Michael C. WrightOct 8, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M INSIDE A QUIET gym located on a sprawling 400-acre ranch in Katy, Texas, some 30 miles due east of Houston, Victor Wembanyama backed down new San Antonio Spurs assistant coach…
Real Madrid are ready to replace Vinícius Júnior with Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, while Liverpool eye a move for AFC Bournemouth‘s Antoine Semenyo. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s grades TOP STORIES – Messi, Neymar, Suárez pay…
Greg WyshynskiOct 8, 2025, 12:06 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. NEW YORK — Mike Sullivan coached the Pittsburgh Penguins for 10 seasons, leading them to two Stanley Cup championships. On Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, he watched them ruin his debut as the New York Rangers‘ latest head coach….
CRANBERRY, Pa. — As Evgeni Malkin sits in an empty locker room at the Penguins practice facility, being interviewed for a story about his longtime teammate Sidney Crosby, the 39-year-old Russian center makes a point for emphasis. “You see security here?” Malkin says, motioning to the Penguins’ detail, standing discreetly in the doorway. “It’s like,…
Kiley McDanielOct 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for three MLB teams. Co-author of Author of ‘Future Value’ In case you hadn’t heard, Aaron Judge entered the 2025 MLB playoffs with a checkered history of…
AS GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO grappled with his Milwaukee Bucks future this offseason, general manager Jon Horst made the 6,000-mile trek to Athens, Greece, in late July for a face-to-face meeting with his franchise’s cornerstone star — the 2021 NBA champion and Finals MVP. Horst was coming off a transformative summer for the Bucks, having made the…
The Houston Rockets looked ready to contend for the Western Conference heading into the preseason following deals for Kevin Durant and veteran role players Dorian Finney-Smith and Clint Capela. Anchored by point guard Fred VanVleet, who signed a two-year, $50 million contract over the summer, all the pieces were in place for Houston to challenge…
Pamela MaldonadoOct 7, 2025, 06:19 AM ET Close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. Six weeks into the season, the Heisman race looks nothing like it did in August, the national title board is shifting but mostly stable, and one Big 12 team might be a lot more dangerous than the market…
NFL NationOct 7, 2025, 06:20 AM ET Close NFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season. Welcome to Week 6 of the 2025 NFL season. There are no undefeated…
We’re one week into the 2025 MLB playoffs, with two games having now been played in all four division series matchups. In the small-sample-size world of October baseball, it might seem like that means we’ve seen enough to know a lot. But the reality for a sport that combines 162-game seasons with the chaos of…
