PHILADELPHIA — To many around the sport, the Dodgers have become villains for the way they’ve outspent the rest of the league, loaded their roster with international talent, and stockpiled depth at seemingly every position. To the Phillies, however, it makes them the standard; one with which their own big-money, star-studded roster is trying to compete. “I…
Jamison HensleyApr 4, 2025, 01:33 PM ET Close Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored…
Jordan Spieth opened the Valero Texas Open with a 5-under 67 and sat among the top five on the leaderboard. He put himself in a terrific position through 18 holes, hoping that would continue over the weekend. Spieth has not won a PGA Tour event since 2022, when he won the RBC Heritage in Hilton…
New York Yankees fans were in unfamiliar territory when a superstar chose the crosstown rival Mets over their favorite team. Juan Soto signed a 15-year, $765 million deal, the most lucrative in sports history, with the Mets this offseason after helping the Yankees to the World Series in his lone season with the club last…
By Patrick Mooney, Ken Rosenthal and Sahadev Sharma CHICAGO — At first glance, the post from an X user named @Brooks_Gate seemed like something a multibillion-dollar company would ignore. It consisted of a chart that used estimated data to illustrate the percentage of revenue spent on player payroll. Rather than sitting at the top with…
Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates were days away from clinching a spot in the Final Four, and the Blue Devils’ freshman star was planning ahead. It wasn’t about anything on the court, though. It was to be ready the next time teammates Khaman Maluach and Patrick Ngongba broke out water guns at the cold…
(This article was written with the assistance of Castmagic, an AI tool, and reviewed by our editorial team to ensure accuracy. Please reach out to us if you notice any mistakes.) In the most recent episode of “The Kevin O’Connor Show,” there was a detailed discussion about Steph Curry’s recent performances and his standing in…
The Iowa State basketball team entered the 2024-25 college basketball season as the preseason No. 5 team in the country, its first top-five preseason ranking in program history and first preseason ranking at all since the 2016-17 campaign. With that came enhanced expectations, ones the Cyclones failed to meet in a 25-10 season and a…
An ankle injury has delayed 6-foot-7 sophomore pitcher Aidan Kent of JSerra High from making an immediate impact this season, but he offered a glimpse of what’s to come during a brief appearance in the Boras Classic. His team was trailing No. 1-ranked Corona 2-0 when Kent was summoned from the bullpen in the fourth…
TAMPA, Fla. — The 2025 women’s Final Four has arrived at last, with four heavyweights — a No. 2 seed and a trio of 1-seeds — clashing in Friday’s national semifinals. The first game (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) features an SEC showdown between Texas Longhorns and South Carolina Gamecocks, who have already faced off three…
