The 2024 WNBA Draft order is set. Indiana won the draft lottery Sunday, giving the Fever the first pick in what could be one of the deepest drafts in league history. Could is the operative word, as every draft-eligible senior in this class has the opportunity to return to college for a fifth season due…
It might be time to start taking the Dallas Cowboys seriously as Super Bowl contenders. Because they’ve never looked better in the Dak Prescott era, and their quarterback’s never played better. The knock that’s trailed the Cowboys throughout this season — their lack of a signature victory over a legit contender — was silenced quite…
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Tell me about your mom. Whoosh. Back to 1985. To the perfect family — Mom, Dad, older brother, younger sister — and their suburban Virginia home. Narrow driveway. Basketball hoop out front. That big window on your right when you walk in the front door, with a little ledge to sit…
This is the moment it all becomes normal. When it’s no longer a spectacle, controversial, or even taboo. When it’s not about right or wrong or strong opinions or sticking it to the man. Jon Rahm’s move to LIV Golf is imminent, and it feels like the final confirmation that this is simply the way…
Shohei Ohtani’s singular pursuit of history, one man’s quest to rewrite the baseball world’s understanding of what is possible, reached another summit on Saturday when he agreed to the largest contract in the annals of major North American team sports, a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, his agency CAA announced. Ohtani…
In 2017, Joye Lee-McNelis began writing her obituary. Where she was born. In the southern Mississippi community of Leetown. Preceded in death by. Then a blank space, not knowing if she would die before her parents. A note of thanks to her family, to the players she had coached, to the staffs she had worked…
Ryan Miller hears the whispers each weekend on college campuses across the country. There’s Ben. Is it Ben? That’s Ben! Miller is usually behind the scenes, handling logistics and working with ESPN talent as a production coordinator on “College GameDay,” but Ben the golden retriever draws attention when they go for walks every Saturday. “He’s…
Raheem Mostert and Alec Ingold have been doubted by fans, opponents and even their own teams. It’s why they could never doubt each other.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — David Tepper thought he’d nailed it this time. After firing Matt Rhule in October 2022, the Carolina Panthers owner was determined to get his second head-coaching hire right. Tepper, the hedge-fund billionaire who bought the team in 2018, ran a more thorough search in looking for Rhule’s successor, focusing on coaches with…
By Tim Britton, Grant Brisbee and Stephen J. Nesbitt The trade Yankees get: Juan Soto, OF, Trent Grisham, OF Padres get: Michael King, RHP; Drew Thorpe, RHP; Jhony Brito, RHP; Randy Vásquez, RHP; and Kyle Higashioka, C Tim Britton: Every team would get better if it added Juan Soto. But maybe no team needed Soto more…
