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France star Kylian Mbappe was already a man in the spotlight, but now he’s grabbed the headlines for an entirely new reason after a painful injury at Euro 2024. Mbappe feared missing some time at the tournament after the 25-year-old forward suffered a broken nose in an aerial collision with Austria defender Kevin Danso in

Shohei Ohtani’s 476-foot blast on Tuesday was the longest home run of the season (so far). Dead to center field and 113 miles per hour off the bat, it was gone the moment he made contact. It beat the previous longest homers of the season, which both Aaron Judge and Mike Trout recorded at 473

A remarkable season of high school soccer sees Maddie DiMaria named the Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. And perhaps making it even more remarkable is that DiMaria was just a freshman in high school this past season. She is the first-ever freshman to win the award. DiMaria, who plays for Cor Jesu

The Oilers made history Tuesday with a 5-3 win, becoming the first road team to win a Game 5 in the Stanley Cup Final after trailing 3-0 in the series. Now the series has new life entering Game 6 on Friday night. The Oilers in Game 5 jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening

ESPN Insiders Jun 20, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a deal to hire JJ Redick as the franchise’s next coach, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, ending a drawn-out search for one of the NBA’s premier jobs. Redick will get a four-year deal and will now be

Major League Baseball is heading to the oldest — and one of the most storied — ballpark in the nation.  On Thursday evening, the Cardinals and Giants will play at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, a ballpark that opened 124 years ago.  The Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro Leagues called Rickwood home from 1924-60. As such,

ESPN News Services Jun 19, 2024, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Sparks forward Cameron Brink suffered a torn ACL in her left knee during Tuesday’s game against the Connecticut Sun, the team announced Wednesday. Brink, the No. 2 pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, appeared to slip while driving to the basket

Ransford Gyan’s remarkable journey from Ghana to perennial soccer power St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.) added another impressive accolade to the story this week, with the dynamic midfielder being named 2023-24 Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year. The surprise announcement came while Gyan competed in a youth soccer tournament in Tennessee, with his

When it comes to imitating baseball players, there are a plethora of pros that young kids take after.  A majority of the time, it’s about emulating pitcher windups or batting stances. There have been iconic movements from the mound, such as Dontrelle Willis’s high kick or Tim Lincecum’s whipping motion. In the batter’s box, kids

USC’s marriage with the Big Ten isn’t for everyone. Isaiah Gibson, the No, 1 EDGE rusher in the Class of 2025, has decommitted from USC. gods plan.. https://t.co/oIUuLvz10W — Isaiah Gibson (@isaiahgibson99) June 18, 2024 Gibson, 6-foot-4 and 245 pounds, is from Warner Robins High School in Georgia, and is considered a five-star recruit. There

Field Level Media Jun 18, 2024, 12:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Indiana Fever‘s 91-83 victory over the visiting Chicago Sky on Sunday was the WNBA’s most-watched game in 23 years, CBS announced Tuesday. The game featured 2024 first overall pick Caitlin Clark of the Fever and No. 7 overall pick Angel Reese of

The Celtics are your 2024 NBA champions. Boston capped off a dominant postseason with a gentleman’s sweep of the Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals. Behind the efforts of Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday and more, the Celtics finished the job in Boston, securing a Game 5 win. Boston rattled off a 16-3 playoff

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJun 17, 2024, 12:22 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Former LSU coach Les Miles is suing the school for vacating wins in response to an NCAA infractions case, a move that dropped Miles below the threshold for College Football

A state final game in Vermont over the weekend saw a total swing of emotions. Mount Abraham thought it had defeated Middlebury on a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh. However, the batter failed to touch first before starting to celebrate and it caused a rules ruckus. Per the Burlington Free Press: Mount

The top of the Dodgers order is a lot less scary without Mookie Betts in the leadoff spot. Betts on Sunday was hit by a fastball and broke his left hand. Manager Dave Roberts told reporters after the game it won’t require surgery and that Betts won’t be out for the season. While overcoming his

ESPN News Services Jun 16, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs has been arrested for the second time in a month after he was booked on a domestic violence/burglary charge in Alabama on Sunday morning and released, according to online records. Tuscaloosa County jail records show Buggs was released on

Not long ago, the Texas Longhorns were a once legendary program in decline.  Now Head Coach Steve Sarkisian and surprise QB Quinn Ewers have put the Longhorns back in the national championship conversation. But as Uncle Ben once told Peter Parker, aka Spiderman, with great expectations comes great pressure to win the whole damn thing…

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterJun 15, 2024, 11:52 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals