Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Dec 27, 2024, 07:06 AM ET Barcelona risk having Dani Olmo unavailable for the second half of the season after a court rejected the club’s lawsuit to extend the forward’s registration beyond Dec. 31. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Olmo, a €57 million ($59.5m) summer signing from RB Leipzig, was granted a…
Dec 27, 2024, 07:42 AM ET Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has backed winger Gabriel Martinelli to shine in the absence of star teammate Bukayo Saka, who was ruled out for “many weeks” with a hamstring injury on Monday. Saka has contributed nine goals and 13 assists in 24 games so far this season and Arteta…
Dec 27, 2024, 12:29 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley needs 268 yards over the next two games to set the NFL single-season rushing yardage record. One person not pulling for Barkley to set the mark: current record holder Eric Dickerson. “I don’t think he’ll break it. But if he breaks it, he…
Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 27, 2024, 12:12 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Tulane running back Makhi Hughes has entered the NCAA transfer portal on Friday, sources told ESPN. Hughes has been one of the most productive running backs in college football during…
Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterDec 27, 2024, 12:42 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 — Eagles coach Nick Sirianni signaled that…
Dec 27, 2024, 12:45 PM ET ARLINGTON, Va. — Alex Ovechkin‘s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record should be back on very soon. Signs point to Ovechkin returning to the Washington Capitals‘ lineup on Saturday night at the Toronto Maple Leafs after missing five weeks with a broken left leg. Ovechkin skated with…
Dec 26, 2024, 07:02 PM ET LeBron James and the NBA are going to have make room for the NFL on Christmas. That shouldn’t be a problem. Both leagues were winners on Wednesday. Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in U.S. history while the NBA had its best holiday numbers in five years…
Dec 26, 2024, 08:08 PM ET DETROIT — Tucker Gleason ran for one overtime score and threw for four more as Toledo beat Pittsburgh 48-46 in a bowl-record six overtimes at the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field on Thursday. The game surpassed the previous mark set 48 hours earlier when South Florida beat San…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TIGER, Ga. — Georgia‘s former starting quarterback, Carson Beck, rolled through campus in a sleek Lamborghini, reportedly valued at more than $300,000. The head-turning sportscar was part…
Dec 27, 2024, 07:43 AM ET Oleksandr Usyk solidified his No. 1 spot in the ESPN pound-for-pound men’s boxing rankings with a unanimous decision victory over Tyson Fury on Dec. 21 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a rematch of Usyk’s split decision win in May. This time, all three judges agreed and scored the fight…
