Julien Laurens, CorrespondentAug 31, 2024, 04:14 AM ET Chelsea decided at the last minute to cancel the transfer of their forward Deivid Washington to sister club Strasbourg after concerns were raised about the move, sources told ESPN. Everything was agreed between the two clubs for the 19-year-old Brazilian to move for an initial fee of…
Aug 31, 2024, 10:00 AM ET The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forward Seth Jarvis to an eight-year, $63.2 million contract in a move that keeps a top young forward with the team for the long term. The team announced the deal Saturday, saying it includes more than $29.2 million in signing bonuses for the No….
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentAug 31, 2024, 05:23 AM ET Erik ten Hag believes Arne Slot will have an easier time taking over at Liverpool than he experienced when he arrived at Manchester United. Ten Hag says the mess he inherited at Old Trafford in the summer of 2022 was “the most difficult thing I will ever…
Aug 30, 2024, 11:31 AM ET It isn’t often that players are eager to call out their worst coaches, but Ángel Di María doesn’t appear to have that problem. Speaking to ESPN Argentina, the 36-year-old Benfica and Argentina midfielder singled out his one season at Manchester United under Louis van Gaal, tacking on the Dutch…
The fretting over Arsenal‘s squad depth was supposed to end when the Premier League‘s summer transfer window closed on Friday. Raheem Sterling‘s last-gasp arrival on loan from Chelsea had many Gunners supporters pitching up at Emirates Stadium on Saturday enthused by the options manager Mikel Arteta has at his disposal. Yet they left the ground…
Aug 28, 2024, 12:36 PM ET Formula One enters Monza with nine races left, and the on-track battle between McLaren and Red Bull keeps getting closer. Lando Norris stunned Max Verstappen with his second career victory last weekend at Zandvoort, and Red Bull look to be on the back-foot. Ferrari also made a step forward…
Alexa Philippou, ESPNAug 30, 2024, 11:27 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 CHICAGO — The first three Indiana Fever–Chicago Sky games…
Aug 31, 2024, 01:31 AM ET NEW YORK — Another day, another stunning upset at the US Open. Just 24 hours after Carlos Alcaraz was handed his earliest exit at the tournament, defending champion and No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic lost to No. 28 seed Alexei Popyrin, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, in the third round…
Aug 30, 2024, 06:32 PM ET NEW YORK — Frances Tiafoe solved Ben Shelton‘s big serve and played brilliantly at the net to win their all-American rematch at the US Open 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 on Friday and get back to the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the fifth consecutive year. A…
Nick Wagoner, ESPN Staff WriterAug 29, 2024, 07:30 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers and the NFL at ESPN since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In his 10 years…