LAFC striker Olivier Giroud lost approximately $500,000 worth of jewelry when his Los Angeles home was burglarized earlier this month, a source told ESPN. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed on Tuesday they had responded Feb. 5 to a report of a window smash at a home in west L.A. The caller, who the source […]
Feb 18, 2025, 12:05 PM ET Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving said he wants to play for Team Australia and hopes to gain eligibility in time to represent the Boomers at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. Irving, who was born in Melbourne, Australia, was asked during All-Star Weekend whether he would consider making a switch […]
Alexa PhilippouFeb 18, 2025, 06:23 PM 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 The Connecticut Sun denied guard Marina Mabrey‘s request to be […]
David NewtonFeb 18, 2025, 04:11 PM ET Close David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Veteran quarterback Andy Dalton has been instrumental in the […]
Feb 18, 2025, 12:10 PM ET Inter Miami‘s Major League Soccer season opener against New York City FC will now be played on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. ET at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after originally being scheduled to kick off at 2:30 p.m. ET. The decision to delay the game by five […]
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has backed Marcus Rashford to turn his career around at Aston Villa and said he was “really impressed” by the forward when he faced him for the first time. Rashford joined Villa on loan from Manchester United in January, having fallen out of favour at Old Trafford under Ruben Amorim. […]
Pep Guardiola has hinted he has little sympathy for Jude Bellingham and Real Madrid after the midfielder’s LaLiga sending off for swearing, claiming that referees should be “left in peace.” Bellingham scored the winning goal in Madrid’s 3-2 win against Manchester City in last week’s Champions League playoff tie at the Etihad Stadium and is […]
RULES ESPN’s Bracketology efforts are focused on projecting the NCAA tournament field just as we expect the NCAA Division I basketball committee to select the field in March. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi uses the same data points favored by the committee, including strength of schedule and other season-long indicators, including the NET and team-sheet data […]
Feb 17, 2025, 08:15 AM ET For some teams, the make-or-break game on the schedule is pretty clear — a nonconference matchup against a big-name program or a showdown with a hated rival. But sometimes the season-defining game sneaks up on a team. Maybe it’s an unexpected loss that sends a team into a tailspin, […]
Feb 18, 2025, 12:40 PM ET Welcome to Week 3 of the 2025 college softball season. Over the weekend, we saw a few notable upsets and excellent play from the Clearwater Invitational. So how do the best programs in softball stack up now after all the action? There has been movement in the top 10 […]