Jul 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ETEmma Hayes has won 16 trophies with Chelsea FC in England. Now, she takes over a U.S. women's national team that has hit a historical low. Harriet Lander/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesEmma Hayes did not need any introduction when she arrived in New York in May for her much-anticipated unveiling as the new head coach of the U.S. women's national team.Hayes has long been considered one […]

Bill Barnwell, ESPN Staff WriterJul 25, 2024, 06:45 AM ETCloseBill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X's and O's, offseason transactions and so much more.He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with episodes released once a week. Barnwell joined ESPN in 2011 as a staff writer at […]

Stephen Holder, ESPNJul 25, 2024, 06:00 AM ETCloseStephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. He has chronicled the NFL since 2005, covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2005-2013 and the […]

Jul 25, 2024, 06:54 AM ETOne of fantasy football's little pleasures is conducting mock drafts in different league styles and seeing how the players shake out differently. In superflex leagues, where you are able to start a quarterback at your flex position. It's a small roster tweak -- simply select "OP" as a position in lieu, or in addition to, the "flex" spot in the League Manage settings -- that […]

When the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, UConn had just one national championship.Kim Mulkey had never been a head coach. Dawn Staley had never coached. The WNBA was just three years old and had only one champion, the Houston Comets. Diana Taurasi was in high school. Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark had yet to be born.As the year 2000 wore on, UConn would win the second of what […]

Jul 25, 2024, 08:00 AM ETWhen LeBron James entered the NBA as the top pick in the 2003 draft, he did so in the face of seemingly impossible expectations.James already had graced a Sports Illustrated cover with the headline "The Chosen One." His high school games had been broadcast on national television for more than a year. He was one of the most anticipated rookies in the history of the […]

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 25, 2024, 09:04 AM ETCloseESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two booksPARIS -- After games on three continents and a whirlwind of ceremonies and travel, Team USA has finally arrived in the Olympics' host city.And coach Steve Kerr had a corresponding message: It's time to act like it.After a sobering film session Thursday that showed clips of some […]

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2024, 08:10 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaTROON, Scotland -- The Open Championship, the final major championship of the season, starts Thursday at Royal Troon Golf Course on Scotland's west coast.Editor's Picks2 RelatedThe Open is typically the most wide-open of the four majors, which is how it produced previous champions like Todd […]