Mark SchlabachFeb 13, 2026, 07:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Multiple Authors Let the Texas hype begin. The Longhorns fell short of their lofty preseason No. 1 ranking last season by finishing 10-3 and missing the College Football Playoff. But…
Feb 13, 2026, 07:25 AM ET Welcome to the 2026 college baseball season! With star players coast to coast, this opening weekend is sure to be as entertaining as ever. Shortstop Roch Cholowsky leads a talented No. 1 UCLA Bruins squad, Alabama’s Justin Lebron looks like the SEC’s premier player, and Georgia Tech’s Drew Burress…
The four astronauts that make up SpaceX Crew-12 have begun their journey to the International Space Station (ISS). Nasa’s Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, the European Space Agency’s Sophie Adenot and Roscosmos’s Andrey Fedyaev are all aboard the Falcon 9 rocket as it travels 34 hours to its destination. The crew will spend eight months…
Craig HaubertFeb 13, 2026, 07:15 AM ET Close National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-Omaha Multiple Authors Three years removed from the 2023 recruiting cycle, it’s time to reassess what those classes have become. Many look dramatically different, with some…
The mother of two infants found dead in a freezer in eastern France has been charged and placed in pre-trial detention, a prosecutor said on Friday. The case is the latest suspected instance of infanticide to emerge in France in recent years. Prosecutor Cedric Logelin said the 50-year-old woman was charged late on Thursday, a…
Feb 13, 2026, 07:02 AM ET TESERO, Italy — Friday the 13th will be remembered as a lucky day for Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Norway’s cross-country skiing star won an eighth gold medal at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday, tying the Winter Games record. Klaebo, 29, claimed victory in the men’s 10-kilometer interval‑start race for…
Anthony OlivieriFeb 13, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Anthony Olivieri is a staff writer for ESPN. He has a degree in communications with a concentration in journalism from Marist College. He’s been with ESPN since 2012. Multiple Authors THE BEST DUNKER in the world joined his teammates for practice on a recent December morning in…
Tim MacMahonFeb 13, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Multiple Authors GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO COULDN’T stay quiet and confused. His coach wouldn’t allow it. Early in Antetokounmpo’s NBA career, he was still learning English and often felt intimidated…
Ryan S. ClarkFeb 13, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Multiple Authors Sidney Crosby has met thousands of youth hockey players during his 20-year NHL career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. There’s no way he, or anyone in his position, could be expected to remember every interaction. Unless…
Bradford DoolittleFeb 13, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013 Multiple Authors Never mind what that groundhog in Pennsylvania had to say — for baseball fans, spring has sprung early. With the World Baseball Classic fast approaching, teams bumped…
