Liverpool will defend their Premier League title at home to Bournemouth in the opening game of the 2025-26 Premier League season. Newly promoted Sunderland kick off their season at home to West Ham United, while their fellow former Championship clubs Leeds and Burnley are at home to Everton and away to Tottenham respectively, the latter…
David Lawrence loved to dance. As a teenager he would move to northern soul, hitching his way from Gloucester to Wigan Casino, a change of clothes in the bag, life beginning at midnight. Then came his time as a powerful fast bowler with Gloucestershire, where he was bestowed the nickname Syd, his reward an England…
Aaron Rodgers is finally a Pittsburgh Steeler — but at what cost? According to ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler, acquiring the four-time MVP may have come at the expense of WR George Pickens, as the Steelers were allegedly worried about the dynamic between the two larger-than-life personalities — ultimately leading to his trade to the Dallas…
The Florida Panthers downed the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on Tuesday night, clinching the franchise hockey’s greatest prize for the second consecutive year. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The Panthers are the third team this century to win back-to-back Cups — the Pittsburgh Penguins achieved the feat in 2016…
Michael VoepelJun 18, 2025, 12:31 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The Minnesota Lynx will get the chance to defend their Commissioner’s Cup championship after they advanced…
Jun 18, 2025, 04:00 AM ET Arsenal begin their Premier League campaign with a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United and then face away games against Liverpool and Newcastle United and a home clash with Manchester City in their opening six games of the 2025-26 season. United and Manchester City, two sides that…
Jun 17, 2025, 06:22 PM ET Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has described the recent decision to sack former manager Ange Postecoglou as “emotionally difficult.” The 59-year-old guided Spurs to their first trophy in 17 years, beating Manchester United in last month’s Europa League final. The result also secured Champions League qualification for next season…
For the second straight year, Connor McDavid and the Oilers came agonizingly close to winning the Stanley Cup only to fall to the Florida Panthers. After two grueling playoff runs with little to show for it, McDavid was left searching for answers. While there will be critics of his Stanley Cup Final performance, McDavid has…
Once upon a time, the NBA’s best players used to move through free agency. Think about how many offseasons in the 2010s were dominated by where LeBron James or Kevin Durant would sign. Those days are over. No reigning All-NBA player has changed teams through free agency since 2019, when Durant, Kawhi Leonard and Kemba…
Ryan McFaddenJun 17, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Ryan McFadden covers the Las Vegas Raiders for ESPN’s NFL Nation. Prior to ESPN, McFadden was a Denver Broncos beat reporter for the Denver Post. McFadden also wrote about the Baltimore Ravens and University of Maryland athletics for The Baltimore Sun. HENDERSON, Nev. — For Las Vegas…
