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Jake TrotterSep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM ET Close Jake Trotter is a senior writer at ESPN. Trotter covers college football. He also writes about other college sports, including men’s and women’s basketball. Trotter resides in the Cleveland area with his wife and three kids and is a fan of his hometown Oklahoma City Thunder. He … Read more

David HaleSep 28, 2025, 01:07 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. The beauty of college football, the thing that keeps us coming back week after week in spite of the exasperating morass of everything that happens off the field, is that the sport keeps surprising … Read more

Oregon’s win at Penn State catapulted the Ducks into the top three this week, but they weren’t the only movers on a statement Saturday where winning on the road provided an extra boost. Welcome back, Alabama. There’s a temporary ceiling, though, for some of these contenders, as the selection committee’s head-to-head tiebreaker is factoring into … Read more

Sep 28, 2025, 01:22 AM ET From Carlos Ulberg’s brutal first-round KO that put the light heavyweight division on notice, to Jimmy Crute’s redemption story, to a day where almost every local fighter had sent the RAC Arena crowd into raptures, UFC Perth delivered everything fans could have hoped for. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Here … Read more

Max OlsonSep 28, 2025, 02:24 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — For the first time all night, Dante Moore was overwhelmed. The Oregon quarterback paused his victory lap and bent over, staring down at the Beaver Stadium grass while trying … Read more

Sep 28, 2025, 12:44 AM ET Carlos Ulberg delivered a perfect statement to the UFC in a stunning first-round knockout of seventh ranked light heavyweight Dominick Reyes at UFC Fight Night Perth. Third-ranked Ulberg is now unbeaten in his last nine fights stretching back to February 2022. The City Kick Boxing fighter has cemented his … Read more

Week 5 of the season finally gave us a glimpse of some presumed College Football Playoff contenders against stouter competition. Allstate Playoff Predictor How will this season’s top games affect the College Football Playoff chase? What are the current odds for the top four? The Allstate Playoff Predictor has the answers. Check back every week … Read more

Sep 27, 2025, 10:14 PM ET CLEVELAND — CJ Kayfus was hit by a pitch from Robert Garcia with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning, scoring Petey Halpin to clinch a playoff berth for the Cleveland Guardians with a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Cleveland (87-74) is … Read more

Big wins always feel good — and so does trolling your opponent after the final whistle. Ole Miss picked up such a win in Week 5, downing LSU 24-19 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. In doing so, the Rebels, now 5-0 on the season, added a prime-time ranked win to their College Football Playoff resume. Editor’s Picks … Read more

Jorge CastilloSep 27, 2025, 08:50 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. MIAMI — With the New York Mets … Read more