Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentAug 1, 2023, 08:59 AM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The width of the post. That is how close the U.S. women’s national team came to being eliminated from the 2023 World Cup. Fortunately, for the U.S., the
Month: August 2023
Eric Moody, ESPNJul 31, 2023, 10:37 AM ET Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. Each weekday throughout NFL training camps and the preseason, our ESPN Fantasy team will have you covered with the
Associated Press Aug 1, 2023, 08:55 AM ET SpongeBob and Slimetime are coming to the Super Bowl. The NFL and CBS Sports announced Tuesday that this season’s Super Bowl will have a kids-centric presentation on Nickelodeon, marking the first time the Super Bowl has had an alternate telecast on another network. CBS has the rights
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 08:34 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on
Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Even Alabama coach Nick Saban will concede that right now, Georgia is at the top of college football. That doesn’t mean Alabama can’t change that narrative. Or Tennessee. Or LSU. Or Ohio State.
Tristan H. Cockcroft Jul 31, 2023, 06:46 AM ET Numbers make the fantasy football world go ’round. Besides the most obvious way — numbers are what determine our weekly matchups and, ultimately, our league champions — it’s those very digits that often give us precious insight into particular players, teams and positions (pertaining to draft
Tim Bontemps, ESPNAug 1, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Few things inspire more debate than thinking back on what could have been. That is particularly true when it comes to the NBA, a league chock-full of huge personalities and talents whose movements and moments have shaped its landscape. (Think “The Decision”, when LeBron James famously announced
Zvonimir Ivisic, one of the top European prospects in his age group, has committed to Kentucky in the class of 2023, he announced on social media Tuesday. “I got the offer for scholarship by Coach Calipari to attend the University of Kentucky,” Ivisic wrote on Instagram stories. “I’m excited to tell that I accepted the
Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for
It’s three weeks since Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France came to an abrupt and painful end. As things stand, he is set to retire at the end of this season. But the man who remains wrapped in one of the most romantic relationships there has ever been with cycling’s greatest race is “still thinking” about
Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer, as well as Oshane Thomas, have been recalled to the West Indies T20I squad for the five-match series against India as they look for the “right combinations” ahead of the 2024 T20 World Cup, to be played at home in the Caribbean and the USA. The provisional 15-man squad, which
Aug 1, 2023, 02:12 AM ET An exciting final matchday in Group E of the 2023 Women’s World Cup awaits as the United States team plays Portugal on Tuesday (3 a.m. ET, live on Fox) at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Meanwhile, Netherlands faces Vietnam at the same time at Forsyth Barr Stadium in
All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor has lauded the rugby smarts of in-form teammate Scott Barrett, as the Crusaders skipper continues to draw rave reviews for his performance in Bledisloe I. Barrett was arguably the standout performer in New Zealand’s crushing 38-7 win over Australia at the MCG, a victory that locked away the huge trans-Tasman
Associated Press Jul 31, 2023, 09:15 PM ET WASHINGTON — Spectators at the DC Open were told before Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina faced Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka that the players would not shake hands following their first-round match Monday night. During the war in Ukraine, Svitolina — like several other players from her country — has declined
ESPN News Services Jul 31, 2023, 08:41 PM ET CHICAGO — The Cincinnati Reds acquired reliever Sam Moll in a trade with the Oakland Athletics on Monday. The Athletics also traded infielder Jace Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for right-hander Chad Patrick and cash considerations The addition of Moll puts another left-hander in Cincinnati’s bullpen
Jeff Passan, ESPNJul 31, 2023, 07:23 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder AJ Pollock and utilityman Mark Mathias from the Seattle Mariners on Monday for a player to be named later, both teams announced. Pollock
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJul 31, 2023, 07:16 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — The Cubs announced Monday they reacquired Washington Nationals third baseman Jeimer Candelario, nearly six years to the day they traded him to the Detroit Tigers. In return, the Cubs are
Associated Press Jul 31, 2023, 08:46 PM ET TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays shortstop and American League batting leader Bo Bichette left Monday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles in the third inning because of a sore right knee. Bichette hit a two-out single to right field off Orioles right-hander Kyle Gibson and made the turn