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Brett OkamotoJan 25, 2025, 04:50 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Usman Nurmagomedov squeaked out a razor-thin decision over Paul Hughes on Saturday in Dubai — and there’s a good chance he’ll see the Irishman again in 2025. Nurmagomedov (19-0) defended

Nick ParkinsonJan 24, 2025, 07:26 AM ET Close Reports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years. Open Extended Reactions Undisputed world junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue stormed to a predictable fourth-round knockout win over late replacement opponent Ye-Joon Kim on Friday, to set up a fight in the

NBA insiders Jan 23, 2025, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2025 NBA All-Star starters are set! The league’s superstars are ready to lead their squads during All-Star Weekend (Feb. 14-Feb. 16) in a new format which includes four teams battling it out in a mini-tournament. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The All-Star reserves will

Jan 23, 2025, 11:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Will Aryna Sabalenka claim her third straight Australian Open title? Or will Madison Keys pull off another huge upset to win her first Grand Slam title? Our experts weigh in on who will capture the Australian Open women’s title. What can Keys do to defeat Sabalenka?

Jamison HensleyJan 23, 2025, 03:51 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored

Ohio State won the national championship. Ohio State had the most talented roster in the country. The first is an incontrovertible fact. The second is, technically, an opinion — one shared by everyone on ESPN’s committee selecting the top 100 players of the 2024-25 season — but it’d be tough to come up with a

Mark SchlabachJan 22, 2025, 09:36 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour’s West Coast swing hits the halfway point at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. The tournament tees off

Multiple Contributors Jan 21, 2025, 06:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2025 Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote is in — and Ichiro Suzuki (one vote shy of being a unanimous selection), CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Carlos Beltran fell 19 votes short of

Greg Wyshynski, Senior NHL writerJan 21, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions If Alex Ovechkin was going to shatter Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record as a member of the Washington Capitals, he had some conditions that needed to be met. Before re-signing, Ovechkin told Capitals

Jan 20, 2025, 10:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Al Hilal forward Neymar is still recovering from a hamstring injury he picked up in November but is set to leave the club after his coach, Jorge Jesus, recently said that the 32-year-old “can no longer play at the level we are used to” and would

Andreas Hale, ESPNJan 19, 2025, 01:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Islam Makhachev retained his lightweight title with a first-round submission against Renato Moicano on Saturday night in the main event of UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome. After being dropped briefly by a right hand, Makhachev (27-1) put Moicano on his

Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 08:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Daniel Hillier of New Zealand birdied the final two holes to shoot 2-under 70 on Saturday and take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic. Tyrrell Hatton shot 68 and was the closest challenger

Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 07:58 PM ET Martin Truex Sr., the father of former NASCAR champion Martin Truex Jr. has died, Truex and his brother said in a statement Friday. He was 66. “We are devastated by the loss of our father,” Martin Jr. and Ryan Truex said. “Simply put, he was our hero

Open Extended Reactions Day 7 at the Australian Open is here, and third-round action continues! World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is in action, as is the best local hope Alex De Minuar. Plus, an all-American matchup with Danielle Collins facing Madison Keys. Follow all the latest from Melbourne Park here in our live blog.

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions IF THERE HADN’T been a massive falling out with superstar forward Jimmy Butler the week before, every question Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra took on the morning of

Open Extended Reactions Making bold predictions for the year in boxing got easier in 2025, with so many “dream” fights already on the schedule or in negotiation and close to being announced. Chances are we’ll see Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford later this year. Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will have tune-up fights before they