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There may not be a hotter team on the recruiting trail right now than Auburn, and that momentum carried into Saturday with the commitment of Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson five-star EDGE Jared Smith. Smith chose the Tigers over Florida State, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and USC. 247Sports is high on Smith ranking him as the

Boomers group stage takeaways: Positives, big question marks, and those damn turnovers The Boomers started their Olympic campaign well, but have only just fallen into a quarterfinals berth after a second straight loss, this time to Greece. Olgun Uluc takes stock of the group phase ahead of the Paris quarterfinals.

The top basketball recruit in the nation cut down his list on Friday with A.J. Dybantsa now locked in on seven schools. Dybantsa, who is a five-star recruit and the consensus top player in the nation, is down to a final seven of Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, BYU, Kansas, Kansas State and North Carolina. He transferred

Despite being one of the longest-played and most-watched sports on the planet, golf is fairly new to the modern Olympics scene, and the upcoming 2024 Paris Games are only the fifth at which the world’s best golfers will be going for the gold medal as representatives of their respective countries’ teams. Two early editions of

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterAug 2, 2024, 11:18 AM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions PARIS — After a strong finish to the group stage raised dreams of a surprising run for the United States men’s Olympic soccer team, the Americans saw their hopes erased on Friday —

Despite coming off the bench on Thursday, United States basketball’s Bam Adebayo was the leading scorer for the Americans in a 103-86 win in the Olympics. And for those who have followed Adebayo’s career for a while, his dominant performance for the United States in the Olympics is to be expected. As a class of

If Oklahoma State winds up in the new, 12-team College Football Playoff this season, their defense will be a big reason why.  The type of talent the Cowboys have on that side of the ball was on full display with the release of the Nagurski Trophy preseason watch list on July 30, with two Oklahoma

ESPN News Services Aug 1, 2024, 10:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Gordon Hayward has retired from the NBA after 14 seasons, he announced on social media Thursday. “Today, I am officially retiring from the game of basketball,” Hayward wrote. “It’s been an incredible ride and I’m so grateful to everyone who helped me achieve

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — One of the best soccer players of his generation, former Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovic still believes that the United States model for player development should look and feel different. The now AC Milan executive said that playing soccer in the United States faces the unique challenge of being expensive to play.

and others • 11 min read (Getty) Tennis at Paris 2024 is underway. No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic has powered into the Olympic tennis quarter-finals and looks to be the one to beat. Top-ranked Iga Swiatek, meanwhile, remains alive in the women’s singles draw as several top seeds bundle out. The Sporting News collates the draws

Jul 31, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago White Sox didn’t deal their most coveted pitcher at the MLB trade deadline. The San Diego Padres went all-in for a bullpen upgrade. And the Los Angeles Dodgers in a last-minute flurry landed this deadline’s top starting pitcher. Which clubs made the right calls?

Four-star forward Jack McCaffery gave a commitment to Butler on Monday. He is the consensus top recruit in Iowa in the class of 2025. He also has a pretty well-known father in the college basketball world. Fran McCaffery has been the head coach at Iowa since 2010. He has taken the Hawkeyes to the postseason

Associated Press Jul 30, 2024, 08:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Coco Gauff was left in tears after getting into an extended argument with the chair umpire over a ruling during the reigning US Open champion’s 7-6 (7), 6-2 loss to Donna Vekic of Croatia in a Paris Olympics third-round singles match Tuesday.

Terence Crawford is considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world. However, after becoming the undisputed welterweight champion in 2023, “Bud” hasn’t entered the ring since. He returns to action attempting to win gold in another division when he faces WBA super welterweight champion Israil Madrimov on August 3. In connection with Saudi Arabia and Riyadh

The Los Angeles Chargers held their first padded training camp practice of the offseason, which means all eyes were on rookie first-round selection Joe Alt.  He had an excellent (though imperfect) debut. One-on-one reps Per on-field reporter Steven Haglund, Alt had two reps against Joey Bosa in one-on-one drills. Both ended in a stalemate, which

Talk about a busy few days for McKenna Whitham, who over the weekend became the youngest professional player in the history of American soccer. Whitham signed with Gotham FC on July 26 as a 13-year-old. On July 24, she turned 14-years old and then one day later on Sunday, Whitham came on in the 80th

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 29, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Team USA got tremendous production up and down its lineup in its Olympic-opening 110-84 victory Sunday over Serbia. But it was unavoidable that some

Kiyan Anthony, son of basketball legend Carmelo Anthony, has announced his top six schools. One familiar program is included in the final choices: Syracuse, where Melo established himself as a blossoming superstar ahead of the NBA. The other five schools on Anthony’s list are Auburn, Florida State, Ohio State, Rutgers, and USC. On Thursday, he