Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterDec 20, 2024, 07:00 AM 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. Luis Severino joined a videoconference on the Friday after Thanksgiving with an Athletics contingent that hoped to make him not only…
Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderDec 20, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Left-hander Patrick Sandoval and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a two-year, $18.25 million contract, sources told ESPN, uniting the veteran who was non-tendered in…
NFL Nation, ESPNDec 20, 2024, 06:45 AM ET The Week 16 NFL schedule for the 2024 season is stacked with great matchups, and we’ve got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, and analytics writer Seth Walder makes…
Dec 20, 2024, 07:59 AM ET Pep Guardiola has reaffirmed his belief in Manchester City‘s turnaround despite confirming a fresh injury blow, with defender Rúben Dias out for up to a month. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Last Sunday’s dramatic 2-1 defeat to Manchester United compounded City’s crisis, with the Premier League champions losing eight of…
Dec 20, 2024, 12:07 PM ET All season long, Pittsburgh and Nebraska seemed to be headed for an NCAA volleyball championship game collision. Pitt entered the tournament as the No. 1 overall seed after losing just one match during the regular season, against SMU, a team it had beaten soundly days earlier. Nebraska, the No….
Mike Coppinger, ESPN Boxing InsiderDec 20, 2024, 07:41 AM ET Close Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Boxing’s top two big men clash Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as Tyson Fury…
We’re through Week 15 of the 2024 NFL regular season and into Week 16. Although the postseason is still three weeks away, we’re taking an early look at the current playoff picture and the road to Super Bowl LIX. Which teams are in good shape? Which still have a lot of work to do to…
Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterDec 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. KURTIS ROURKE’S GO-TO shirt around the Indiana football facility reads, “BRING YOUR EH…
Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderDec 19, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder Max Kepler and the Phillies are in agreement on a one-year, $10 million contract, sources told ESPN, adding a corner outfielder to Philadelphia’s offensive mix as…
Alexa Philippou, ESPNDec 20, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer Before Sarah Strong had played a game for the…