Three months after a dismal 2024 Copa América group stage exit, the United States men's national soccer team returned to action for the September international window under different management and a renewed desire from team members to prove themselves.But the promise of change and growth lasted mere minutes on Saturday as Canada exposed the Americans' ongoing weaknesses and lack of harmony with a 2-1 victory in Kansas City, Kansas.Editor's Picks2 […]

NEW YORK -- As the crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium cheered wildly, Aryna Sabalenka put her head down and walked to her chair.Coco Gauff was lying on the court with her head in her hands, celebrating her first major title, and Sabalenka was left to wonder how she had lost in the final at the 2023 US Open, after winning the first set 6-2. She was gracious on the court […]

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2024, 11:17 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012.Graduate of the University of Delaware.The best upsets are the ones no one sees coming.Northern Illinois' stunning defeat of Notre Dame certainly fits the bill. Just a week ago, the Irish looked like a surefire playoff team after upending Texas A&M on the road.The best upsets aren't about luck.There was nothing unconventional in NIU's game plan. […]

David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2024, 11:40 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012.Graduate of the University of Delaware.Welcome to the season of change.It's 2024, and if we're to believe the punditry, this will be unlike anything we've seen before in college football, which is saying something in a sport that had an interim coach drive an ATV out of a locker room just nine months ago. But it's […]