Feb 12, 2025, 02:32 PM ET Imane Khelif, who won Paris Olympics boxing gold amid a gender eligibility row, has accused the International Boxing Association of making “false and offensive” accusations after it launched legal action against the IOC for allowing her to compete. The IBA announced in a statement Monday it was filing a
Month: February 2025
Associated Press Feb 12, 2025, 02:02 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UNLV senior offensive lineman Ben Christman, who transferred after last season from Kentucky, has died, the university announced. He was 21. Christman was found dead in an off-campus apartment Tuesday morning. The university said it didn’t have other details and that a cause of
Ben BabyFeb 12, 2025, 01:06 PM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while
Feb 12, 2025, 02:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley said he doesn’t understand why fans booed pop superstar Taylor Swift when she was shown on the videoboards at the Caesars Superdome during Super Bowl LIX. “I remember that they showed her on the jumbotron, and she got booed. I
Feb 12, 2025, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2025 MLB season begins on March 18, with the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers playing a pair of games in Tokyo against the Chicago Cubs. For nearly everybody else, including 15 out of the 16 American League teams, Opening Day arrives on March
Mark SchlabachFeb 12, 2025, 12:00 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Former LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman, who was replaced by sports and entertainment executive Scott O’Neil this season, remains on the league’s board of directors,
Open Extended Reactions Ohio State is finalizing a deal to make veteran NFL coach Matt Patricia the school’s new defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The move to bring in Patricia comes with the corresponding internal promotion of secondary coach Tim Walton to the co-defensive coordinator role, sources said. Ohio State will also be
Feb 12, 2025, 11:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The fantasy basketball playoffs come quickly after the NBA All-Star break, and the best fantasy managers always seem to stay a step ahead when it comes to making the right moves and preparing their roster. So which players should you let go, and who is worth
James Regan Feb 12, 2025, 11:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Oleksandr Usyk (L) fought Daniel Dubois in 2023. Andrzej Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images LONDON — Unified heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk has brushed off persistent callouts from Daniel Dubois and revealed he has no plans in place for his next fight. Following Usyk’s victory over
Field Level Media Feb 12, 2025, 12:31 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson will start Team Sweden’s game against Canada in Wednesday night’s opener of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Gustavsson gets the nod over 2023 Vezina Trophy winner Linus Ullmark of the Ottawa