Tampa Bay Buccaneers star left tackle Tristan Wirfs is expected to miss the start of the regular season because of a knee injury, sources confirmed to ESPN. Wirfs likely will start the season on the physically unable to perform list, sources confirmed to ESPN. If he is placed on the PUP list, he will miss…
Oklahoma City Thunder star and 2025 NBA champion Chet Holmgren has agreed to a fully guaranteed five-year maximum rookie contract extension that could reach $250 million, agent Bill Duffy of WME Basketball told ESPN on Wednesday morning. After missing three months during the season because of a hip injury, Holmgren returned in February and came…
Ben BabyJul 9, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while…
Stephen HolderJul 9, 2025, 06:10 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….
By Michael Kryschak@michaelkryschak Ole Werner addressed the media at the Red Bull Arena, showcasing confidence and clarity about the challenge ahead. It was quite a surprise when former Werder Bremen coach Ole Werner was let go after rejecting a contract renewal – he was promptly swooped up by RB Leipzig, who were looking for a…
The PGA Tour is set to begin its first of back-to-back tournaments in Europe with the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, on Thursday. The 2025 Scottish Open will be co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour for the fourth straight year. It’s a chance for…
Matt BowenJul 9, 2025, 06:15 AM ET Close Matt Bowen is a fantasy football and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent multiple years on “NFL Matchup.” After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played safety in the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — João Pedro earned back a huge slice of his £55 million transfer fee by scoring twice against former club Fluminense to send Chelsea into the FIFA Club World Cup final with a 2-0 win. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The 23-year-old, who completed his move to Stamford Bridge from Brighton six days…
Longtime NFL executive Tim Rooney, the nephew of Pittsburgh Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr., died Tuesday morning. He was 84, and he had been diagnosed with cancer not long ago. A former coach at Villanova, Tim Rooney joined the Steelers as a scout in 1972 before becoming their director of pro scouting. As reported by…
As the 2025 NBA postseason progressed, brutal happenings — Achilles injuries to stars Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton — struck, changing the Eastern Conference landscape before we even made it to a transaction-heavy offseason. Now that the aftershocks seem to have stopped, we can finally assess the state of the East — a…
