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Michael DiRoccoAug 17, 2025, 10:24 PM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL Nation reporter at ESPN and covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN and the Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The … Read more

First baseman Nathaniel Lowe and the Boston Red Sox are finalizing a deal, sources told ESPN, paving the way for him to join one of the strongest lineups in baseball. The deal, which will be for a prorated portion of the major league minimum after Lowe was designated for assignment by Washington earlier this month … Read more

Aug 18, 2025, 12:46 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Seattle Mariners outfielder Victor Robles was ejected from a minor league game during a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday after he was nearly hit by an inside pitch and tossed his bat at the pitcher. Las Vegas starter Joey Estes’ first pitch to Robles … Read more

Aug 17, 2025, 09:37 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The numbers Scottie Scheffler is compiling have been drawing comparisons with Tiger Woods. The world’s No. 1 player had a Tiger-like moment with the trophy on the line and a club in his hand Sunday in the BMW Championship. His 82-foot chip on the 17th … Read more

Aug 17, 2025, 10:17 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Georgia teenager Mason Howell capped a productive summer before his senior year of high school by winning the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club on Sunday just two months after competing in his first U.S. Open. Howell, who turned 18 in June, raced out to a … Read more

Myron MedcalfAug 17, 2025, 09:30 PM ET Close Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011. Omaha forward Deng Mayar, who transferred from North Dakota this offseason, died Saturday in a drowning incident, the school announced Sunday. He was 22. According to news reports, Mayar was with a friend at the … Read more

Rob DemovskyAug 17, 2025, 03:57 PM ET Close Rob Demovsky is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Green Bay Packers. He has covered the Packers since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2013. Demovsky is a two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the NSSA. GREEN BAY, Wis. — The injury woes … Read more

Alexa PhilippouAug 17, 2025, 02:27 PM ET Close Covers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati Enquirer UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Indiana received another gut punch Sunday when … Read more

Aug 17, 2025, 05:31 PM ET WESTFIELD, Ind. — Jon Rahm successfully defended his LIV Golf season points title Sunday without winning an event all year, closing with an 11-under 60 before losing a playoff to Sebastián Muñoz on the first extra hole in the Indianapolis event. Munoz won two days after becoming the first … Read more

Kevin PeltonAug 17, 2025, 05:45 PM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system SEATTLE — In a ceremony before the Seattle Storm hosted the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday, legendary former guard Sue Bird became the first WNBA player honored by her franchise … Read more