We hope you wrote down all of your preseason predictions in pencil, not pen. Because some of those thoughts that seemed reasonable a month ago — not so much now. Take UConn, the two-time champion that has already fallen on hard times after an 0-3 stretch at the Maui Invitational during Thanksgiving week. The Huskies…
Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterDec 9, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals…
The MLB winter meetings begin Monday in Dallas and it figures to be an action-packed week of rumors, signings and trades. We’ve got it all covered right here, from our predictions heading into the meetings to the latest updates, analysis and daily takeaways as the moves go down. Now that Juan Soto has made his…
Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterDec 8, 2024, 07:34 PM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus. PHILADELPHIA — Frustration about a passing attack that…
Dan Orlovsky, ESPNDec 9, 2024, 06:50 AM ET In mid-October, I stacked the top five QB-WR connections in the NFL on “Get Up!” (with the help of Harry Douglas). But a lot has changed over those two months, so I decided to re-up my list — and expand it to 20 duos. To make the…
A “gutted” Mikel Arteta has said that Arsenal deserved more from their draw with Fulham on Saturday, but he admitted the quality displayed by the home side at Craven Cottage makes the result easier to accept. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Defender William Saliba rescued a point for Arsenal with from a trademark set-piece in the…
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterDec 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Jordan Staal sat in his locker looking shell-shocked. Again. The Carolina Hurricanes had just been blown out for the second straight night — a rarity in itself — but by the same team, no less:…
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Dec 8, 2024, 04:15 PM ET Kylian Mbappé blamed his early season struggles at Real Madrid on being “too hungry” and “impatient” on Sunday, in his first sit-down interview since joining the club. Mbappé has scored 11 goals in 21 appearances for Madrid in all competitions so far, including one in…
Alexa Philippou, ESPNDec 8, 2024, 10:28 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu underwent a procedure…
NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler returned from a two-month break and nothing changed. He won the Hero World Challenge on Sunday with a 9-under 63 to tie the tournament record at Albany Golf Club and win by six shots. Scheffler, the first player since Tiger Woods in 2009 to spend an entire calendar year at…
