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…
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…
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…
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…
There’s a new AAA John Wick game coming with Keanu Reaves portraying the main character both in voice and likeness, Lionsgate and Saber Interactive announced. Currently untitled, it’s in development for PS5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC, and will be a single-player third-person experience designed for “mature” audiences. So far, there’s no release…
Afghanistan is no longer simply a humanitarian tragedy. It is becoming a strategic fault line — where religious repression at home and militant projection abroad converge in ways that threaten South Asia and, eventually, regions far beyond. Two recent developments crystallize this reality. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended designating Afghanistan…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is under intense pressure from the US to take his country to the polls as early as this spring. Donald Trump is demanding elections as a condition for American security guarantees for Ukraine against any future Russian invasion. Zelensky has faced persistent calls from Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and at times…
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls was first announced last year as a tag fighting game feature superheroes including Captain America, Ms Marvel and Spider-Man, with a launch sometime in 2026. We expected more details to be revealed at Sony’s State of Play yesterday and indeed they were. The game will arrive August 6 on PS5 and…
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will be available on PC starting on March 19, Kojima Productions has announced at State of Play. The studio worked with Dutch video game developer Nixxes Software, which Sony acquired in 2021 to help bring PlayStation games to PCs. The sequel to the first Death Stranding is set in…
In the days since its landslide victory, Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party finds itself grappling with the ultimate political quandary: what to do when you’re the proverbial dog that caught the car? The yen’s powerful rally since Sunday’s election triumph suggests markets are thinking twice about the aggressive fiscal loosening Japan’s first female leader promised…
