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ATLANTA — Georgia coach Kirby Smart said the SEC coaches haven’t reached a consensus in their support for a 16-team playoff model that would include the five highest-ranked conference champions and 11 at-large teams. But Smart said most SEC coaches favor that format for 2026 because it wouldn’t limit their participants like automatic qualifiers. “I … Read more

David HaleJul 15, 2025, 01:20 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. ATLANTA — Nine months after hitting “rock bottom” when he was benched at Oklahoma, Jackson Arnold said he’s poised to write a much different story this season at Auburn. The former five-star recruit called … Read more

ON APRIL 13, somewhere near Johnson City, Tennessee, Fred Warren couldn’t peel his eyes away from the television. The former East Tennessee State head golf coach watched as Rory McIlroy, the curly-haired firecracker of a golfer he had first seen at just 13 years old in Ireland, was now trying to hang on to a … Read more

Joey Lynch Close Joey Lynch is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and AYA cancer advocate. Primarily working on football, he has covered the Socceroos, Matildas and A-Leagues for ESPN for over a decade. Jul 13, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Wrexham are touring Australia and New Zealand for the very first time. While the Championship awaits the … Read more

Jul 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET 2025 NBA summer league has been filled with exciting rookie debuts, young players looking to secure roster spots and plenty of chatter surrounding the upcoming season’s biggest storylines. Las Vegas has seen plenty of highlights, including Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks triumphing over Bronny James and the Los … Read more

Rich CiminiJul 14, 2025, 04:32 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York … Read more

Andrea AdelsonJul 14, 2025, 09:04 AM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. BATON ROUGE, La. — There is a quiet anticipation inside the newly expanded LSU football operations center, even though the season is still months away. In the weight room, players go through the summer conditioning … Read more

Bill ConnellyJul 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. Back in May, ESPN’s team of college football reporters voted on the sport’s best coaches for 2025. The results were about as you would expect: Start … Read more

Jul 13, 2025, 05:00 PM ET The 2025 Women’s European Championship is into the final group games. Let’s catch you up on what’s happening, what you’ve missed and what’s still to come. We will update this file throughout each matchday with the latest reporting, analysis and fun from the competition. – Women’s Euro 2025 bracket, … Read more

Spain’s Ministry for Social Rights has requested an investigation into possible breaches of disability laws at Barcelona star Lamine Yamal‘s 18th birthday party following allegations that individuals with dwarfism were hired as entertainers, according to EFE. The Ministry wants the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Spanish Ombudsman and the Office for Combating Hate Crimes to probe … Read more