On the same day Auburn’s Johni Broome suffered an ankle injury at South Carolina that sidelined him for two weeks, Duke’s Cooper Flagg scored a career-high 42 points in a victory at Notre Dame. That’s when the Player of the Year race flipped. With Broome on the mend and Flagg on the rise, a decent […]
Michael VoepelJan 22, 2025, 06:25 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Playing defending national champion South Carolina was already difficult enough. But how the Gamecocks have responded […]
Mark SchlabachJan 20, 2025, 11:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — Ohio State’s high-powered offense proved to be too much for Notre Dame in the Buckeyes’ 34-23 victory in Monday’s national title game. The Buckeyes captured their first national […]
USATSI We’re one round away from finding out who will play in Super Bowl LIX, and the championship games should be exciting this weekend. The divisional round games last week were fun as well. In the NFC, Washington pulled off a huge 45-31 upset against Detroit, and Philadelphia held off the Rams 28-22. And in […]
1 The Arch Manning Era begins with all the expected hype. Thanks for the memories, Quinn Ewers, but the ‘Horns will be more dangerous at quarterback because of Manning’s overall athleticism and smarts. Steve Sarkisian gets back national freshman of the year Colin Simmons at defensive end as well as star linebacker Anthony Hill. Injured […]
In less than a month, pitchers and catchers will begin reporting for MLB Spring Training 2025 and the reality of baseball being around the corner is drawing Fantasy baseball managers out of their winter hibernation. It’s already been an action-packed MLB offseason, highlighted by Juan Soto signing a 15-year, $765 million contract to join the […]
Michael Voepel, ESPN Senior WriterJan 15, 2025, 01:15 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. A lot of deserved attention has gone to Big Ten newcomers UCLA and […]
We’re under a month from the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, and it’s getting easier to separate the buyers from the sellers, the contenders from the pretenders…
Tuesday night brought the most eye-popping result of the 2024-25 men’s basketball season: Florida 73, Tennessee 43. The Volunteers, who entered the game as the only team in the country without a loss, gave up the first 12 points and were essentially never in the game. Florida didn’t even play its A-game — and ran […]
We’re around five weeks out from when the first MLB teams report to spring training, and plenty of free agents remain unsigned. So while we wait, let’s look ahead to the start of the 2025 season. Where does every team stand heading into spring training? Can anyone catch the reigning World Series champion Dodgers for […]
