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Open Extended Reactions The AFC and NFC conference championships are here! Sunday’s slate starts with surging rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. Then the Kansas City Chiefs will host MVP contender Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to both

The North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team picked up a significant piece for the future on Thursday night. Class of 2025 five-star forward Caleb Wilson announced his commitment to North Carolina live on TNT’s Inside the NBA, choosing the Tar Heels over Kentucky. Wilson gathered more than 25 scholarships during his recruitment, having been offered

Open Extended Reactions SIX YEARS AGO, when the world knew next to nothing of a gangly 17-year-old pitcher in Japan, a Los Angeles Dodgers evaluator sat in the stands at his high school games with a video camera to capture the splendor. Roki Sasaki’s fastball regularly reached 100 mph, his right arm a whirling force

The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees have both reinforced their World Series rosters with significant additions this winter, and perhaps a win-win transaction between the two could be next. The Dodgers followed up their 2024 championship by adding the likes of Blake Snell, Tanner Scott and Roki Sasaki. Meanwhile, the Yankees have acquired

ESPN News Services Jan 22, 2025, 05:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Miami Heat are planning to suspend star guard Jimmy Butler for two games, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Wednesday. Butler missed a team flight earlier in the day and had plans to join the Heat on Wednesday night, sources said. Now

The Philadelphia 76ers continue to flounder. With their blowout loss against the Denver Nuggets last night, they are now 15-27. It only gets worse. The Sixers are entering arguably the hardest part of their schedule, as some of their upcoming opponents are the Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, and the Nuggets again. Also, no

David SchoenfieldJan 22, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. It’s a remarkable achievement to survive the gauntlet of baseball writers to get elected to Cooperstown:

Former unified welterweight world champion Keith Thurman is booked to fight outside of North America for the first time when he takes on Brock Jarvis at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on March 12. In a surprise headliner for No Limit Boxing’s first Australian pay-per-view of the year, “One Time” will take on Sydney’s Jarvis in an

Associated Press Jan 21, 2025, 10:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ohio State was No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season Tuesday after beating Notre Dame for its first national championship since 2014. The Buckeyes (14-2) received every first-place vote following their mostly dominant run through the

Lions coach Dan Campbell said in the wake of Detroit’s upset divisional round loss that he expected to lose both his offensive and defensive coordinators this offseason, and it didn’t take long for the first shoe to drop. OC Ben Johnson left the Lions on Monday to become the Bears‘ next head coach. Glenn is

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterJan 20, 2025, 11:08 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Seven weeks and two days ago, Ohio State coach Ryan Day watched as Michigan planted its flag at midfield inside the Horseshoe, chaos ensuing: fans chanting “F—

The Arch Manning era is officially on in Austin. The Manning family heir won hearts with his standout performances in limited action during the 2024 season. Manning made two starts this season against Mississippi State and ULM, throwing for 583 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions in those two starts. The stats alone say

Alaina Getzenberg Close Alaina Getzenberg ESPN Alaina Getzenberg is a staff writer who covers the Buffalo Bills and the NFL. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of

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