Mikel Arteta labeled Arsenal‘s 4-1 thrashing of Aston Villa a “great way to end the year,” but played down the importance of his team moving five points clear at the top of the Premier League. Villa’s club-record-equaling 11-game winning streak came to an abrupt end Tuesday as the Gunners struck four times in the second…
Nick WagonerDec 30, 2025, 08:08 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In over a decade with the company, Nick has led ESPN’s coverage…
They came with mounting concern and left with renewed hope. That is the transformative effect a win like this can have on Arsenal and their supporters, who have watched a nervousness creep into their side’s title challenge in recent weeks as Manchester City and Aston Villa steadily closed the gap at the top. They have…
MANCHESTER — “We’ve got a point; we’ve got a point,” chanted the Wolverhampton Wanderers fans in the corner of Old Trafford at the end of Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United. You can understand their surprise after 11 Premier League defeats in a row, but it won’t have come as a major shock to the…
Dec 30, 2025, 07:06 PM ET Barcelona have already made a move to sign Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic on a free transfer next summer, while Juve star Kenan Yildiz is being tracked by Liverpool as they look to plan for life after Mohamed Salah. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around…
Dec 29, 2025, 08:49 AM ET Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III sustained a quad injury Sunday night that is not thought to be serious, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Burden suffered the injury on the final play of Chicago’s 42-38 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. He attempted to walk off…
Dec 29, 2025, 01:54 PM ET LAGOS, Nigeria — Anthony Joshua, the two-time former world heavyweight boxing champion from Britain, was hospitalized in stable condition Monday after being involved in a car crash in Nigeria that killed two people who were close friends and team members, his promoter said. Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing said on…
Bill BarnwellDec 29, 2025, 09:00 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…
This has been a year of championship upheaval in the UFC, even if 2025 is ending with belts wrapped around many familiar waists. Of the 11 current UFC men’s and women’s champions, four were titleholders at the start of the year. Two others began 2025 as former champions, and another was in the second year…
Jeff BorzelloDec 29, 2025, 08:15 AM ET Close Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014. With the calendar about to turn to 2026 and nonconference play making way for the full swing of conference schedules, we’ll start to see more separation in the national pecking order of college basketball….
