Sep 17, 2024, 02:50 AM ET Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has said football’s governing bodies must begin consulting players ahead of the Champions League’s new format that sees the introduction of an expanded league phase. Each team will play a total of eight games before the Champions League knockout stages — two more than in…
NFL Nation, ESPNSep 17, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season brought many surprise performances. The New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings claimed victories over teams ranked in the top 10 of our Week 2 Power Rankings. Meanwhile, three of our preseason top-15 teams, the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati…
Dick Vitale, College Basketball analystSep 17, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close Dick Vitale, college basketball’s top analyst and ambassador, joined ESPN during the 1979-80 season. His thorough knowledge of the game is brought forth in an enthusiastic, passionate style. Vitale also contributes columns to ESPN.com. College basketball is awesome, baby! Buckle up, men’s hoops fans,…
Sep 17, 2024, 07:49 AM ET When a champion is dethroned, it always shakes up the rankings. When two champs go down on the same night, look out below. That was the case over the weekend at UFC 306, where both the men’s bantamweight and women’s flyweight divisions saw new champs crowned. Saturday’s main event…
Sep 16, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin says Wake Forest violated “an unwritten rule” by buying its way out of next year’s matchup, leaving the Rebels in search of another major-conference opponent. The fifth-ranked Rebels defeated the Demon Deacons 40-6 on Saturday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as part of a scheduled home-and-home…
Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterSep 16, 2024, 06:00 AM 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. The Philadelphia Eagles played their first game minus…
Sep 16, 2024, 12:30 PM ET Week 3 of the 2024 NFL season features a plethora of interesting matchups and divisional tilts. The week starts off on Thursday night with an AFC East battle between the New England Patriots and New York Jets from MetLife Stadium. On Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys look to bounce back…
Sep 15, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Manchester City defender Manuel Akanji has joked that he could retire at the age of 30 as a result of the increasing number of matches in elite football’s calendar. Akanji, 29, has already made seven appearances for club and country this term. He played his final game of last…
Kris Rhim, ESPNSep 15, 2024, 07:50 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In J.K. Dobbins‘ first news conference as a Los Angeles Charger in April, he spoke frankly about the unfortunate way his career has unfolded. Dobbins, a running back and second-round pick by the Baltimore Ravens in 2020, averaged 6 yards per carry as a…
Kris Rhim, ESPNSep 15, 2024, 06:09 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert injured his lower right leg in Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers. He told reporters he would know more about the severity of the injury “in the coming days.” The injury happened in the third quarter when Herbert…