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Sep 14, 2025, 12:26 AM ET BLACKSBURG, Va. — Colton Joseph threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns to lead Old Dominion to a surprisingly easy 45-26 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday, dropping the Hokies to 0-3 in a pivotal season for coach Brent Pry. On a night when his team was booed loudly … Read more

Michael VoepelSep 13, 2025, 09:40 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. LAS VEGAS — Jewell Loyd said she is “at peace” heading into the Las Vegas Aces‘ … Read more

David HaleSep 14, 2025, 12:20 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. If you come at the king, as they say, you best not miss. On a Saturday that threatened to completely upend college football’s power dynamics, Tennessee took its shot at defending SEC champion Georgia, … Read more

It’s three weeks into the season and Notre Dame has dropped out of the playoff conversation with an 0-2 start following its home loss to Texas A&M on Saturday. In what was a wild, entertaining evening of college football. Georgia’s overtime win at Tennessee was overshadowed by what unfolded later in South Bend because the … Read more

Mark SchlabachSep 13, 2025, 08:11 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart lost four straight games against Tennessee as a Bulldogs defensive back in the 1990s. After No. 6 Georgia came from behind to beat … Read more

Andreas Hale Close Andreas Hale ESPN Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas … Read more

Sep 13, 2025, 09:00 AM ET The Minnesota Lynx enter the playoffs as the favorites to win the championship. But what might stand in the way of the No. 1 seed? Who are their biggest challengers? And which players will have the most impact when all four first-round series tip off Sunday (1 p.m. ET, … Read more

Marc RaimondiSep 13, 2025, 04:23 PM ET Close Marc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro … Read more

David HaleSep 12, 2025, 07:25 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. “That really hurt! Who throws a shoe? Honestly!” — Mike Myers in “Austin Powers” Throughout college football history, there have been countless examples of teams snatching defeat from the jaws of victory due to … Read more

Texas running back CJ Baxter, the Longhorns’ leading rusher, was injured on the first play of the game against UTEP and is not expected to return, according to a school spokesperson. Baxter, who leads the team with 104 yards on 24 carries, limped off after carrying the ball on the first play of the game … Read more