Tim Bontemps, ESPNNov 6, 2024, 08:12 AM ETWHEN THE BOSTON CELTICS convened for training camp in September, it began yet another NBA champion's quest to repeat for the first time since the 2017-18 season.Now, just two weeks into the 2024-25 campaign, the Celtics will face the franchise whose record-shattering success they are trying to emulate: the Golden State Warriors (7:30 p.m. ET Wednesday, ESPN).The matchup in Boston has even more […]

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterNov 6, 2024, 08:00 AM ETCloseOhm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of Michigan State University. Follow him on Twitter »  Ohm's chat archive »JAMES HARDEN HAD the […]

Chelsea duo Erin Cuthbert and Zecira Musovic praised new manager Sonia Bompastor following their unbeaten start to the season and the smooth transition to her leadership.The Blues have won all five of their first Women's Super League (WSL) games as well as their opening two Champions League group stage games against Real Madrid and FC Twente.Editor's Picks1 RelatedIt is the first time that Chelsea have had a five-game unbeaten streak […]

Rúben Amorim has warned Manchester United supporters not to expect his new team to play as Sporting CP do when he takes over.Expectations at Old Trafford are high after Amorim, who will take over as Man United's new manager on Nov. 11, led Sporting to a 4-1 home win over Manchester City on Tuesday.Editor's Picks2 RelatedIt was City's first loss in the Champions League this season."It doesn't mean anything," Amorim […]

Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy on Wednesday won the majority of his case against the Premier League club for over £11 million ($14.2 million) in unpaid wages.The France international filed a claim against Manchester City last year, seeking unpaid wages from when the club stopped paying him in September 2021, shortly after he was charged with sexual offences, until the end of his contract in June 2023.Mendy was acquitted […]

Just like the top four teams in the NWSL were vastly superior to the rest of the pack this season, there are (in this humble writer's opinion) a few obvious choices for individual awards.That has been the story of this campaign: Last year's historic parity was replaced by a landscape in which the best teams just kept winning and the bad teams couldn't keep up. Top individual performers were also […]

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 6, 2024, 09:30 AM ETCloseSenior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Inspirational thought of the week:Do you love me?Do you wanna be my friend?And if you doWell then don't be afraid to take me by the handIf you want toI think this is how love goesCheck yes or no-- "Check Yes or No," […]

LIFE HAD NOT been easy for Payton Washington. But on Monday, April 17, 2023, everything seemed possible.That weekend, her all-star cheerleading team was going to compete at The Cheerleading Worlds, and, as perennial contenders, they were likely to win. A few weeks later, she would graduate high school, and then officially join Baylor University's acrobatics and tumbling team, a program with seven national titles.Top stories of the week from Get […]

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 6, 2024, 08:00 AM ETCloseSenior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Arkansans crave relevancy. They always have. That desire is woven into their DNA, a hunger well earned.A state so beautiful border to border, and yet too many Americans likely can't point to it on a map. A state with so much to […]