Stephen Holder, ESPNOct 7, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national
Oct 7, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Performing the national anthem is often one of the highlights of major sporting events in the United States. Sometimes, it is even more anticipated than the game itself. Who will sing? How will it be sung? Will it surpass Whitney Houston’s historic performance at Super Bowl XXV? In 1991,
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2023, 10:52 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Ohio State will be without running back TreVeyon Henderson for its game against Maryland on Saturday. No reason was given on Ohio State’s availability report before the game, but Henderson was listed as
Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer 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
Associated Press Oct 7, 2023, 08:41 AM ET LONDON — The NFL could stage a game in yet another international location “as early as next year,” commissioner, Roger Goodell said Saturday. Goodell spoke at a fans’ forum in London, which is hosting three games this season before the international slate switches to Germany for two
Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 7, 2023, 08:00 AM ET UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee will be a game-time decision at Kansas on Saturday as he attempts to return from his knee injury, sources told ESPN. The UCF the staff is hopeful that he’ll start after he’s had a full week of practice in which he took
Pete Thamel, ESPNOct 7, 2023, 07:30 AM ET Arizona star quarterback Jayden de Laura will be a game-time decision against No. 9 USC Saturday night but he remains “unlikely” to play, according to an ESPN source. After suffering a significant lower leg injury against Stanford in Week 4, de Laura missed Arizona’s 31-24 loss to
ESPN News Services Oct 7, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Texas starting defensive back Ryan Watts is doubtful to play in Saturday’s game against Oklahoma, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Watts hasn’t practiced this week after suffering a lower-body injury against Kansas. Freshman Malik Muhammad and Wake Forest transfer Gavin Holmes are expected to get more
Associated Press Oct 7, 2023, 06:04 AM ET BEIJING — Second-ranked Iga Swiatek ended Coco Gauff‘s 16-match winning streak as she advanced to the China Open final with a dominant 6-2, 6-3 victory over the US Open champion on Saturday. It was the 19-year-old Gauff’s first loss since the quarterfinals in Montreal, a span that
Blake Baumgartner, ESPN Staff WriterOct 7, 2023, 07:15 AM ET Before they take the field as college football players on Saturdays, several of the top recruits in the 2024 ESPN 300 are playing underneath the lights on weeknights. Joey Olsen, one of two tight ends in USC’s 19th-ranked class (Walter Matthews, No. 108 overall in