Jenna Laine, ESPN Staff WriterDec 26, 2024, 12:48 PM ET Close Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Follow Jenna on Twitter: @JennaLaineESPN. Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have placed defensive
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterDec 26, 2024, 01:37 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Michigan‘s Kenneth Grant Jr., the massive defensive lineman who helped the Wolverines to a national title in 2023 and wins over Ohio State, is headed to the NFL draft. Grant
Dec 26, 2024, 01:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is coming out of retirement and is signing with the Detroit Lions, coach Dan Campbell confirmed Thursday. Campbell said Bridgewater’s return does not mean the team is disappointed with current backup quarterback Hendon Hooker. Bridgewater had said last week that he wanted to
Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterDec 26, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast
Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNDec 26, 2024, 11:51 AM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
Dec 26, 2024, 08:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Simona Halep will delay her start to the 2025 season and skip the Australian Open due to pain in her knee and shoulder, the former world No. 1 said Thursday. Halep, whose career stalled due to a doping ban that was reduced on appeal this year,
Open Extended Reactions The final chapters of the 2024 Formula 1 season were written weeks ago. The FIA’s awards ceremony took place earlier this month. With the calendar about to turn to 2025, though, now is the perfect time for ESPN’s end-of-season awards. Who was this year’s best driver? (That one shouldn’t be too difficult
Toss South Africa elected to bowl vs Pakistan South Africa have won the toss and elected to bowl first in Centurion. Under sunny skies, but with grey clouds hovering on the margins, Temba Bavuma opted to put Pakistan in. When Pakistan batted first here on their last tour, they were bowled out for 181 on
Open Extended Reactions Arsenal need to find a Robin van Persie. That might be a touchy subject at the Emirates, where the former Gunners centre-forward is regarded with disdain rather than affection after leaving to join Manchester United for £24 million in 2012, but if Mikel Arteta’s team unearth a goal scorer to do for
Dec 26, 2024, 05:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sporting CP have fired Ruben Amorim’s successor, João Pereira, eight games into his tenure as head coach and named Vitoria boss Rui Borges to the role. Pereira, who took over at Sporting following Amorim’s move to Manchester United, managed just three wins at the helm. Sporting