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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 27, 2023, 11:54 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Shilo Sanders‘ long-anticipated transfer to Colorado is set, as the Jackson State safety will join his father and brother with the Buffaloes. Sanders, the son of Colorado coach Deion Sanders and younger brother

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. The transfer portal is slowing down, media days are around the corner and with all due respect to Week 0 — I love it dearly, just as much as all the other weeks — we’re officially

Associated Press May 26, 2023, 05:56 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — On the heels of a second straight national football championship, the University of Georgia has rewarded athletic director Josh Brooks with a contract extension that ties him to the Bulldogs through at least 2029. The athletic association board, wrapping up its annual spring meeting

Associated Press May 26, 2023, 04:51 PM ET EAST LANSING, Mich. — Denny Stolz, who was named football coach of the year in four conferences, has died. He was 89. Michigan State announced Stolz died on Thursday. The family informed the school of his death, and no cause was given. Stolz was 126-92-2 over 21

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 25, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Stanley Cup Playoffs are, if nothing else, about teachable moments. What a team learns one season can impact the next. If players, coaches and executives take the wrong lessons from the most pressure-filled time of the year, they

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 24, 2023, 11:03 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Florida Panthers are bound for the Stanley Cup Final. Just as we all predicted. (Kidding.) In reality, Florida’s trajectory this season reads like the plot of a classic Disney movie, a tale of plucky

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 24, 2023, 11:02 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. SUNRISE, Florida — Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds remaining to complete Florida’s sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes and send the Panthers to their first Stanley Cup Final in 27 years. The

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 24, 2023, 09:07 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. SUNRISE, Florida — Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jaccob Slavin left Wednesday’s Eastern Conference finals Game 4 early in the first period after taking a high hit from Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett. Slavin was later ruled

Associated Press May 24, 2023, 06:43 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — The young, retooled Buffalo Sabres can rely on Kyle Okposo‘s veteran presence for at least one more season after the team captain signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract on Wednesday. The 35-year-old’s re-signing was anticipated after both the player and team expressed mutual interest

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 24, 2023, 05:32 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn has been suspended two games — coming in the playoffs or regular season — for cross-checking against Vegas Golden Knights forward Mark Stone, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Wednesday. Benn was ejected

Associated Press May 24, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Hockey purists might be grumbling about the upcoming Stanley Cup Final because it will have nothing but Sun Belt teams involved. It suits Gary Bettman just fine. Bettman was honored by the Sports Business Journal on Wednesday with a lifetime achievement award for the NHL’s growth during

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 24, 2023, 01:39 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. DALLAS — Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn said it was a “heat of the moment” play that led to the match penalty in Game 3, earning him both a first-period ejection and a hearing Wednesday with the NHL Department

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 24, 2023, 11:48 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. SUNRISE, Fla. — Florida Panthers‘ captain Aleksander Barkov will be back in the lineup for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday after leaving the first period of Game 3 with a lower-body injury.

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. With Alabama’s Bryce Young and others eligible, it’s time to update — and add to — our ranking of the top quarterbacks of the 2000s. AP Photo/Butch Dill In the last year of the 20th century, quarterback

Associated Press May 20, 2023, 08:27 PM ET ST. LOUIS — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed left-hander Julio Urias on the 15-day injured list retroactive to Thursday with a strained left hamstring and recalled RHP Wander Suero from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Los Angeles made the move Saturday just a few hours after manager Dave Roberts

May 19, 2023, 06:42 PM ET The San Diego Padres are placing star slugger Manny Machado on the injured list. Manager Bob Melvin made the announcement ahead of the team’s series opener against the Boston Red Sox on Friday night in San Diego. Machado has been out since Monday, when he was hit by a