Lakers Bring Back Surprise Free Agent After Deandre Ayton Signing originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed a surprising free agent of their own, even after signing waived former Portland Trail Blazers Deandre Ayton to a two-year, $16.6 million deal. L.A. had been in desperate need of a starting five ever…
Caitlin Clark Receives Unfortunate News on Thursday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Though reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark missed her fourth straight game on Thursday, the Indiana Fever reeled off their third straight win with an 81-54 victory over the Las Vegas Aces. It also marked the second straight game the Fever…
Major League Baseball’s annual amateur draft begins June 13. Future All-Stars and award winners will hear their names called. Maybe even a future Hall of Famer or two. MLB’s draft is rarely about instant gratification because even the very best prospects will disappear into the minors for a few years, but you must draft well…
A glance at the quarter-final line-up for the Club World Cup suggests that whoever comes out on top in the heavyweight last-eight showdown between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich on Saturday will be the favourites to go on and win FIFA’s new competition. Real Madrid can never be ruled out, but the Spanish giants are…
The 2025 Women’s European Championship is off and running. Let’s catch you up on what’s happening, what you’ve missed and what’s still to come. We will update this file throughout each matchday with the latest reporting, analysis and fun from the competition. The lead: Spain steamroll Portugal on tragic day in the sport BERN, Switzerland…
Marcel Louis-JacquesJul 3, 2025, 11:16 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for…
Get ready to see some punches on the White House grounds. President Trump says he will host a UFC mixed martial arts fight at the White House as part of next year’s festivities celebrating 250 years of American independence. The idea came up during a Thursday night speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, one year…
Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is the subject of a Major League Baseball gambling investigation and was placed on non-disciplinary leave Thursday, two people with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press. The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity due to the nature of the investigation. The investigation is related to…
Indiana Fever Turn Heads With Kelsey Mitchell Post on Thursday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Indiana Fever are one of the hottest teams in the WNBA, playing with Caitlin Clark on the sidelines over the past several games. During this stretch, Indiana has won three straight games, with the latest being the blowout victory…
After being waived by the Milwaukee Bucks, Damian Lillard is an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career. It’s certainly not the circumstances in which he’d imagine, after the Bucks unexpectedly waived and stretched the final two years of his deal, but now Lillard has the opportunity to join any team he…
