Dec 20, 2025, 07:05 PM ET Just win, baby. None of the hand-wringing around who should be included in the 12-team playoff matters anymore. All that matters is advancing to the quarterfinals, and three teams have done so already. Alabama rallied from down 17-0 to beat Oklahoma on Friday, moving on to play top-seeded Indiana…
LIVERPOOL — Arsenal may be top of the Premier League at Christmas again, but Mikel Arteta’s team are beginning to resemble one of those toys whose batteries have a frustratingly short lifespan. But they are durable at least. A week after toiling to a 2-1 home win against bottom team Wolverhampton Wanderers — Arsenal’s winner…
Kevin SeifertDec 20, 2025, 06:44 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate…
Andrea AdelsonDec 19, 2025, 11:31 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Duke quarterback Darian Mensah announced Friday he would return to the Blue Devils next season. Mensah, who led Duke to the ACC championship earlier this month, had explored entering the NFL draft. But in a…
Dec 19, 2025, 12:12 PM ET BOURNEMOUTH, England — United States international Tyler Adams will be out for up to three months after tearing a medial collateral ligament, Bournemouth coach Andoni Iraola said Friday. Adams was injured in the opening minutes of Monday’s Premier League draw against Manchester United. – Will another injury derail Adams’…
David PurdumDec 19, 2025, 10:53 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 In one corner, there’s Anthony Joshua, a 6-foot-6, 243-pound, two-time heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist, who owns one of the hardest punches in boxing. In the other corner stands Jake Paul, a 6-1, 216-pound YouTube influencer,…
Laurence EdmondsonDec 19, 2025, 11:38 AM ET Close •Joined ESPN in 2009•An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MARANELLO, Italy — At the heart of Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello, scaffolding dominates one side of the Piazza Michael Schumacher. Behind it, Enzo Ferrari’s famous farmhouse — the iconic backdrop for Lewis Hamilton’s internet-breaking F40 photoshoot at…
Elizabeth MerrillDec 19, 2025, 10:52 AM ET Close Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As she has been known to do lately during this unbelievable run by the Texas A&M volleyball team, All-America hitter Logan Lednicky lifted…
Dec 19, 2025, 08:47 AM ET Al Hilal midfielder Rúben Neves has put Manchester United on high alert with his desire to return to the Premier League, while United want to beat Manchester City to the signing of AFC Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the…
Don Van Natta Jr.Dec 18, 2025, 08:00 PM ET Close Host and co-executive producer of the new ESPN series, “Backstory” Member of three Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for national, explanatory and public service journalism Author of three books, including New York Times best-selling “First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to Bush”…
