Open Extended Reactions The Super Bowl is one of the biggest athletic stages in the world. All-Pro selections and steady contributors are expected to make an impact, but every so often a player comes out of nowhere and rises to the occasion — even if it is their only great NFL performance. ESPN looked back
Month: February 2025
Field Level Media Feb 7, 2025, 01:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The chief executive officer of LIV Golf is in favor of President Donald Trump getting involved in negotiations to bring about an alliance with the PGA Tour. “If the leader of the free world is spending his time on golf, [then] I am
Field Level Media Feb 7, 2025, 01:51 PM ET Two-time Super Bowl champion Howard Twilley, a member of the Miami Dolphins‘ undefeated 1972 team, has died at 81. The National Football Foundation announced that Twilley died Wednesday but did not provide a cause of death. Before landing in Miami, the wide receiver played at Tulsa.
Tristan H. Cockcroft Feb 7, 2025, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s February and the fantasy baseball offseason is, pardon the pun, in full swing. Right now, most sports fans are devoting the majority of their attention to the NFL, NBA and NHL, where the games (both real and fantasy) take center stage —
Greg WyshynskiFeb 7, 2025, 11:49 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby will not play against the New York Rangers on Friday night due to an upper-body injury, according to coach Mike Sullivan. On Tuesday night, Crosby collided with Luke Hughes and Erik Haula
Field Level Media Feb 7, 2025, 12:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rickie Fowler withdrew from the WM Phoenix Open before Friday’s second round due to illness, the PGA Tour said. He shot a 3-over 74 on Thursday in Round 1 at TPC Scottsdale. Fowler, 36, has six career wins, including the 2019 WM Phoenix
Tom HamiltonFeb 7, 2025, 12:00 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions On Friday evening, France had been hammering away at Wales’ tryline for much of the opening quarter of
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI LAKES, Fla. — Henri Crockett played in the Orange Bowl. He now will oversee the game. Crockett was announced Friday as the new president and chair of the Orange Bowl Committee, making him the first person to have played in the game and
Adam RittenbergFeb 7, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Colorado defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, who had an integral role in the team’s improvement last season, has received a new two-year contract that will make him the highest-paid assistant in team history, sources
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 10:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DOHA, Qatar — Daniil Sokolov‘s scores are getting better at the Qatar Masters. They still aren’t good enough for the 13-year-old prodigy to make the cut but time is on his side. Sokolov, a Russian national who represents Qatar and was in the field