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Jul 18, 2025, 09:31 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Sabrina Ionescu won the 3-point contest and her New York Liberty teammate Natasha Cloud was the skills champion Friday night as part of the WNBA’s All-Star weekend. Ionescu, who won the title in 2023 with a record performance, had a strong final round, scoring 30 points. It … Read more

Bill ConnellyJul 18, 2025, 12:00 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. In 2023, Jim Harbaugh’s Michigan Wolverines completed a nine-year title pursuit, filled with setbacks and plenty of losses to Ohio State, by defeating future conference mate … Read more

Jul 18, 2025, 12:09 PM ET Arsenal have completed the signing of Noni Madueke from London rivals Chelsea, the clubs confirmed Friday. Sources have told ESPN that Arsenal agreed a fee of £48 million ($64.6m) plus £4m in add-ons for the 23-year-old, who joins on a five-year contract. Chelsea signed Madueke from PSV Eindhoven in … Read more

Jeff BorzelloJul 18, 2025, 06:10 PM ET Close Jeff Borzello is a basketball recruiting insider. He has joined ESPN in 2014. There are 18 five-stars atop the ESPN 100 player rankings for the men’s college basketball class of 2026. Entering the July live period, just one player (JaShawn “JJ” Andrews) had committed, but now there’s … Read more

Jul 18, 2025, 12:37 PM ET Mo’ne Davis is not done playing baseball. The former Little League phenom who at 13 became the first girl to pitch a victory — and a shutout — in the Little League World Series, will be one of more than 600 players to try out for the Women’s Professional … Read more

Inter Miami head coach Javier Mascherano said he would prefer that Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba not participate in the 2025 MLS All-Star Game, insisting players should be resting amid the ongoing regular season. Messi and Alba stand as the two Inter Miami players to be chosen for the MLS All-Star Game on July 23 … Read more

Jul 18, 2025, 09:40 AM ET The second round of the 153rd Open Championship has started at Royal Portrush Golf Course in Northern Ireland. A five-way tie for first place was the first round’s result, with Haotong Li, Harris English, Matt Fitzpatrick, Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Jacob Skov Olesen all sharing the lead. They’ll have to … Read more

Jul 18, 2025, 01:45 PM ET The WNBA’s first All-Star Game in Indianapolis was expected to be a crowning achievement for Caitlin Clark in her second season. She was named a captain in Saturday’s All-Star Game and planned to participate in the 3-point challenge on Friday. Instead, Clark will again watch from the sidelines, a … Read more

Jul 18, 2025, 08:35 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is injured and won’t be able to play, but the party is still on for WNBA All-Star Weekend. For the first time, Indianapolis hosts the WNBA All-Star Game, and Indiana’s capital city has gone all-in, from extensive signage at the airport to … Read more

Dan WetzelJul 18, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. During college football’s Bowl Championship Series era, the sport’s opposition to an expanded, let alone expansive, playoff could be summarized in one colorful quote by then-Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee. “They … Read more