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Jarrett Bailey is a freelance NFL writer for The Sporting News. He previously wrote for USA TODAY Sports Media Group, The 33rd Team and Pro Football Network. Enjoyer of chocolate milk, metal music, Batman, pasta salad, and pro wrestling. There is nothing more breathtaking than a Jeff Hardy swanton bomb.

Jan 19, 2025, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Closer Tanner Scott and the Los Angeles Dodgers in agreement on a four-year, $72 million contract, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Sunday. It’s the latest offseason splash for the Dodgers, who also are signing prized Japanese pitching prospect Roki Sasaki, who announced the news on

The Most Valuable Player award may not be handed out this weekend, but for all intents and purposes, the yearlong debate of who is the MVP will be settled on the field Sunday night.  The divisional round wraps up with the most widely anticipated game of the weekend: the Baltimore Ravens vs. the Buffalo Bills.

Open Extended Reactions The first UFC pay-per-view event of the year will be headlined by ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter, as Islam Makhachev puts the UFC lightweight title on the line in a rematch against Renato Moicano at UFC 311 at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Makhachev has been nearly perfect in the Octagon,

Arch Manning is set to take the reins of Texas football’s offense and by any stretch of the imagination, he should be able to elevate the Longhorns’ ceiling from where it was under Quinn Ewers. Unfortunately, Texas’s ceiling was never as high as it appeared in 2024 despite their run to the College Football Playoff

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2025, 06:26 PM 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. Open Extended Reactions Roki Sasaki, the prized Japanese pitching prospect who has had scouts drooling over his potential since high school,

TJ Morin is a Sports Media graduate of Butler University. When he isn’t writing, or arguing about sports, he’s sitting on the couch with his dad cheering for one of their various teams, the Washington Commanders, the Boston Celtics, the Boston Red Sox, the Virginia Cavaliers and the Butler Bulldogs. TJ can be found ranting

Ramona Shelburne, ESPN Senior WriterJan 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN.com Spent seven years at the Los Angeles Daily News Open Extended Reactions IF THERE HADN’T been a massive falling out with superstar forward Jimmy Butler the week before, every question Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra took on the morning of

Amad Diallo turned a potential new low for Manchester United into quite the high on Thursday. 1-0 down at home to Premier League bottom club Southampton — one-win, six-point Southampton — Diallo’s late hat-trick turned the game on its head and delivered a much-needed three points to Ruben Amorim’s new regime. Finding the net in

Shams Charania, Senior NBA InsiderJan 16, 2025, 02:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Maverick Carter, LeBron James‘ business manager, has been enlisted as an adviser by a group of investors seeking to raise $5 billion to form an international basketball league that would serve as a rival to the NBA, sources told ESPN, confirming a

The Chicago Cubs are poised to make a run at wresting the National League Central crown away from the Milwaukee Brewers. While the team has not been a major player so far in winter’s free-agent frenzy, Chicago has cleared salary space to make a run at one of the top bats still available in third baseman

Jan 15, 2025, 04:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Baltimore Ravens claimed their former wide receiver Diontae Johnson on waivers from the Houston Texans, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. This a procedural move and Johnson won’t officially be awarded to the Ravens until after the Super Bowl, but he qualifies as an

LeBron James has finally addressed the viral ‘f**kery’ tweet, during an appearance on the podcast ‘New Heights’.  Appearing as a guest on the show hosted by NFL brothers Travis and Jason Kelce, the Lakers star was asked about a classic viral tweet, which implied that his career would be ending after turning 30.  James, who

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterJan 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Open Extended Reactions With schools playing as many as 16 games this season in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff format, we waited a little longer than usual

Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in

Katie Barnes, ESPN.comJan 14, 2025, 11:37 AM ET Close Katie Barnes is a writer/reporter for ESPN.com. Follow them on Twitter at Katie_Barnes3. INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Lewis, who was arrested on a felony charge for allegedly stalking WNBA star Caitlin Clark, appeared in court Tuesday and immediately was rebuked by the judge for talking. When he

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterJan 13, 2025, 09:48 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — The

The inaugural season of the TGL indoor golf league continues on Tuesday Night, with Los Angeles Golf Club taking on Jupiter Links Golf Club. In the TGL’s first-ever match the Bay Golf Club comfortably defeated the New York Golf Club (which included world no. 2 Xander Schauffele) 9-2 with five holes to spare. Tuesday’s matchup will