The 2024-25 NHL season begins Tuesday night with a tripleheader on ESPN and ESPN+, but we’re looking beyond those games. Will the Florida Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup champs? Which team will top the standings in each division? Who will take home all of the individual hardware? We’ve gathered our cross-platform ESPN hockey family together…
Shams Charania, ESPNOct 8, 2024, 03:15 PM ET USC sophomore star JuJu Watkins has agreed to a multiyear contract extension with Nike that will give her one of the richest shoe endorsement deals in women’s basketball, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Nike officials finished discussions Tuesday on the deal, with negotiations led by Klutch Sports…
Manchester City‘s legal challenge against the Premier League over its Associated Party Transactions rules (APT) — regulations that govern commercial deals involving club owners — has reached a conclusion, and both sides are claiming victory following the verdict of an arbitration panel. The case, which is separate and unrelated to the ongoing independent hearing into…
Rich Cimini, ESPN Staff WriterOct 8, 2024, 10:12 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…
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 8, 2024, 09:24 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young was arrested early Tuesday morning on misdemeanor charges of battery and assault of an unborn child, according to Athens-Clarke County Jail records….
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2024, 11:33 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. SAN DIEGO — The baseball that San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado threw toward the Dodgers‘ dugout Sunday night —…
Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. has agreed to a three-year, $59 million contract extension, his agent, Mike Miller of LIFT Sports Management, told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday night. Carter is now under contract with the Magic through the 2028-29 season for a combined $82 million, including the two remaining years on his current…
Manchester City and the Premier League both claimed victory on Monday after an Arbitration Panel released its judgement on a legal challenge against Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules. Associated Party Transactions relate to sponsorship deals between a club and other companies which may be linked, such as City and the United Arab Emirates’ Etihad Aviation…
