Jeff BorzelloFeb 13, 2025, 08:30 AM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — There are certain things you have to prepare for when your coach is one of the most gifted talents to ever play the sport. Take it from Memphis Tigers guard Tyrese Hunter. […]
The 4 Nations Face-Off continues Thursday with the first matchup for the United States and Finland (8 p.m. ET, ESPN and ESPN+). These countries have played six times in the eight previous best-on-best tournaments involving NHL players, according to ESPN Research. The U.S. has won four games, Finland won the most recent matchup (2004 World […]
Feb 13, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Now that the 2024 NFL season is behind us and the 2025 offseason has begun, every team has a big question to face. Teams looking for a quarterback might wonder where quarterbacks Matthew Stafford, Sam Darnold and Kirk Cousins play in 2025? Will the Jets, Browns, Steelers, Titans and […]
Feb 13, 2025, 12:18 AM ET DENVER — The only thing hotter than Jamal Murray‘s jumper Wednesday night might have been his temper. The Denver guard was still carrying a grudge against the Portland Trail Blazers over being ejected for trash talking Monday night. Facing them again two days later, Murray let his play do […]
Feb 12, 2025, 02:11 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said he doesn’t understand why fans booed pop superstar Taylor Swift when she was shown on the videoboards at the Caesars Superdome during Super Bowl LIX. “I remember that they showed her on the jumbotron, and she got booed. I don’t get it. […]
Feb 12, 2025, 04:52 PM ET Curtis Jones and Abdoulaye Doucouré were sent off after an on-pitch brawl as Liverpool and Everton dramatically drew 2-2 in the last Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Wednesday, with visiting head coach Arne Slot and assistant Sipke Hulshoff also receiving red cards after an interaction with referee Michael […]
Feb 12, 2025, 03:38 PM ET Wide receiver Kadarius Toney was arrested last week in Georgia on two counts, according to online records. Toney was booked in a Douglas County (Georgia) facility on Feb. 6 on counts of aggravated assault — strangulation and obstructing/harassing 911 calls. A judge set a bail of $25,000 on each […]
Feb 12, 2025, 02:57 PM ET Two students challenging New Hampshire’s ban on transgender athletes on girls’ sports teams will also fight President Trump’s executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” after a judge approved their request Wednesday. It’s believed to be the first time the constitutionality of the executive order signed by Trump […]
Feb 12, 2025, 01:01 PM ET Spain women’s coach Montse Tomé has cited “sporting reasons” for again leaving 2023 World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso out of her latest squad. Tomé on Wednesday announced her roster for the upcoming UEFA Women’s Nations League games against Belgium and England. Asked about Hermoso, who recently testified in her […]
Feb 12, 2025, 01:45 PM ET New Inter Miami CF signings Tadeo Allende, Gonzalo Luján and Telasco Segovia have said that the chance to play on the same team with Lionel Messi was an integral part of their respective decisions to join the Major League Soccer team this offseason. “Well I would be playing with […]