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By Sean Gentille, Shayna Goldman and Dom Luszczyszyn This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, franchises and much more. If you’ve ever wondered how challenging it can be to assemble our NHL Player Tiers, take it from two of our returning panelists. “Every year, it gets a little …

Welcome to Week 1! Here are my initial ranks and tiers, but keep in mind Week 1 is always a bit volatile. My projections could move around quite a bit as we get more news and I have time to fine-tune them later in the week. The opening week is always tricky because we are mostly relying on beat reports, …

It’s now a little cheaper to try Xbox Cloud Gaming. Previously restricted to the Game Pass Ultimate tier, it’s now open to Core and Standard subscribers. Xbox Cloud Gaming is still in beta, so you’ll need to sign up (for free) as an Xbox Insider. Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers can stream cloud-playable games from two categories. This includes …

What makes a good college football coach? The answer has certainly changed in recent years. As colleges begin to officially pay players directly for the first time, finding the balance between acting like a CEO and getting a hand in the dirt on the field has been difficult. Although many notable coaches have retired or otherwise left the sport somewhat …

My least favorite part of fantasy football is when a kicker misses a field goal and a million fantasy managers call for the end of the kicker position in our grand little game. They demand the abolition of kickers in fantasy football, yet they have nothing to say when a tight end drops a gimme touchdown pass or a quarterback …

“Sam, when you put the pieces around him, has as higher ceiling,” another voter said. “This is wild to say, but Geno is maybe better if your team is bad. Sam is better if your team is good.” Smith could be the higher-variance player, by this way of thinking. “Geno can look great, and you can win a game you …

This article is part of our Rankings & Tiers series, an evaluation across sport about the key players, front offices, teams, franchises and much more. Quarterback Tiers results are in for 2025, with 50 NFL coaches and executives coronating two first-time Tier 1 QBs — including, finally, Lamar Jackson. The panel combined to confer 46 top-tier votes on Jackson. That …

David HaleAug 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the debate between the Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Big 12 over the future of the College Football Playoff, it’s that committees are awful. They get it wrong nearly every year despite …

I don’t really believe in Chivas or Pumas, two of the traditional grandes of LIGA MX. But both teams are at least fun and interesting from an MLS perspective, with new additions Efraín Álvarez, Daniel Aguirre and Richy Ledezma joining Cade Cowell, Chicharito and Alan Pulido for Chivas, and Pedro Vite joining Coco Carrasquilla with Pumas. Both teams, however, were …

It’s Hall of Fame weekend — for Ichiro Suzuki, for CC Sabathia, for Billy Wagner and for two men who will be missed on that podium, Dick Allen and Dave Parker. We’ll be talking and writing about all of them in the coming days. We promise. But this is a different kind of Hall of Fame column — because it’s …