Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 01:07 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables said his wife, Julie, is fighting breast cancer and recently underwent surgery. Venables, speaking with reporters at the start of OU’s training camp, revealed that Julie was diagnosed
Month: August 2023
The Seattle Kraken have removed TikTok videos marketed to the hockey BookTok community after forward Alex Wennberg and his wife, Felicia, published statements that criticized the objectification of NHL players. “BookTok” is a commonly used TikTok hashtag by content creators who want to discuss, review or promote books. A subset of that community focuses on
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2023, 12:56 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Light heavyweight title contenders Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker will meet at UFC 294 in October, sources confirmed to ESPN. The 205-pound bout will take place on Oct. 21 in
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2023, 11:36 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan South Carolina coach Shane Beamer got one of his biggest recruiting wins on Tuesday, when five-star edge Dylan Stewart announced his commitment to the Gamecocks. Stewart is the No. 15 recruit overall in
Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 10:59 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Northwestern has hired former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to lead investigations into the athletic department’s culture and its accountability mechanisms after allegations of hazing and mistreatment that have impacted several of the
Dan Hajducky, ESPNAug 1, 2023, 10:59 AM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Inter Miami CF, saddled with a regular-season winning percentage just above 41% four years into
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Aug 1, 2023, 10:06 AM ET It’s no secret that the American men have struggled at majors for much of this century — it’s been 20 years since one hoisted a Grand Slam singles trophy. And while that lengthy drought is less than ideal, there have been a number of bright spots
Eric Moody, ESPNJul 31, 2023, 10:37 AM ET Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. Each weekday throughout NFL training camps and the preseason, our ESPN Fantasy team will have you covered with the
Associated Press Aug 1, 2023, 08:55 AM ET SpongeBob and Slimetime are coming to the Super Bowl. The NFL and CBS Sports announced Tuesday that this season’s Super Bowl will have a kids-centric presentation on Nickelodeon, marking the first time the Super Bowl has had an alternate telecast on another network. CBS has the rights
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 08:34 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are closing in on