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NEWCASTLE, England — Barcelona manager Hansi Flick laid down the gauntlet to Marcus Rashford on Wednesday — and on Thursday, in stunning fashion, he responded as Barça opened their Champions League campaign with a 2-1 win at a raucous St. James’ Park against Newcastle United. Ahead of the match, Flick had urged Rashford to prove … Read more

Greg WyshynskiSep 18, 2025, 04:13 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin said he hasn’t decided whether 2025-26 will be his final NHL season. “I don’t know if this is going to be the last. We’ll see,” Ovechkin said Thursday at the start of … Read more

Mike ClaySep 18, 2025, 09:04 AM ET Close Mike Clay is a senior writer for fantasy football and the NFL at ESPN. Mike is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. His projections power the ESPN Fantasy Football game, and he also appears on “Fantasy Football Now” and the Fantasy Focus Football podcast. Welcome … Read more

The Atlanta Dream‘s new franchise cornerstones reversed their matching red-leather interior Corvettes into parallel parking spots, popped the rooftops back on, then stepped out in their game-day fits — Allisha Gray in a green crewneck, Rhyne Howard in a baby blue shirt and Naz Hillmon in a bright pink pantsuit. “It gives Powerpuff Girls,” Hillmon … Read more

Mike ClaySep 18, 2025, 10:00 AM ET Close Mike Clay is a senior writer for fantasy football and the NFL at ESPN. Mike is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. His projections power the ESPN Fantasy Football game, and he also appears on “Fantasy Football Now” and the Fantasy Focus Football podcast. Who … Read more

Major League Baseball is banning team officials from watching amateur players or collecting data on them for a monthslong period over the winter, warning executives that “the amateur baseball calendar is putting young players at dramatic risk of future injury,” according to a memo obtained by ESPN. In a seven-page document distributed to high-ranking personnel … Read more

Sep 17, 2025, 03:47 AM ET José Mourinho has returned to Portuguese football as coach of Benfica, the club announced on Thursday. Mourinho, 62, has signed what is provisionally a two-year deal with the Lisbon-based outfit less than three weeks after being sacked by Fenerbahce. The club have confirmed Mourinho’s contract contains a clause that … Read more

Sean AllenSep 18, 2025, 06:43 AM ET Close Sean Allen is a contributing writer for fantasy hockey and betting at ESPN. He was the 2008 and 2009 FSWA Hockey Writer of the Year. Fantasy hockey is all about trends and timing, and one of the trickiest patterns to navigate is the mid-career or late-career slump. … Read more

Bill BarnwellSep 18, 2025, 06:30 AM ET Close Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more. He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with … Read more