Gus Johnson’s voice has been the excitable soundtrack to dozens of thrilling moments in college football over the course of his decorated broadcasting career. On Saturday, he narrated a play so exciting he nearly lost that distinctive voice. Facing a third-and-goal from the Penn State 7-yard line, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza beat a ferocious oncoming pass rush to get off ...
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia was one of the most trusted relievers in the bullpen this past season and earned two postseason wins for the team in 2025. Vesia did not finish out the postseason, missing the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays due to the death of his daughter, Sterling Sol Vesia. The veteran pitcher and his ...
As Ohio State football picked up its ninth win of the season against Purdue on Saturday, Nov. 8, the top-ranked Buckeyes did so without one of their top wide receivers in Carnell Tate. After not playing a single first-half snap against Purdue, the Buckeyes’ wide receiver, who has been one of quarterback Julian Sayin’s go-to targets this season, was held ...
The college football season is building to a crescendo when the College Football Playoff field is announced next month. Between now and that final weekend, there are five Saturdays of games that will set the table for sorting out the 12 teams selected. As the games have more magnitude, the pressure is greater on teams and coaches. That pressure can ...
Don’t read too much into the score of the first game of the U.S. women’s Rivalry Series against Canada. The Americans beat their archrivals 4-1 on Thursday night in Cleveland, thanks to three power-play goals by Abbey Murphy and a vault-like effort in the final two minutes by goaltender Aerin Frankel. It was the third win in a row over ...
President Donald Trump wants the new Washington Commanders stadium to be named after him, reports ESPN.com. According to the report, the White House has been in contact with the Commanders’ ownership group to express interest in having the new facility named after him. The proposed $3.7 billion domed stadium will be situated on the same site as the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial ...
In HBO’s ‘Alex vs. ARod’ (Part one streaming now, new episodes Thursdays, 9 p.m. ET/PT), sports talk radio icon Mike Francesa calls former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez ‘a Shakespearian figure’ and a flawed man. The person Francesa was talking about couldn’t agree more, saying that the media personality’s observation is, ‘the line of the documentary.’ ‘I think that ...
Kyle Shanahan’s starting quarterback, Brock Purdy, was struck by a turf toe injury that has limited him to two starts. The stud pass-rusher? Nick Bosa’s season was wrecked in Week 3 by a torn ACL. Fred Warner, the heart and soul of the San Francisco 49ers defense, went down in Week 6 with a broken and dislocated ankle. Dynamic wide ...
After the season opener, Anthony Edwards was impressed. “If you coming to play Portland, it ain’t no more nights off, it ain’t no more gimme wins against Portland, man,” he said Wednesday, Oct. 22 after his Minnesota Timberwolves narrowly escaped with a win. “I’m not gonna lie, I love their team.” The following day, however, everything would change for the ...
Elena Rybakina won the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after beating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 7-6 (0) on Saturday. It’s the tenth straight year that the WTA Finals has a first-time winner, as Coco Gauff won the event last year. The last player to win the WTA Finals in consecutive years was Serena Williams from 2012 to 2014. The match was tightly ...