Open Extended Reactions The NFC and AFC conference championships are set. The Philadelphia Eagles will host the Washington Commanders and the Buffalo Bills will face the Kansas City Chiefs with tickets to Super Bowl LIX on the line. To look ahead at next weekend’s conference championship matchups, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to pick
ESPN News Services Jan 19, 2025, 10:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Josh Allen ran for two touchdowns and the Buffalo Bills defeated Lamar Jackson and a turnover-prone Baltimore Ravens team 27-25 in an AFC divisional game on Sunday. Baltimore, which turned the ball over three times in the loss, had
ESPN News Services Jan 19, 2025, 10:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault will lead one of the four teams in next month’s NBA All-Star Game in San Francisco. Daigneault earned his first All-Star head coach nod after the Thunder clinched the best record in the Western Conference through
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJan 19, 2025, 08:23 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
Jake Michaels, Senior WriterJan 19, 2025, 08:49 PM ET Close Jake Michaels is a Melbourne-based sports writer. He has been with ESPN since 2013, covering everything from AFL to Formula One, basketball to boxing, and tennis, both in Australia and around the world. Open Extended Reactions MELBOURNE, Australia — Carlos Alcaraz could not have articulated
Associated Press Jan 19, 2025, 09:37 PM ET Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 American League Manager of the Year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on social media that Torborg died in his hometown of Westfield, New
Associated Press Jan 19, 2025, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EAST LANSING, Mich. — American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal recently agreed to a one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers and is keeping negotiations about a long-term deal to himself. “I’ll keep that pretty private,” Skubal told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Associated Press Jan 19, 2025, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sepp Straka won The American Express by two shots over Justin Thomas on Sunday, finishing his third career PGA Tour victory at 25-under 263 with a final-round 70. Straka, the first Austrian to win on the tour three years ago,
Sarah Barshop, ESPN Staff WriterJan 19, 2025, 08:30 PM ET Close Sarah Barshop covers the Los Angeles Rams for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2016 to cover the Green Bay Packers for ESPN Milwaukee. She then moved to Houston to cover the Texans. She came to ESPN after working as a writer and editor for
Tim McManus, ESPN Staff WriterJan 19, 2025, 08:49 PM ET Close Tim McManus covers the Philadelphia Eagles for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2016 after covering the Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7, a site he helped create, since 2010. You can follow him on Twitter @Tim_McManus. Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Running back Saquon