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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

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

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.

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

New England Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore has been absent from the last three training camp sessions, and we finally know why. On Sunday, the team announced that Barmore had been diagnosed with blood clots at Mass General Brigham Hospital. They’ve said that they are focused on his health and there is no timetable for

ESPN News Services Jul 28, 2024, 06:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Simone Biles briefly left the floor with what she said was discomfort in her left leg but continued her quest to return atop the Olympic podium Sunday, posting an all-around score that was more than three points ahead of U.S. teammate Suni Lee

Carmel, Indiana, the 106,000-person city that calls itself SwimCity, is living up to the name coined by Mayor Sue Finkam: It is the only city with three hometown swimmers competing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to SwimSwam, using USA Swimming parameters. Drew Kibler, who competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, returns to

and others • 1 min read Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports The New York Yankees reportedly have interest in a potential trade for Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Luis Garcia. According to Jon Heyman of The New York Post, the Yankees are joined by the Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals and some other teams with

Jul 26, 2024, 09:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers have agreed to a four-year, $220 million contract that makes him the highest-paid quarterback in NFL history, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. He also gets a record $75M signing bonus, as well as $155M in new full

An Oregon high school coach who allegedly woke players up in the middle of the night during a team camp and began slapping them appeared in court on Wednesday. Jamal Jones, the 32-year-old former head coach of Westview High School (Portland, Ore.), appeared at Yamhill County Courtroom on 12 counts of misdemeanor harassment, according to

The Milwaukee Brewers are intent on approaching the deadline with aggression, and they could be buying a new bat in the next 96 hours. Milwaukee would add both pitching and hitting to their roster in a perfect world. General manager Matt Arnold sees the Brewers up six games in the National League Central entering Friday,

Mark Fainaru-Wada, ESPN Staff WriterJul 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit since 2007 Co-author of New York Times best-selling books “League of Denial” and “Game of Shadows” Co-winner, 2004 George Polk Award Open Extended Reactions KIGALI, Rwanda — In the summer of 2018, inside a national arena