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Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJun 15, 2024, 01:37 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd passionately defended his 25-year-old superstar before Friday’s Game 4 of the NBA Finals, saying some

Fantasy Staff Jun 14, 2024, 06:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We are less than three months from the 2024 NFL season opener, so it’s a good time to start getting fantasy football mock draft reps in. We got our ESPN Fantasy analysts and contributors together for a 12-team, PPR mock. The larger league exposes

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 12, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions We all have our own opinions regarding the best college football teams of all time. Maybe you’re a 2001 Miami person. Maybe you prefer 2005 Texas or 1995 Nebraska, or maybe you’d rather

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporter Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Jun 13, 2024, 11:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The scene changed for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final,

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions It’s

Lizzy Becherano Jun 12, 2024, 09:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Florida — The United States held Brazil to a challenging 1-1 draw at Camping World Stadium on Wednesday, closing out a string of pre-Copa America friendlies. The Stars and Stripes recovered well after the stunning 5-1 loss to Colombia on Saturday, demonstrating a

Jun 12, 2024, 03:04 PM Open Extended Reactions The Scotland Rugby team are preparing for four matches in America starting in July. Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty Images Scotland have named their 37-man squad for their four Tests in the Americas starting next month which includes 10 uncapped players, coach Gregor Townsend said on Wednesday. Forwards Gregor

Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 10, 2024, 08:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Dustin Poirier didn’t get a chance to finish his story at UFC 302 when he fell short against Islam Makhachev for the UFC lightweight championship. Following the loss, Poirier said he had been mulling the possibility of retirement. However, had he achieved his dream

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Tony Stewart’s Stewart-Haas Racing will cease operations at the end of the season. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Racers, start your valuations. After months

Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 03:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEXINGTON, Ky. — Horse racing’s federal oversight body has named Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher among four new members of a horseman’s advisory group that will provide feedback to its executive team and committees. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) announced Monday

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — The U.S. Open is returning to Pinehurst No. 2 in the sandhills region of North Carolina for the first time in

Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPNJun 9, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UConn coach Dan Hurley told ESPN that the Los Angeles Lakers made a “compelling case” and presented a “compelling vision” for him to become the franchise’s next coach but that he loves what he has built at two-time defending national champion UConn — and

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jun 9, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The year’s second major concluded over the weekend with Iga Swiatek taking home her fourth French Open title and Carlos Alcaraz winning his first. It was another impressive run for the 23-year-old Swiatek, who faced match point in her second-round clash against Naomi

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 9, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions PARIS — There was never any danger of “Marcha Real” going back into hibernation here

Associated Press Jun 8, 2024, 06:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — When Luis Saez first rode Dornoch at Saratoga Race Course last summer, he told trainer Danny Gargan, “You have the Derby winner.” That did not come true, but Dornoch made good on that optimism Saturday by winning the first Belmont

Katherine Terrell, ESPN Staff WriterJun 9, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Katherine Terrell came back to ESPN to cover the New Orleans Saints in the summer of 2022. She left the company in 2019 after joining in 2016 to cover the Cincinnati Bengals. Katherine is a graduate of LSU and a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native,

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 8, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions After nearly two months of Stanley Cup playoffs, we are down to two teams left. The Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers begin the final series of the season on Saturday (8 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN+), with the

Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Austrian-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach was arrested Friday on sexual assault charges covering decades, police said Friday. Stronach, 91, was charged with five crimes including rape, indecent assault on a female, sexual assault and forcible confinement, Peel Regional Police said. He

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions This is a strange year for quarterbacks in college football. In 2023, Caleb Williams and Drake Maye headlined our annual tiered rankings, which came as no surprise. One had

Jorge Castillo Close Jorge Castillo ESPN Staff Writer ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Alden Gonzalez Close Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff