Aug 26, 2024, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Despite September being one of the lighter months on the UFC calendar, with only three weekends featuring fight cards, it is significant with the promotion’s ambitious endeavor into Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 14 for Noche UFC — which is how the fight promotion is
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2024, 08:56 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Things never quite go according to script in New York. Serena Williams entered the 2015 US Open ready to accomplish the only thing she hadn’t: a calendar Grand Slam. Instead, she lost to
Open Extended Reactions The 2024 NFL season kicks off on Sept. 5 with the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens. That means it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best players this season? To create our list, we
Open Extended Reactions Video Assistant Referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. In this week’s
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions HIS CONFIDENCE BEAMED, even as his aura faded. “In my mind,” Vladimir Guerrero Jr. said earlier this month,
Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterAug 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. Open Extended Reactions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two days after the Michigan Wolverines paraded
Aug 13, 2024, 09:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions “Dana White’s Contender Series” returns for Season 8 on Aug. 13. The show, which has been a pipeline to the UFC for top talent from around the world, has helped the UFC discover some of the best fighters in the sport today including bantamweight champion Sean
Former Pakistan head coach Mudassar Nazar on Monday called Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials a bunch of confused people, who do not learn from mistakes. Mudassar’s comment came in the wake Pakistan’s heavy 10-wicket defeat against Bangladesh in the first Test. “The PCB is full of confused people and they are making mistakes after mistakes,
Sam Bruce, Deputy Editor, espn.com.auAug 26, 2024, 01:58 AM Close Sam was brought up on long drives and the dusty fields of north-west New South Wales, where he developed his love of rugby from an early age. He joined ESPN after a five-year stint heading up Fox Sports Australia’s digital rugby coverage. Open Extended Reactions
ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2024, 10:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For the second straight day, a second-generation rising NASCAR star earned his first career win. This time it was 22-year-old Layne Riggs claiming the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series victory in Sunday’s playoff-opening LiUNA! 175 at the historic Milwaukee Mile. Riggs, son of former
ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2024, 10:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Columbus Crew star Cucho Hernández once again stole the show as he led his team to a dramatic Leagues Cup victory over LAFC. The Colombia international scored twice, including the decisive goal in the 92nd minute, to secure a 3-1 victory to claim
Field Level Media Aug 25, 2024, 10:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rose Zhang, Megan Khang, Andrea Lee and Lauren Coughlin are among the players joining world No. 1 Nelly Korda on the U.S. Solheim Cup team this year. The team’s nine automatic qualifiers were solidified Sunday following the AIG Women’s Open. That leaves three
The Pakistan men’s cricket team suffered arguably its worst defeat ever in the history of Test cricket, going down by 10 wickets against Bangladesh in their own home. The embarrassing loss put Shan Masood and his team under the spotlight, with questions being raised by both fans and former cricketers. Ramiz Raja, one of the
Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 09:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Adam Scott is playing in the Presidents Cup for the 11th straight time, the most of any player from the International team. That wasn’t much of a surprise. Neither were the six players for the American team. The BMW Championship
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
Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterAug 25, 2024, 09:06 PM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.
Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — The BMW Championship was one tournament Keegan Bradley never thought he could win, only because he didn’t think he would be playing. Bradley was a bundle of nerves one week ago Sunday as he sat in a hotel room in
Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Stewart Cink won The Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory. The 51-year-old Cink won in his 10th career start on the 50-and-over tour. He became the