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7/25 - PARIS -- After games on three continents and a whirlwind of ceremonies and travel, Team USA has finally arrived in the Olympics' host city. And coach Steve Kerr had a corresponding message: It's time to act like it. After a sobering film session Thursday that...

7/23 - Canelo Alvarez, boxing's top star, is in the process of finalizing a deal for a super middleweight championship defense vs. Edgar Berlanga on Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Mexico's Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 KOs) is the...

7/22 - LONDON -- Here is something for everyone in the basketball world to understand as the Olympics, perhaps the most competitive international tournament in history, are about to get started. LeBron James is not messing around. He may be 39 and named the country's...

7/20 - TROON, Scotland -- Rory McIlroy had plenty of time to accept that a 10th straight year would pass without him winning a major. He now has to wait 265 days for the next one, when he hears the starter at Augusta National say, "Fore, please. Rory McIlroy driving."...

7/19 - We made it. The slowest week on the sports betting calendar is finally over. We have baseball back today and MLS to add to the mix tomorrow... I can smell football around the corner. 

7/15 - BERLIN -- Coach Luis de la Fuente celebrated Spain's historymakers and warned there is still more to come after they became the first team to win the European Championships four times by beating England 2-1 in Sunday's final at the Olympiastadion. Mikel...

7/14 - MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Colombia head coach Nestor Lorenzo criticized CONMEBOL's decision to extend the 2024 Copa América final half-time from a traditional 15 minutes to 25 minutes in order to accommodate a performance from Colombian pop star Shakira. "I hope...

7/10 - CINCINNATI -- Rookie outfielder Rece Hinds continued to make a splash in his first week in the majors, crushing a 458-foot shot as the Cincinnati Reds cruised to a 12-6 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night. The 23-year-old Hinds, promoted on Monday...

7/9 - Keegan Bradley is making another Ryder Cup team, this time as the U.S. captain. The PGA of America announced his selection Monday after months of talking with Tiger Woods about taking the job. The PGA of America released the news on Instagram after word began to...

7/3 - LeBron James has agreed to return to the Los Angeles Lakers on a two-year, $104 million contract that includes a player option for 2025-26 and a no-trade clause, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The deal brings James back for his 22nd NBA season and essentially...

7/2 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- United States captain Christian Pulisic was clear in stating that he did not believe officiating was to blame for his team's group-stage exit at Copa América, but he was baffled by the decisions made in Monday's 1-0 loss to Uruguay at...

7/1 - Free agent forward Paul George has agreed on a four-year, $212 million maximum contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told ESPN early Monday morning. George's deal -- which sources said includes a player option on the final season in 2027-28 -- brings him...

6/30 - LAS VEGAS -- The legend of Poatan continues to grow. Alex Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) scored a vicious second-round knockout of Jirí Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) with a devastating head kick and brutal follow-up strikes to retain his light heavyweight...

6/29 - Barcelona and United States right-back Sergiño Dest has joined Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven on a free transfer, the Catalan club have confirmed. Barça will receive a percentage of any future transfer as part of the deal for Dest, whose contract with the LaLiga...

6/28 - World No. 1 golfer Nelly Korda has pulled out of a Ladies European Tour event in England next week after a dog bit her, she announced in a statement on Instagram on Friday. Korda, 25, was scheduled to play in an LET Aramco Team Series tournament Wednesday...

6/27 - NEW YORK -- Zach Edey is taking his 7-foot-4 frame to Memphis to start his NBA career.  Edey, the former Purdue center who became the first player in more than 40 years to win The Associated Press' men's college basketball player of the year award in...

6/26 - The Brooklyn Nets completed a massive overhaul of the franchise's roster, trading their best player, Mikal Bridges, to the New York Knicks, sources told ESPN on Tuesday, and landing a deal with the Houston Rockets to return the franchise's first-round picks...

6/25 - SUNRISE, Fla. -- Connor McDavid won a trophy in Game 7 against the Florida Panthers. Just not the one he wanted to win. The Edmonton Oilers were defeated by the Florida Panthers 2-1 to end their miraculous comeback in the Stanley Cup Final, having forced a Game...

6/24 - It has all come down to this. After the Florida Panthers opened up a 3-0 lead on the Edmonton Oilers in the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, many believed the series to be all but over. Then Connor McDavid and his friends outscored the Panthers by a combined score of...

6/21 - EDMONTON, Alberta -- Connor McDavid has dominated the Stanley Cup Final with 11 points in five games, two behind Wayne Gretzky's NHL record of 13 with Edmonton in 1988. Leon Draisaitl, the Oilers' other superstar, has not dominated in the Final. He has hardly...