Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterDec 20, 2024, 07:00 AM 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. Luis Severino joined a videoconference on the Friday after Thanksgiving with an Athletics contingent that hoped to make him not only … Read more
For a 6-foot-9 giant as gregarious as two-time heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has been throughout his legendary — and, at times, tumultuous — career, the self-proclaimed “Gypsy King” has been noticeably quiet, if not stoic this week as he looks to avenge his first loss in 16 years as a pro. Under normal circumstances, any … Read more
The MLB free-agent market is officially open! Juan Soto was the biggest name on the board — and the 26-year-old slugger set a record for present-day value with his new deal with the New York Mets — but he was just one of several All-Stars available in what figures to be an active winter. [Related: … Read more
Welcome to the final weekend before Christmas! The festive period either slows down or speeds up depending on where you follow your soccer with English clubs gearing up for their busiest run of games while other European rivals take a breather. Jonathan Johnson here so let’s get to it! 📺 Footy Fix All times U.S./Eastern … Read more
No team wants to lose in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but there’s more at stake here than just wins and losses. For each team, a loss could confirm worst nightmares and validate what outside noise has been saying all season. The first round of the 12-team CFP era kicks off on … Read more
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer Donovan Jackson, the left guard-cum-left tackle for Ohio State, had begun to answer a question about the shuffling parts along the Buckeyes’ offensive line when he stopped himself and decided that chronology would reinforce the point he was trying to make. “We’ll start at the beginning,” Jackson … Read more
Beginning this weekend and through the next few weeks, 12 of this season’s best college football teams will be competing for the National Championship. Those important games will offer fans a glimpse at some NFL stars of tomorrow. It is worth noting that Notre Dame cornerback Benjamin Morrison and Ohio State offensive tackle Josh Simmons … Read more
Jake Trotter, ESPN Senior WriterDec 20, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Jake Trotter covers college football for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011. Before that, he worked at The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal newspapers. You can follow him @Jake_Trotter. KURTIS ROURKE’S GO-TO shirt around the Indiana football facility reads, “BRING YOUR EH … Read more
Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst For fans of the holidays and NFL scouts, alike, it really is the best time of the year. The 46 bowl games this winter provide talent evaluators and college football fans with quite the smorgasbord of tasty matchups. And, of course, this year is different from the past, with the … Read more
Who will win the first 12-team College Football Playoff? Six teams received at least one vote in our survey of 30 college football writers and editors at The Athletic, a big change from 10 years of postseason tournaments in which only four teams were in the field. Though Oregon got a majority of the votes, plenty … Read more