Eighteen months ago, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and coach Bill Belichick stood beside each other at a podium inside Gillette Stadium on a cold January day and announced their divorce. It was a mutual decision, they insisted, one made through handshakes and fistfuls of cash as the team Belichick oversaw so successfully for so long crumbled into one …
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A critical litmus test awaits the Indiana Fever on Wednesday evening against the New York Liberty, but their star will be absent for it. Fever guard Caitlin Clark is officially out for the game against the Liberty with a groin injury, Indiana announced Wednesday afternoon. Clark suffered the injury during a hard-fought 85–77 Indiana win over the Connecticut Sun Tuesday, …
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The next item on the to-do list for the Jets should be to sign rookie Mason Taylor before training camp begins. But accomplishing that task by the time rookies report Saturday might be more difficult than it sounds — even for a team that just executed $250 million worth of drama-free extensions with stars Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner. The …
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Fox Sports is nearing completion of a major deal with Barstool Sports, sources briefed on the deal confirmed to The Athletic. The agreement would call for the company’s founder, Dave Portnoy, to become a regular on Fox’s premier Saturday college football pregame show, “Big Noon Kickoff.” On weekdays, Portnoy and top personalities, like Portnoy and Dan (Big Cat) Katz, would …
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Jon Jones has his sights set on returning to action when the UFC goes to the White House for a historic event in 2026 and he already has an opponent in mind. Well technically, Jones is seeking the person holding onto the belt he relinquished after briefly announcing his retirement only to decide he wanted to compete again following President …
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The Chiefs will open training camp without wide receiver Justyn Ross. Ross is getting waived today after asking for his release, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network. As a freshman at Clemson in 2018, Ross looked like football’s next superstar wide receiver, totaling 1,000 receiving yards on the season and catching six passes for 153 yards and a touchdown …
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Comedian Shane Gillis spared no one in his ESPY Awards opening monologue on Wednesday night, roasting everyone from Caitlin Clark to Aaron Rodgers to President Donald Trump and Mets star Juan Soto. The jokes were likely the most biting that have come from an ESPYs host since the 1998 show led by Norm Macdonald, to whom Gillis paid homage with …
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Georgia added a second linebacker prospect to its recruiting class on Wednesday, when four-star prospect Nick Abrams announced his commitment to the program. Abrams picked Georgia over finalists Oregon, Michigan and Alabama. He is the No. 296 overall player in the class and the No. 19-ranked linebacker per the 247Sports Composite rankings. “A big thing for me was the development …
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Jul 16, 2025, 07:22 PM ET NEW YORK — The MLB All-Star Game — which featured the event’s first swing-off to determine the winner — averaged 7,185,000 viewers Tuesday night on Fox, according to Nielsen. It was Fox’s most-watched telecast since the Super Bowl and the network’s best audience for a Tuesday night since last year’s Game 4 of the …
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The LA Kings and National Hockey League (NHL) have announced the club’s 82-game 2025-26 regular season schedule, slated to kick off on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. against the Colorado Avalanche as part of the NHL’s Opening Night Tripleheader on ESPN, Sportsnet and TVA Sports. Following the season-opening game, the Kings will play eight of their remaining 11 games …
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