Bryce Mitchell will return to the weight class in which he made his professional MMA debut this summer. Mitchell has been booked to face Said Nurmagomedov in a bantamweight bout at UFC on ABC 9 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN+) on July 26 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. UFC CEO Dana White announced the booking Wednesday…
Getty Images Baltimore Orioles minor leaguer Luis Guevara, 19, died this week after he was involved in a jet ski crash, the organization confirmed Tuesday night. Guevara was part of a head-on collision on a jet ski in Sarasota, Florida, on Sunday, per MLB.com. Guevara, a native of Venezuela, was most recently playing for the…
Myron MedcalfJun 18, 2025, 07:30 AM ET Close Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011. There is an alternate reality — one before the dawn of the name, image and likeness era in college basketball — in which projected NBA draft lottery pick Egor Demin stayed in Spain the year…
Jun 18, 2025, 09:41 AM ET The Indiana Pacers are preparing for the possibility of not having Tyrese Haliburton available to play in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, coach Rick Carlisle said in a radio interview Wednesday morning. Haliburton’s availability is a concern after sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday that the Pacers…
Al-Ain and Juventus will kick off their 2025 FIFA Club World Cup campaign on Wednesday at the Audi Field in Washington. While Juventus qualified for the tournament via FIFA ranking as the eighth-best eligible UEFA team, Al-Ain is one of the top clubs of the UAE, having won the Pro League 14 times on top…
Jeff KassoufJun 18, 2025, 09:30 AM ET Close Jeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics. Midfielders Rose Lavelle and Croix Bethune will join the United States…
The halfway mark of the 2025 MLB season is fast approaching. Every team will play their 81st game within the next two weeks, then before you know it, the All-Star break and trade deadline will be here. The postseason races will heat up not too long after that. The season continue apace. Here now are…
List season in the NFL has officially arrived, as Pete Prisco kicks things off with his annual Top 100 list. Surely this won’t go without controversy, as Prisco ranked the top 100 players in the NFL without going position by position. While the pound-for-pound ranking will stir the pot, wait until the positional rankings are…
Adam TeicherJun 18, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Adam Teicher has covered the Kansas City Chiefs for more than 30 seasons. He joined ESPN in 2013 for the launch of NFL Nation. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wide receiver Hollywood Brown‘s most productive NFL season was in 2021, the last time he stayed healthy for a…
Aaron Schatz Close Aaron Schatz ESPN Writer Aaron Schatz is an NFL analyst for ESPN.com. He has more than 20 years of experience working in NFL analytics and is the creator of the DVOA and DYAR metric. He also serves as the Chief Analytics Officer at FTN Network. Seth Walder Close Seth Walder ESPN Analytics…
