The Week 2 NFL schedule for the 2023 season is stacked with great matchups, and we have you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a bold prediction for each matchup. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a
File image of Washington Sundar© AFP Washington Sundar has been called as a cover for the injured Axar Patel for the Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka on Sunday. Axar sustained several injuries during India’s six-run loss to Bangladesh in their last Super Four match on Friday. The extent of Axar’s injuries is currently unknown
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 15, 2023, 10:14 PM 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. ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anthony Rendon, speaking publicly for the first time in two months, revealed Friday that he has been diagnosed
Mike Coppinger, ESPNSep 16, 2023, 01:30 AM ET Luis Alberto Lopez retained his IBF featherweight title with a unanimous-decision victory over Joet Gonzalez on Friday in Corpus Christi, Texas. The scores were 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112. Lopez, ESPN’s No. 1 boxer at 126 pounds, was headlining on ESPN for the first time in the U.S.
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 15, 2023, 01:44 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. If Colorado coach Deion Sanders gets his way, everyone around Boulder will be wearing sunglasses for this weekend’s Rocky Mountain Showdown with Colorado State. In response to comments from Colorado State coach Jay
Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 11:44 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Fourth-seeded Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic beat unseeded American Danielle Collins 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 Friday to reach the finals of the WTA Cymbiotika San Diego Open. Krejcikova will face wild-card entrant Sofia Kenin, who beat qualifier Emma Navarro, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 in the
ESPN News Services Sep 15, 2023, 12:06 PM ET Inter Miami CF star Lionel Messi didn’t travel with the team for Saturday’s road game against Atlanta United FC, a source told ESPN Argentina. Messi uncharacteristically left Argentina‘s World Cup qualifying win last week over Ecuador before the final whistle, and although he did make Wednesday’s
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
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
Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 10:36 PM ET BRISTOL, Tenn. — Justin Allgaier earned a spot in the second round of the Xfinity Series playoffs with a win Friday night in the opening race at Bristol Motor Speedway. It was Allgaier’s second career victory at Bristol — the first was in 2010 — and salvaged
Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 10:22 PM ET NAPA. Calif. — Justin Thomas committed to a driver change, tinkered a little with his swing and got immediate results with a 5-under 67 that left him four strokes off the pace Friday in the Fortinet Championship. It was exactly what the former top-ranked player needed after
Anthony Gharib, ESPNSep 15, 2023, 06:50 PM ET The Orlando Magic are throwing it back to the early 2000s. Editor’s Picks Orlando revealed its 2023-24 classic jerseys Friday, paying homage to the road uniforms worn from 1998 to 2003, most notably by stars Tracy McGrady and Grant Hill. Patrick Ewing also wore the look in
Sep 15, 2023, 01:12 PM ET Alabama appears to be making a change at quarterback. Sophomore Tyler Buchner is expected to start over Jalen Milroe when the 10th-ranked Crimson Tide play at South Florida on Saturday, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low. Buchner, who transferred from Notre Dame in the spring, took the majority of first-team
Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterSep 15, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars can’t arrive fast enough for many of the Kansas City Chiefs’ wide receivers, Kadarius Toney in particular. Toney might have hopped
Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 05:40 PM ET MANCHESTER, England — Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray wept Friday after revealing he missed his grandmother’s funeral to play in the Davis Cup Finals. Murray came from behind to beat Leandro Riedi 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-4 and give Britain a winning start in its 2-1 victory
Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 05:30 PM ET A shell-shocked Martin Truex Jr. has slumped into Bristol Motor Speedway fighting for his season. Truex won the regular-season title, but two bad races to open NASCAR’s playoffs has him on the brink of elimination headed into Saturday night’s race. The bottom four drivers in the 16-driver
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterSep 15, 2023, 05:54 PM ET AJ McKee has found himself back in the Bellator lightweight tournament mix after all. Sort of. McKee, the former Bellator featherweight champion and one of the promotion’s biggest stars, will face Sidney Outlaw on Nov. 17 in a Bellator Lightweight World Grand Prix alternate bout,
Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 01:18 PM ET The U.S. Soccer Federation is planning to build a national training center in Atlanta with financial support from Arthur Blank. The USSF announced plans for the training center on Friday. Blank, who owns the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’ Atlanta United, is contributing $50 million for the