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Jan 26, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions While Michigan fans are still basking in the glory of the Wolverines’ national championship, the rest of the college football world is left to look ahead to next season. We’ve already gazed into a crystal ball for our Way-Too-Early Top 25 and Way-Too-Early All-America team. Now

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions While the Edmonton Oilers approach history with a record-breaking win streak, it’s another Western Canadian team that takes over the top spot of the NHL Power Rankings this week. Plus, while we

Associated Press Jan 25, 2024, 10:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH, Fla. — Cody’s Wish was named horse of the year at the 53rd annual Eclipse Awards and also earned older dirt male honors Thursday night. Belmont Stakes and Travers winner Arcangelo won as the nation’s top 3-year-old male. Hall of Famer Bill

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJan 23, 2024, 06:25 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. Open Extended Reactions Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton are officially Hall of Famers. The trio was voted into the

Associated Press Jan 24, 2024, 05:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The four-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival that will be held at Saratoga Race Course from June 6-9 will feature 23 stakes worth $10.1 million, the New York Racing Association announced Wednesday. Nine of the stakes will run at different distances than

Open Extended Reactions After nine years of waiting, Mauricio Pochettino has scratched the itch of reaching a cup final in England. But playing in next month’s Carabao Cup final won’t be enough for the Chelsea head coach — he has to win it. Chelsea’s emphatic 6-1 semifinal second-leg win against Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge confirmed

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 22, 2024, 07:16 PM 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 Top 14 giants Racing 92 have announced the signing of England and Saracens star Owen Farrell

Associated Press Jan 22, 2024, 09:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert says on social media that he has asked attorneys to end his appeal of Medina Spirit’s disqualification as the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner after the now-deceased colt failed a postrace drug test that detected the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 22, 2024, 03:07 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Nick Dunlap, the University of Alabama sophomore who on Sunday became the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour in more than three

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJan 22, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Undefeated UFC middleweight Khamzat Chimaev said he saw “nothing special” during Saturday’s title fight between Dricus Du Plessis and Sean Strickland and is ready to take the

Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 18, 2024, 07:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions 2023 delivered more superfights than any other year in recent memory. Gervonta Davis–Ryan Garcia. Errol Spence Jr.–Terence Crawford. Even Canelo Alvarez‘s showdown against Jermell Charlo was highly anticipated, as was Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou. And now, 2024 is getting off to a scorching

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJan 20, 2024, 11:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Knicks and their fans went out of their way to celebrate the returns of Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett, who each played at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night for the first time since being traded to the Toronto Raptors

Adam Schefter, ESPN Senior WriterJan 20, 2024, 01:13 PM ET Close ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Open Extended Reactions Mike McCarthy is not expected to receive any sort of extension from the Dallas Cowboys and will coach the

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Jan 20, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions After a monumental US Open, expectations were high for the Americans entering the first major of 2024. With 19 women and 12 men in the singles main draws at the Australian Open, deep runs at the event seemed well within reach for many.

Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 10:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus, who teamed up to win a record-tying seven Cup championships, were inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday night. The sport’s dominant duo, both first-ballot inductees, joined Donnie Allison, an original member

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions We’re another week closer to All-Star Weekend — the spiritual, if not mathematical midway point of the season — but our voters caused no change atop the Power Rankings, with the Winnipeg