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Kris RhimAug 5, 2025, 08:32 PM ET Close Kris Rhim is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Kris covers the Los Angeles Chargers, including coach Jim Harbaugh’s franchise-altering first season (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41068072/los-angeles-chargers-2024-preview-jim-harbaugh-culture). In Kris’ free time, he lives his NBA dreams at men’s leagues across Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — Wide receiver Keenan Allen, who … Read more

Alden GonzalezAug 5, 2025, 10:18 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — Roki Sasaki, finally ramping up after spending the past three months on the injured list, said Tuesday he had “no pain” … Read more

The Boston Celtics are trading Georges Niang and two future second-round picks to the Utah Jazz for rookie RJ Luis Jr., sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday. Niang’s more than $8 million salary will go into Utah’s trade exception from the John Collins deal. In a related move, the Celtics have agreed to a … Read more

James Harden saw some of the NBA’s global impact firsthand recently. On Monday, during the LA Clippers guard’s UNO Tour with Adidas, an outdoor basketball court in Guangzhou, China, featuring a larger-than-life mural of Harden was revealed. According to the Clippers, designer Yin chose the 2025 UNO Tour imagery for the court design, with the … Read more

Kevin SeifertAug 5, 2025, 04:33 PM ET Close Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate … Read more

OKLAHOMA CITY — A former NFL player from Oklahoma has been convicted for his role in a large-scale dogfighting operation, federal prosecutors announced. LeShon Eugene Johnson, 54, of Broken Arrow was convicted of six felony counts of possessing dogs for use in an animal-fighting venture. He was acquitted of 17 other similar counts. He faces … Read more

The Chicago Bulls‘ red pinstripes are back. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Chicago unveiled its Statement jerseys for the 2025-26 season on Tuesday, with the iconic black uniforms with red pinstripes, which debuted during the Michael Jordan era, making their return. It’s the third Statement Edition uniform throughout the franchise’s almost 60-year history. Jordan and the … Read more

The Cleveland Browns are expected to start rookie Shedeur Sanders at quarterback for the team’s preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers on Friday, sources told ESPN. Sanders was selected in the fifth round of this year’s draft and was the second quarterback the Browns picked behind Dillon Gabriel, who was taken in the third round. … Read more

The first full week of NFL preseason games is upon us, which means we have officially entered the heart of fantasy football mock draft season. Our ESPN Fantasy team of analysts and editors took part in a 12-team superflex league with PPR scoring. Quarterbacks go early in the superflex format, and this exercise proved no … Read more

Alexa PhilippouAug 5, 2025, 02:40 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 The Washington Mystics are trading Brittney Sykes to the Storm … Read more