After five straight days of college football, Week 1 is in the books. There was a school-record-breaking performance from Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava in his freshman debut, showing the preseason hype around him was warranted. Other programs didn’t have as ideal a weekend, but it’s only Week 1. Can Iamaleava maintain his performance when the…
Welcome to September! We’re five months into Major League Baseball’s 2024 season and there is plenty of intrigue entering the homestretch. Which of the current contenders will be headed to the playoffs? How will the division races play out? Who are the favorites to win the MVP and Cy Young awards? And will Aaron Judge…
Seth Walder, ESPN AnalyticsSep 2, 2024, 06:50 AM ET My usual job is to write about NFL football in terms of probabilities. But today is my annual departure from that, as we’re focusing on our single simulation of the 2024 NFL season. Pure results, total certainty. To form its projections of the season, ESPN’s Football…
Manchester United have grown accustomed to disappointment, but so lopsided was their 3-0 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday that the question must now be asked whether their fiercest rivals are, in fact, the closest competition to that seemingly unbeatable outfit across town: Manchester City. While the champions of the Premier League continued…
David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2024, 11:40 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Welcome to the season of change. It’s 2024, and if we’re to believe the punditry, this will be unlike anything we’ve seen before in college football, which is saying something in…
Aug 30, 2024, 08:25 PM ET For Europe’s biggest clubs and leagues, the time for transfers in 2024 has come and gone. The transfer window closed at 11 p.m. BST (6 p.m. ET) in England and Spain on Friday, an hour earlier in France and even earlier in Italy and Germany. It remains open in…
Aug 29, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Welcome to the final stretch. As we enter September, teams are mostly split into three categories: those preparing for the playoffs, those trying to make a run at contention and those whose focus has turned to next season. And there’s still a fair amount to play for within those…
The UEFA Champions League is back, but not how we’ve ever seen it before. Some changes are simple, others are more complicated, and a few might seem a bit of a mystery until we get to the knockout rounds in February. So, what is the new format? How could the draw play out? When do…
NFL Nation, ESPNAug 27, 2024, 06:38 PM ET The 2024 NFL season will kick off next week as the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs play host to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Sept. 7 (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC), which means teams are cutting their rosters in preparation. Teams were required to finalize their…
The 2024 NFL season kicks off Sept. 5 with the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens. That means it’s time for our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. What can we expect from the game’s best players this season? To create our list, we asked a panel of…
