Sarah Barshop, ESPN Staff WriterDec 8, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Close Sarah Barshop covers the Los Angeles Rams for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Milwaukee. She then moved to Houston to cover the Texans. She came to ESPN after working as a writer and editor for…
Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterDec 8, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He…
After months of games and speculation, the 12 teams that will compete in this season’s College Football Playoff have finally been announced. No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Georgia, No. 3 Boise State and No. 4 Arizona State each won their respective conference championship games over the weekend and secured first-round byes and a spot in…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — After clinching McLaren’s first Formula 1 constructors’ championship since 1998, Lando Norris signed off the season with a clear statement of intent: “Next year’s going to be my year, too.” It was a fitting message to follow his performance: a flawless drive to victory in a grand prix where…
Championship weekend delivered a blockbuster befitting of the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff. In Atlanta, it took overtime but Georgia, even after two regular season losses, claimed the SEC by beating Texas and stealing an all-important first-round bye from the Longhorns, who will still host a quarterfinal against 12-seed Clemson. Top-ranked Oregon and Penn State…
The College Football Playoff committee released its final set of rankings Sunday, giving fans the first-ever 12-team bracket. The tournament is composed of the five highest-ranked conference champions and seven more at-large teams. The top four conference champions receive first-round byes, while the other eight schools will play games at the home sites of the…
Oregon, Georgia, Boise Stateand Arizona State earned first-round byes as the first 12-team College Football Playoff field was named Sunday. Alabama and Miami were arbitrarily left out, leaving SMU breathing a huge sigh of relief as the last at-large team in. Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State will host first-round on-campus games as…
Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 7, 2024, 06:36 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska UCF hired Scott Frost as its head football coach on Saturday, reaching agreement on a five-year contract through the 2029 season. The move reunites the Knights with one of their…
Every top head coach is only as good as the sporting director charged with building the squad from which they select their team. So Manchester United‘s decision to part ways with Dan Ashworth, just five months after hiring him from Newcastle United, highlights how much of a hurry the club are in to become competitive…
During Friday’s expansion draft, televised live on ESPN, the Valkyries selected 11 players to begin filling out their inaugural roster for the 2025 season, and there were some surprises. Perhaps foremost among them: Golden State made no trades (during the last WNBA expansion draft in 2008, the Atlanta Dream made three). There’s an international feel…