Max OlsonNov 20, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Shoe artist and Houston Christian redshirt freshman receiver Deacon Stanfield, right, poses with Detroit Lions pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson holding one of his creations.Courtesy of Deacon Stanfield After Texas A&M‘s season-opening win over…
Bill BarnwellNov 20, 2025, 06:35 AM ET Close Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more. He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with…
Jeff BorzelloNov 19, 2025, 11:36 PM ET Close Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014. STORRS, Conn. — With about 90 minutes to go until tipoff, Wednesday’s top-five matchup between No. 3 UConn and No. 4 Arizona completely changed. That’s when UConn announced that starting senior center Tarris Reed…
Dan HajduckyNov 19, 2025, 01:02 PM ET Close Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. WWE star and social media influencer Logan Paul recently “dismissed without prejudice” his litigation against…
David HaleNov 19, 2025, 01:52 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. BLACKSBURG, Va. — A year before Virginia Tech came as close as it ever has to winning a national championship, it installed an empty trophy case in its football facility. The idea, the program’s…
Adam RittenbergNov 19, 2025, 02:30 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Texas coach Steve Sarkisian pushed back against claims that he is looking to leave the program, saying Wednesday that he is “not going anywhere.” Sarkisian addressed reports about his potential departure, calling them “absolutely false and…
MIAMI — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry will miss Wednesday night’s game in Miami with ankle soreness. The team’s other headliners, Jimmy Butler (back) and Draymond Green (illness), also are out for the game. Curry initially tweaked his right ankle last Friday night during a 49-point performance in San Antonio and then tweaked it…
Eric MoodyNov 19, 2025, 12:54 PM ET Close Eric Moody is a writer for fantasy football, men’s and women’s basketball, and sports betting at ESPN. Eric joined ESPN in 2021 after working as a senior fantasy analyst at Pro Football Network. Prior to that, he spent much of his career as a manager at a…
Mark SchlabachNov 19, 2025, 02:15 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia OXFORD, Miss. — Before sunrise on Tuesday morning, barely a day after Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin set the college football world ablaze with reports that members of his family…
A brace from fullback Alex Freeman led the United States to a stunning 5-1 victory over Uruguay on Tuesday at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium. Highlighted by the efficient use of set pieces, the U.S. opened the scoring in the 17th minute when midfielder Sebastian Berhalter launched a shot into the back of the net off…
