New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone doesn’t shy away from absorbing any criticism that comes his way to protect his own players from hearing it. After the Yankees kept their season alive with a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the AL wild card series on Wednesday, Boone told The...
Bill ConnellyOct 1, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Preseason All-American Cade Klubnik’s team is 1-3, and he is 94th in Total QBR. Preseason Heisman favorite Arch Manning is 71st. Sam Leavitt, Nico Iamaleava and...
Conor McGregor revealed that his fight as part of the upcoming 2026 UFC event at the White House is set. “It ain’t a negotiation,” McGregor told Sean Hannity on Fox News. “It’s a done deal, signed, delivered. McGregor will compete in the White House for America’s 250th birthday.” The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion...
Making tough lineup decisions each week can be the most challenging part of the fantasy football process. When you’re torn between two similar players and simply don’t know who to start, start the player with the superior matchup. Ah, but exactly how does one determine the best (and worst) weekly matchups? All of ESPN. All...
The Los Angeles Dodgers set up what could be an epic NLDS matchup with the Philadelphia Phillies with their wild-card round sweep of the Cincinnati Reds. The Dodgers and Phillies have represented the National League in three of the last five World Series. They’ve been two of the most consistent franchises in that span, and...
Alden GonzalezOct 2, 2025, 12:37 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. LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers felt as if they addressed any concerns about the state of their team over the last three...
The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the National League Division Series. Led by a strong performance from Mookie Betts, the Dodgers swept the Cincinnati Reds in their NL Wild Card Series matchup with an impressive 8-4 win in Game 2 on Wednesday night. Betts finished 4-for-5 with three RBI in the victory. Los...
The 2025 MLB division series matchups are starting to take shape after the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first team to advance out of the wild-card round. L.A.’s sweep sets up a division series showdown with the Philadelphia Phillies starting Saturday in Philadelphia. What have we learned about each team so far? What does each...
Travis Hunter made a number of incredible plays on his way to the Heisman Trophy last season at Colorado but is yet to do so in the early going of his NFL career. The Jacksonville Jaguars reportedly aren’t worried about it. “They’re not that worried about Travis Hunter,” Mike Silver reported during an appearance on...
Tim McManusOct 1, 2025, 05:44 PM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. PHILADELPHIA — Eagles receiver A.J. Brown took responsibility Wednesday for letting his “frustrations boil over” Sunday and stated...