Defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux, the No. 1-ranked prospect in the 2019 class, committed to Oregon on Saturday. Thibodeaux chose the Ducks over Alabama, Florida and Florida State. | Continue reading
Theo Epstein walks to and from Wrigley, eats lunch in the empty bleachers and wants Chicago to see the ivy turn red in October. The Cubs president may be nearing middle age, but his love of the game is shining through more than ever. | Continue reading
In 1982, during the middle of The Game between rivals Harvard and Yale, a third player entered the game when MIT students pulled the greatest prank in college football history. | Continue reading
Carmelo Anthony's reps are exploring potential landing spots for the veteran forward, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, as his time with the Rockets may be nearing an end. | Continue reading
Giants great Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame lefty slugger who hit 521 homers in his career, died Wednesday at age 80. | Continue reading
In an essay for espnW, former cyclist Mara Abbott writes about leaving the sport, struggling with an eating disorder and whether she would have competed differently at the beginning of her career. | Continue reading
Saying sports betting should be fun, FanDuel has changed course and decided to pay $82,000 to a man who capitalized on a mistake by the company. FanDuel also will add $1,000 apiece to the accounts of 82 randomly chosen customers. | Continue reading
Mavs owner Mark Cuban sat down with Rachel Nichols to discuss the findings in an investigation into allegations of harassment and violence toward female employees. | Continue reading
New Jersey bookmaker FanDuel declined to honor a $110 bet on the Broncos on Sunday that would have paid more than $82,000, due to an error in the oddsmaking process, the company said. | Continue reading
How did Ninja become gaming's first crossover star? The Fortnite legend is relentless about one thing: He's always on. | Continue reading
Visit ESPN to get up-to-the-minute sports news coverage, scores, highlights and commentary for NFL, MLB, NBA, College Football, NCAA Basketball and more. | Continue reading
LeBron James' most remarkable gift -- and greatest curse -- is not his prodigious-yet-crampy muscles. It's his fast-twitch, incessantly churning, overflowing mind. | Continue reading
Some NFL teams have been slow to embrace analytics. With the deep player-tracking era now upon us, the skeptical could get quickly left behind. | Continue reading
San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman announced Thursday that his new fantasy site, Daily Number, will be launching paid contests in 23 states. | Continue reading
Should bookmakers be allowed to refuse to take bets from customers? It's a growing debate in the legal U.S. sports betting market. | Continue reading
Carmelo Anthony, whose one season with the Thunder featured career-lows nearly across the board, wrote a letter to thank the team and fans for "genuine support." | Continue reading
Jayson Werth, a 15-year MLB veteran who said he was done playing pro baseball, believes "super nerds" are ruining the game. "Just put computers out there," he said. | Continue reading
The NBA has signed a sponsorship deal with MGM, becoming the first major U.S. sports league to have an official relationship with a betting operation. | Continue reading
Boxing trainer Ramon Sosa was marked for death by his wife. This is the story of how he survived, thanks to a surprising savior. | Continue reading
The Raptors are finalizing a deal to acquire Spurs All-NBA forward Kawhi Leonard in a trade package that includes All-Star DeMar DeRozan, league sources told ESPN. | Continue reading
The popular EA Sports game was discontinued five years ago, but a group of hardcore fans has kept it from going extinct. | Continue reading
The financial implications of Carmelo Anthony opting in for $27.9M have dictated that the Thunder will part ways with the forward this summer, sources told ESPN. | Continue reading
In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger stunned the nation when it broke apart 73 seconds into flight. This is the story of the soccer ball that survived -- and the family that sent it into space, twice. | Continue reading
Eight-time NBA All-Star Dwight Howard and the Brooklyn Nets have agreed to enter into buyout talks for his $23.8 million expiring contract. | Continue reading
The fiery forward has made many winning plays for Golden State, perhaps none bigger than the pay cut he took to pursue Kevin Durant. | Continue reading
Stay with the Cavs, force a trade, team up with other stars: LeBron has lots of options this summer. Brian Windhorst puts them all on the table. | Continue reading
They battle in the forest, soccer gang against soccer gang. They are the underground fighters the World Cup host doesn't want you to see. | Continue reading
Dwight Clark, the former 49ers star best known for "The Catch" that won the NFC Championship Game in 1982, has died at the age of 61, his wife wrote on Twitter. | Continue reading
From the number of letters to the language of origin, the trickiest traits of National Spelling Bee words | Continue reading
From the moment the 2017 NBA Finals ended, a fourth Cavs-Warriors series felt inevitable. But that wasn't always the case as the season played out. | Continue reading
A huge Game 7 could come down to a lot of little details. Zach Lowe breaks down what to look for in Monday's decisive game. | Continue reading
A committee of researchers appointed by Major League Baseball has concluded that baseballs are indeed getting extra lift. | Continue reading
In ESPN The Magazine's World Fame 100 Issue, Kevin Durant takes us inside his growing business empire, his Nike negotiations and whether he ultimately might end up in an owner's box. | Continue reading
The Supreme Court struck down a federal law prohibiting sports gambling Monday, giving states the go-ahead to allow betting on sports. | Continue reading
The Raptors have fired head coach Dwane Casey after consecutive second-round playoff sweeps to the Cavaliers. | Continue reading
The NBA says the officials in Wednesday night's closeout game between the Celtics and 76ers missed two key late fouls that would have gone against Philadelphia, which went on to win by two points and close out the series 4-1. | Continue reading
LeBron James is emptying his tank playing in every game for the Cavaliers since the season opener. Here's how he's managing to do it. | Continue reading
Carmelo Anthony, who is owed $28 million on the last year of his contract but can opt out, says he still has "so much left in the tank" and that he's going to have to think about what he wants out of the rest of his career. | Continue reading