Dec 22, 2025, 09:22 AM ET It’s bowl season, and the College Football Playoff field is down to eight teams, with No. 1 Indiana among the teams that will lay it all on the line for a chance to be crowned national champion. The quarterfinals will be played on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, then…
NFL NationDec 21, 2025, 11:25 PM ET Close NFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season. Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season began with a Thursday night contest…
Mark SchlabachDec 20, 2025, 07:21 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia OXFORD, Miss. — After leading No. 6 Ole Miss to a 41-10 rout of No. 11 Tulane in a CFP first-round game Saturday, new Rebels coach Pete Golding walked off…
From Norman to College Station, Oxford to Eugene, the College Football Playoff is underway. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Like last season, first-round games will be held on the campuses of the higher-seeded team in each matchup, fostering authentic home atmospheres that are certain to be electric. Between a number of new entrants to the playoff…
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,…
