Dan WetzelOct 10, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. The University of Illinois football team plays host to top-ranked Ohio State on Saturday, assuring a sellout crowd and a frenzied campus atmosphere. The weather in Champagne is expected to be perfect…
Jorge CastilloOct 10, 2025, 08:00 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. NEW YORK — Twenty-four hours after launching…
Jordan Raanan Close Jordan Raanan ESPN Staff Writer Jordan Raanan covers the New York Giants for ESPN and can be heard hosting on ESPN Radio. Raanan joined ESPN in 2016. Tim McManus Close Tim McManus ESPN Staff Writer Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles…
Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer was upgraded to probable Thursday on the SEC availability report, a signal he’s set to attempt to play against Texas on Saturday, just 17 days after surgery on a broken bone in his throwing hand. Mateer’s push to return Saturday has continued this week, with sources telling ESPN that he has…
Jesse Cole vividly remembers the early days of owning the Savannah Bananas. They sold only a handful of tickets in the inaugural season in 2016 as a member of the Coastal Plain League playing as a collegiate summer team. He and his wife sold their house, emptied their savings accounts and slept on an air…
LONDON — Thomas Tuchel justified Jude Bellingham‘s omission from this England squad in part by claiming a need to identify an alternative should injury strike the Real Madrid star in the future. Thursday’s authoritative 3-0 victory over Wales at Wembley was further evidence that he might have found not just another option but a genuine…
It’s time for a pair of a Game 4s in the National League Division Series! The first matchup between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers was a pitchers’ duel that went 11 innings, finally ending with Andy Pages driving in Hyeseong Kim for the winning run to punch the Dodgers’ ticket to the National…
Dan WetzelOct 10, 2025, 06:51 AM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. The Arkansas basketball program had just two returning players when John Calipari took over in the spring of 2024. That meant he needed to quickly build a roster — long days of…
Inspirational thought of the week: We’re taking the train to Happy ValleyWon’t you come along there tooIt’s beautiful there in Happy ValleyWith wonderful things to do The sun shines brightly the whole day longEvery bird sings a different songThere’s no need to worry, there’s joys untoldIn Happy Valley you’ll never grow old — “Happy Valley,”…
Dana LeeOct 8, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Dana Lee is a reporter-researcher at ESPN. What happens when a two-time Super Bowl MVP tries to walk on (or run on) to the Penn State football team? Just over three years ago, Eli Manning went undercover for a sketch on his ESPN+ show “Eli’s Places” to…
