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Aug 22, 2025, 02:31 PM ET The US Open kicks off Sunday, with defending champions Aryna Sabalenka and Jannik Sinner both in the draw. Will Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz meet again in the final, as they did at both the French Open and Wimbledon, winning one apiece? Or could Novak Djokovic make it to the … Read more

Max OlsonAug 24, 2025, 08:25 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska The price tag for top college football talent has never been higher — but how high is it, really? Schools had more money to spend this offseason entering the first year of revenue … Read more

Aug 24, 2025, 11:58 AM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers informed rookie safety Shilo Sanders on Sunday that he is being waived, his agents told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Agents Drew Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey told Schefter that they hope Sanders gets claimed on waivers. NFL teams are currently in the process of trimming their rosters … Read more

Aug 24, 2025, 11:29 AM ET NEW YORK — Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova made clear they didn’t love the idea of starting a Grand Slam tournament on a Sunday instead of a Monday when the French Open was the first to do it nearly 20 years ago and they were on the schedule for … Read more

Jenna LaineAug 23, 2025, 10:13 PM ET Close Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Jenna is a former cheerleader at the University of South Florida and speaks to the consistency of the program as being … Read more

Brian WindhorstAug 22, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books “CRANK THAT (SOULJA BOY)” was the No. 1 song on the Billboard charts. “Saw IV” was the top movie at the box office. The first iPhone had just been released. And Kevin … Read more

David HaleAug 24, 2025, 08:25 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. NEWARK, Del. — Russ Crook has a shirt he likes to wear to Delaware football road games. He’s a lifelong fan and the current president of the Blue Hen Touchdown Club, but he knows … Read more

Neil PaineAug 24, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Neil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight. Last year, we led this piece about the most favorable landing spots for new NFL head coaches with a warning that “predicting the future in the NFL is often an exercise … Read more

Aug 24, 2025, 12:42 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Nestor Cortes had one of the lowest moments of his baseball life in October when he gave up the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history to the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Freddie Freeman. In a new uniform and a new pennant race Saturday night, Cortes … Read more

Jorge CastilloAug 23, 2025, 06:17 PM 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 — The Yankees’ troublesome struggles … Read more