Stephen HolderJun 20, 2025, 01:57 AM 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 contest….
The Indiana Pacers are one win away from the 2024-25 NBA championship. They are playing in what will be the season’s last game. They’ve felled three postseason opponents and taken a fourth to the absolute brink. And yet, amazingly, they have not yet spent a single second as the betting favorite to win the championship. …
“Feeling among top English clubs” – Romano shares interesting update on future of 34 G/A Chelsea target There’s a feeling among top Premier League clubs that Frankfurt may accept less than £84m for Hugo Ekitike according to Fabrizio Romano. Chelsea are once again set for a busy summer and have already completed the signing of…
It’s that time of the year again when our guy Pete Prisco combs through the entire NFL and stacks up who he believes are the top 100 players heading into the upcoming season. One of the more notable takeaways from Prisco’s 2025 player ranking is his newfound (rekindled?) love for the running back position. Last year,…
The Oklahoma City Thunder said all the right things heading into Game 6 of the NBA Finals. They knew they were one win away from an NBA title, but they couldn’t get ahead of themselves. They knew that Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton was questionable with a strained right calf, but they prepared as if…
Jun 19, 2025, 05:01 PM ET Lionel Messi scored his first goal of the expanded Club World Cup on Thursday with a patented free kick, giving Inter Miami a historic 2-1 win over two-time European champion FC Porto on Thursday. Messi, one of the biggest stars in the 32-team tournament, was taken down just outside…
PHILADELPHIA — Nathan Aké has told the Premier League to resist the temptation to copy the individual pre-game walkouts that have been introduced at the Club World Cup. Romeo Lavia has said that he would like to see the FIFA initiative adopted in England‘s top flight. The Chelsea midfielder said the individual walkouts were “something…
Jun 19, 2025, 11:20 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Season on the line, the Indiana Pacers did what they’ve done time and time again. They bucked the odds. And the NBA Finals are going to an ultimate game. Obi Toppin scored 20 points, Andrew Nembhard added 17 and the Pacers forced a winner-take-all Game 7 by…
Tim MacMahonJun 20, 2025, 12:57 AM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM INDIANAPOLIS — With a chance to clinch a championship, the Oklahoma City Thunder turned in a clunker of a performance. “The way I see it is we sucked…
AUSTIN, Texas — The first half was a brutal watch for those sitting in the stands at a half-full Q2 Stadium. Battling with a stiflingly humid 96-degree evening, the U.S. men’s national team were locked at 0-0 against an organized Saudi Arabia team in their second Gold Cup group stage match. Sluggish, lackluster, and lacking…
