10:57 AM ET Nick Bosa won’t be the only defensive force drafted in the first round who disrupts the status quo (and opposing offenses). Whether it’s declaring for the draft before his junior season or openly feuding with his head coach on the sideline, nothing Ed Oliver does is quiet. The Houston defensive tackle can
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8:00 AM ET You’d think the NFL, the corporate and cultural behemoth of American sports, would have a set of rules governing the attributes of a franchise quarterback. You’d think, 100 years into this thing, it would have a stone-scroll template that determines how it chooses the young men who become the most exalted and
9:00 AM ET It’s not the easiest concept to get your head around, but bear with us: What if a bunch of next-big-thing athletes were able to write a letter to themselves, from the future, on the day they retired? Which hopes and dreams did they accomplish? What were the most memorable moments? That’s exactly
9:00 AM ET “There’s a goodness about him that I think people want to celebrate,” Rachel Deems, Head of Spartanburg Day School, said of her former student, Zion Williamson. Lance King/Getty Images A few hours before Duke’s NCAA tournament run begins in Columbia, South Carolina, Bill Pell sits in his living room and reminisces about his
9:00 AM ET ESPN staff You hold in your hands The Mag’s 18th NEXT Issue. (They grow up so fast. You blink, and your little baby NEXT is old enough to vote.) So perhaps you think that by now you know what NEXT is all about. You’re probably wrong! Is NEXT the issue where we
7:06 AM ET Magic Johnson’s impromptu news conference before the Los Angeles Lakers‘ final game of the season Tuesday was another fitting event for an organization consumed with its own narrative. The broadest smile in basketball was stepping down from his position as team president because the job was no fun. Millions of fans would
8:47 AM ET At 24 years old, Giannis Antetokounmpo is the best basketball player in the world. He is the best offensive player on a top-five NBA offense. He’s the best defensive player on the No. 1 defense. As the catalyst of an incredible basketball system, Giannis has led the Milwaukee Bucks to the best
3:07 AM ET Playoff basketball is back! It has been a long regular season (177 days, to be exact), but the postseason has arrived, and it looks a lot different than it did a year ago. For the first time since 2010, a team not led by LeBron James will emerge from the Eastern Conference,
1:43 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Golden State Warriors will begin their three-peat quest against an old rival in the LA Clippers while the Denver Nuggets will look to prove they’re legitimate challengers to the champs as the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. The West playoff seeding was finalized late Wednesday
12:53 AM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Looking into the rearview mirror at a season that went awry, several members of the Los Angeles Lakers spoke openly about the affect trade-deadline rumors surrounding the team’s pursuit of Anthony Davis had on the locker room. “At the trade deadline, everybody kind of lost themselves,” Kentavious Caldwell-Pope