Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2023, 09:21 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions After this past weekend, Francis Ngannou might be the most interesting athlete in the world. There is nothing like Ngannou in sports right now. He left the
Big picture This is as much a misery derby as it is a subcontinental one. But for England’s doomed title defence, Bangladesh and Pakistan are the two sides at the bottom of the form table, having combined to lose their last nine matches in this competition. In a sequence of events that has become wearily
Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 Premier League season has reached the 10-game stage and the title race is already throwing up surprises. Unfancied Tottenham Hotspur are unbeaten and two points clear at the top under new manager Ange Postecoglou, while big-spending Chelsea are languishing in the bottom half of the table and — in terms
Scott Van Pelt, Host, SportsCenter with SVPOct 30, 2023, 10:34 AM ET Close Scott Van Pelt joined ESPN in Spring 2001 as the network’s lead professional golf reporter. He has since become a SportsCenter anchor, primarily hosting the 11 p.m. ET edition while remaining the lead reporter and host of the network’s coverage of golf’s
Oct 30, 2023, 05:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions France’s government branded the weekend violence around the Marseille stadium as “disgusting” and said nine people had been arrested after visitors Lyon‘s bus was attacked and their manager Fabio Grosso injured. Sunday’s Ligue 1 match between the two rival teams, who have a history of fan
Oct 30, 2023, 03:47 AM ET Liverpool were fighting for their “brother” Luis Díaz in the team’s 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the Premier League at Anfield on Sunday, manager Jurgen Klopp said, as authorities in Colombia search for Diaz’s kidnapped father. Kidnappers tried to seize both of Díaz’s parents near their home in
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentOct 30, 2023, 09:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester United staff already have concerns about finishing in the top four this season, a source has told ESPN, after Manchester City inflicted a fifth Premier League defeat of the season. City’s 3-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday left United eighth in the
ESPN news services Oct 30, 2023, 07:43 AM ET FIFA banned ousted former Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales from the sport for three years on Monday for misconduct at the Women’s World Cup final where he forcibly kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips at the trophy ceremony. FIFA did not publish details of the
John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterOct 30, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
Oct 30, 2023, 09:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowl defensive tackle Grady Jarrett suffered a season-ending torn ACL during Sunday’s loss to the Tennessee Titans, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday. Jarrett injured his knee on the first defensive series for the Falcons and did not return. The nine-year veteran,