Oct 16, 2025, 08:00 AM ET The third Saturday in October delivers a lot of good things in college football, and not just Tennessee–Alabama, as the Vols try to break their Tuscaloosa curse and win there for the first time since 2003. The SEC figures to dominate the spotlight, as it often does, as Ole…
Bobby Marks Tim Bontemps Close Tim Bontemps ESPN Senior Writer Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop…
Alden GonzalezOct 16, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers didn’t just fall short of lofty expectations during the regular season. For a large chunk of it, they were…
Kristen ShiltonOct 16, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Sports can provoke all sorts of emotions. New York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad, for example, couldn’t decide whether to laugh or cry after his team was shut out in its first three home games of the season —…
Brian WindhorstOct 16, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — It’s a few minutes before tipoff in the first NBA game of any sort in the 2025-26 season and the basketball court inside Etihad Arena is…
Bill ConnellyOct 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. It’s not really an overstatement to say that the Notre Dame-USC rivalry nationalized football. Sure, we already had plenty of heated rivalries when the two schools…
Oct 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Inspirational thought of the week: “Are you surprised?” “Surprised, Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am right now.” — Clark Griswold and Cousin Eddie, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind…
Jorge CastilloOct 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. SIX MONTHS AGO, just seven games into…
Oct 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET The NBA’s preseason is drawing to a close The curtain will rise on the 2025-26 season in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, when the defending champion Thunder will celebrate their first title as they host former Thunder star Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. And while much of the preseason…
Oct 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET We are two games into both 2025 league championship series, and it’s time for our initial impressions based on what we have seen on the field. The Seattle Mariners are headed home with a 2-0 ALCS lead after downing the Toronto Blue Jays on consecutive days to start the…
