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Kelly Crandall Feb 7, 2025, 08:29 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After winning the Daytona 500 in 2023, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. made it back-to-back seasons with Cup Series wins by claiming victory at Talladega last season. Sean Gardner/Getty Images Ricky Stenhouse Jr. reflects quite a bit on his NASCAR career. Now 37, Stenhouse thinks about his

Nick ParkinsonJan 31, 2025, 07:50 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Get ready for a month of sustained high-quality boxing fights in what looks like a great start to 2025. The Feb. 22 card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, boasts perhaps

Mark SchlabachFeb 5, 2025, 08:03 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The fourth LIV Golf season tees off under the lights Thursday at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia, with morning tee times for golf fans in the

Open Extended Reactions The Bucks have traded Khris Middleton to the Wizards, ending his tenure as one of their franchise cornerstones in a multiplayer deal that sends Kyle Kuzma to Milwaukee, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Bucks also sent rookie guard AJ Johnson, their first-round draft selection last year, and a pick swap to

Adam TeicherFeb 4, 2025, 01:39 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Andy Reid said Tuesday he would return for at least one more season as head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. “I enjoy being around the guys,” Reid

Eli LedermanFeb 4, 2025, 07:03 AM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions North Carolina’s Providence Day School is used to seeing the biggest names in college football roam its

Greg WyshynskiFeb 3, 2025, 09:45 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Wild forward Ryan Hartman was suspended 10 games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Monday “for using his forearm to violently slam the head of Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stützle into the ice” during

Dec 6, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Just like that, the 2024-25 MLB hot stove has kicked off! We have a trade just one day after the Los Angeles Dodgers hoisted the World Series championship trophy. All eyes this winter will be on the top free agent, young slugger Juan Soto. But he’s

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 1, 2025, 06:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlo Ancelotti branded the decision to not send off Espanyol‘s Carlos Romero — who later went on to score the only goal in his team’s 1-0 win over Real Madrid — as “inexplicable” on Saturday, after the defender apologised for his challenge

James Regan Feb 1, 2025, 12:00 AM Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Was anyone else ever really going to steal the show in the Six Nations’ curtain-raiser? Antoine Dupont took centre stage with ease on Friday night in Paris as France cruised to a 43-0 victory over Wales, reaffirming their title credentials. For his part,

Kelly Crandall Jan 31, 2025, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions For the first time since 1971, Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will host a NASCAR Cup Series race when the Clash takes place there Sunday. Brian A. Westerholt/NASCAR via Getty Images Tim Brown, 53, is finally getting the opportunity to be a NASCAR

Open Extended Reactions A great fighter in his prime tends not to be a charitable one, certainly not as it concerns rivals or those who may have beaten him. That’s why I’ll always remember what Keith Thurman told me back in 2016 — when he was rightfully moving up pound-for-pound lists and a potential successor

Jan 30, 2025, 04:45 PM ET UFC CEO Dana White has condemned comments made by featherweight fighter Bryce Mitchell on his podcast where he defended Adolf Hitler, denied the holocaust happened and took aim at both the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities in a shocking rant. “I’ve heard a lot of dumb and ignorant s— said

Open Extended Reactions NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that he likes the idea of shortening games to 40 minutes by going from 12-minute quarters to 10. “As we get more involved in global basketball, the NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes. And I would be — I am — a fan

Open Extended Reactions The offseason has arrived for 30 NFL teams while the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for Super Bowl LIX — so we’re taking a look at what lies ahead over the next two months, with free agency set to begin on March 12. We asked our NFL Nation reporters

Mark SchlabachJan 29, 2025, 07:03 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The LPGA’s 75th season tees off this week at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Thirty-two winners from the past two seasons, along with 49 celebrities,

Open Extended Reactions Virginia Tech is on the cusp of hiring a new defensive coordinator, as the school is targeting Arizona Cardinals linebackers coach Sam Siefkes to be the school’s new defensive coordinator. The hire is expected to come together in the near future, per sources. Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry went outside-the-box for the

Kristen ShiltonJan 27, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Dylan Strome can’t stop outdoing himself. And that’s a good thing — for Strome, and the Washington Capitals. Strome is the Capitals’ leading scorer (with 12 goals and 46 points in 49 games) and is

Bradford DoolittleJan 27, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013 Open Extended Reactions Welcome folks, it’s a resplendent fall day in Flatbush, and six months ago, who could have imagined this? The visiting Los Angeles Dodgers are ready to

Associated Press Jan 27, 2025, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is now the majority owner of Legacy Motor Club under a restructuring in which investment adviser Knighthead Capital Management bought into the Cup Series team. Knighthead manages $9 billion of assets with a portfolio that includes investments in Hertz,