Turron Davenport, ESPNDec 17, 2024, 03:02 PM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you can…
Dec 17, 2024, 02:42 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The NBA’s All-Star Game is going to be an All-Star tournament this season, with the league announcing Tuesday that it has finalized plans to use a different format for the upcoming midseason showcase in San Francisco. And scoring is sure to be down — way, way,…
Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCDec 17, 2024, 04:10 PM ET The folks behind the Super League are back. A22 Sports, the company charged with organising an alternative competition to the UEFA tournaments (Champions League, Europa League and Conference League) announced on Tuesday that they had petitioned UEFA to recognize their new cross-border tournament, the…
Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentDec 17, 2024, 01:14 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Two-time World Cup winning defender Becky Sauerbrunn, a mainstay with the United States women’s national team for over 15 years, as well as in the NWSL, announced her retirement from professional soccer…
Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterDec 16, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. SALT LAKE CITY — Dwyane Wade and his wife, Gabrielle Union, tried to mix in at the back of a crowd outside…
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Dec 17, 2024, 08:02 AM ET Agent Jorge Mendes has said Lamine Yamal will sign a new contract with Barcelona as the forward targets winning the World Cup and the Champions League over the Ballon d’Or. The 17-year-old’s current deal with Barça expires in 2026 but sources explained to ESPN when…
Dec 17, 2024, 12:00 PM ET The top 25 girls high school basketball rankings have returned with little shakeup at the top. Long Island Lutheran won the ‘Iolani Classic in Hawaii by defeating Etiwanda, 88-79. 2026 super recruits Olivia Jones and Savvy Swords scored 30 and 18 points, respectively, and stock riser junior Emily McDonald…
Paula Lavigne, ESPN Investigative ReporterDec 16, 2024, 06:47 PM ET Close Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Baylor University continued to have problems with delays…
Rodrigo Bentancur must serve his seven-game ban for comments he made about teammate Son Heung-Min. Visionhaus/Getty Images The Football Association have dismissed Tottenham’s appeal against Rodrigo Bentancur‘s seven-game suspension for using racist language in a television interview. Bentancur has already served five matches of the seven-game sanction and will now be out for Thursday’s Carabao Cup…
LAS VEGAS — When Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked Friday about the second edition of the NBA Cup and if he’d change anything about the event, he smiled. “I don’t think there’s anything to change,” Antetokounmpo, whose Bucks lost in the semifinals last season in Las Vegas, said. “My room is nice. The…