Dec 29, 2025, 04:00 PM ET The NFL playoff picture is coming into focus, with 12 teams having locked up spots and the remaining two spot to be determined in winner-take-all matchups in Week 18. The Carolina Panthers hit the road to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the NFC South title at stake, and…
Jeff KassoufDec 29, 2025, 06:57 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. Timing is everything in life — and in awards voting, including…
The final WWE “SmackDown” of 2025 revealed unusual stipulations for two big upcoming matches, a treatment usually reserved for the final clash of a rivalry. And that could be the case for the long feuds between Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre, as well as between Damian Priest and Aleister Black. We also got a surprise…
After announcing that he would leave IndyCar in September, Colton Herta embarked on his first test in F2 earlier this month. James Sutton – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images This is a going-backward-to-go-forward move we haven’t seen in major league sports. Imagine the Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen announcing he was leaving the NFL after…
Dec 24, 2025, 05:00 AM ET It’s that time of year again: Let’s look at the past 12 months in women’s soccer and pick the best of the best. It’s now our fifth year of polling experts and putting together a list of the top 50 players in the world for ESPN FC Women’s Rank,…
Mark SchlabachDec 23, 2025, 10:40 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The second TGL season tees off Sunday with a rematch of last year’s SoFi Cup finals, in which Atlanta Drive GC defeated New York Golf Club in a pair of…
Dec 23, 2025, 08:00 AM ET As the calendar approaches 2026, uncertainty reigns over when a new collective bargaining agreement will get done between the WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association. The players union has continued to publicly express displeasure with the state of negotiations, with the player body last week authorizing the…
André SnellingsDec 22, 2025, 01:35 PM ET Close Dr. André Snellings is a senior writer for men’s and women’s fantasy basketball and sports betting at ESPN. André has a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Michigan. He joined ESPN in 2017 after a 16-year career as a neural engineer, during which time he was also a…
Dec 21, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise is wanted by a host of other top European clubs, while Manchester United will be made to wait for Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Carlos Baleba. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe. Transfers home page | Men’s summer…
Beth Lindop Close Beth Lindop Correspondent Based in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL. James Olley Close James Olley Senior Writer, ESPN FC Dec 20, 2025, 04:07 PM ET LONDON — Alexander Isak scored and picked up an injury during a dramatic 14-minute cameo as Liverpool beat…