Jeff CarlisleFeb 20, 2025, 11:04 PM ET Close Jeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC. Since the start of the year, there had been a lot of talk about head coach Emma Hayes’ desire to “bridge the gap” within the U.S. women’s national team. The first tier of players is […]
Eric KarabellFeb 20, 2025, 06:44 AM ET Close Fantasy baseball, football and basketball analyst for ESPN Charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame Author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments” Fantasy baseball season officially ended at the end of last September and myriad managers likely tuned out far earlier than that, choosing to focus on […]
MILAN, Italy — Who knows exactly what thoughts lurked inside the head of Theo Hernández, just beneath his shocking pink tufts of hair, when he made the most boneheaded of decisions five minutes into the second half of AC Milan‘s Champions League playoff second-leg clash against Feyenoord? Games don’t often turn on individual players and […]
Arsenal’s financial records revealed a jump in player wages from last season. Getty Arsenal have announced a loss of £17.7million ($22.3m) for the year ending May 31, 2024. The north London side generated a club-record £616.6m for the 12-month period — compared to £466.7m a year earlier — with £52.4m coming from player trading. Mikel Arteta’s […]
Feb 18, 2025, 10:21 PM ET PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods had 199 yards to the hole. His Jupiter Links teammates realized too late that something was dreadfully wrong Tuesday night in a TGL indoor match. Woods asked to confirm the yardage and heard 99; caddies often drop the first number when it’s […]
Buster OlneyFeb 18, 2025, 11:50 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Hurricane Milton wrecked the Tampa Bay Rays’ ballpark last fall, leaving them without a stadium. For this season, they will play their home games in the Yankees’ spring training facility, which […]
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Feb 18, 2025, 01:03 PM ET Barcelona‘s financial situation continues to improve after LaLiga confirmed their annual spending cap is now over €463 million ($483.7m), an increase of nearly €40m from the beginning of the season. At this same time last year, Barça’s limit had been slashed to €204m. The boost […]
Feb 18, 2025, 11:30 PM ET Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini said his striker Ademola Lookman is “one of the worst penalty takers he has ever seen” after his miss from the spot hindered a comeback in their home 3-1 defeat to Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday. Lookman pulled back one goal […]
Feb 18, 2025, 11:57 PM ET PROVO, Utah — Richie Saunders scored 22 points to lead BYU, and the Cougars handed No. 23 Kansas a monumental 91-57 defeat on Tuesday night. At 34 points in margin, Tuesday’s loss tied for the worst under Jayhawks coach Bill Self and was the third-worst defeat in the storied […]
Michael C. WrightFeb 18, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M SAN FRANCISCO — Surrounded on a court in the cavernous lower level of the Moscone Center, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama stared into a crowd that kept swelling by […]