown. Rob Font and Song Yadong have verbally agreed to a 135-pound contender fight at UFC 292 on Aug. 19 in Boston, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Bout agreements have not yet been sent out, sources
Josh Tarling became the youngest British elite men’s time trial champion when he won by more than one minute at the National Road Championships. Fellow Welsh riders Anna Morris and Elinor Barker took silver and bronze in the women’s race won by the Isle of Man’s Lizzie Holden in Darlington. Tarling, 19, was one minute
Jun 21, 2023, 10:45 PM ET The three-team trade between the Boston Celtics, LA Clippers and Washington Wizards that would have seen the Celtics acquire Kristaps Porzingis and the Clippers land Malcolm Brogdon has fallen apart, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday night. The Wizards are still working on ways to get Porzingis to
A fresh Asia Cup 2023 controversy seemed to have erupted on Wednesday after the incoming Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf slammed the ‘hybrid model’, suggesting Pakistan should be hosting the entire tournament themselves. The current setup sees Pakistan and Sri Lanka both hosting the continental tournament, but Ashraf wasn’t happy seeing the islanders
Jun 21, 2023, 11:30 AM ET United States coach Vlatko Andonovski named his 23-player squad on Wednesday for the 2023 Women’s World Cup, with Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe both picked to the team for the fourth time in their careers and 14 players making their World Cup debuts. Veteran Julie Ertz also made the
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJun 21, 2023, 03:43 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock will retire when his contract expires Feb. 1, 2025, the CFP announced following a routine June meeting in Half Moon Bay, California, on Wednesday. Hancock, 72,