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Courtney Cronin, ESPN Staff WriterMar 16, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Close Courtney Cronin joined ESPN in 2017, originally covering the Minnesota Vikings before switching to the Chicago Bears in 2022. Courtney is a frequent panelist on Around the Horn and host of Best Week Ever on ESPN Radio. She also co-hosts The Chicago Bears Podcast

Mar 16, 2024, 09:29 PM Open Extended Reactions Ireland flanker Peter O’Mahony said that if Saturday’s Six Nations clinching 17-13 win over Scotland proves to be his last game for his country, it will not be a bad way to go out. O’Mahony picked up his fifth Six Nations winners medal and first as captain

Feb 1, 2024, 11:22 AM Ireland held firm to beat Scotland 17-13 in a thrilling match in Dublin on Saturday to clinch back-to-back Six Nations titles for the second time in 11 years. After being denied a bid for successive Grand Slams last week, a sluggish Ireland looked at risk of relinquishing their grip on

Mar 16, 2024, 05:54 PM Open Extended Reactions Wales have rejected coach Warren Gatland’s offer to resign after they finished bottom of the Six Nations standings for the first time in 21 years following a 24-21 defeat to Italy in Cardiff on Saturday. Gatland said he remains committed to taking Wales to the 2027 World

Feb 1, 2024, 11:01 AM Italy completed their best Six Nations campaign with a 24-21 win over a desperately poor Wales who scored three late tries in Cardiff on Saturday but slipped to a fifth successive defeat and finished bottom of the standings. While Italy are seemingly on the up, it’s the first time in

Mar 15, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Less than a year on from staging a record-setting Women’s World Cup, Australia is almost certain to be awarded hosting rights to the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) recommended it as its preferred bidder for the tournament. Editor’s Picks Alongside its

Associated Press Mar 15, 2024, 12:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A new plan to rebuild Baltimore’s storied but deteriorating Pimlico Race Course and transfer the track to state control is making a late charge down the stretch of Maryland’s legislative session. The measure, released Thursday with less than a month to

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterMar 14, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Dallas police on Thursday confirmed they are

Mar 14, 2024, 01:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konaté has returned to the France squad for this month’s friendlies against Germany and Chile despite injury, while Chelsea‘s Axel Disasi has been left out of the 23-man list announced on Thursday. Konaté suffered a muscle injury earlier this month and has not

Field Level Media Mar 14, 2024, 05:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tom Kim withdrew from The Players Championship eight holes into his opening round at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. on Thursday. The PGA Tour said Kim’s withdrawal was due to an unspecified illness. It came as Kim was 5-over par following

Associated Press Mar 14, 2024, 12:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW ORLEANS — Donovan Mitchell returned from a seven-game absence and the Cleveland Cavaliers stemmed a two-game slide with style and on the road against an opponent that has been hard to beat lately. Mitchell scored 14 points, Darius Garland had 27 points and

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 13, 2024, 11:23 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Texas A&M is expected to hire Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts for the same role, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Alberts, 53, a former All-American linebacker at Nebraska

Associated Press Mar 13, 2024, 12:17 PM ET The Palestinian football federation says former national team member Mohammed Barakat was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. The federation says the 39-year-old Barakat was killed in a strike Monday on a residential building in the southern city of Khan Younis. Affectionately known as

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 13, 2024, 12:30 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Wales and British & Irish Lions back George North will retire from international rugby after Saturday’s

Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday there is a 50-50 chance of Congress passing legislation that would provide antitrust protection and regulation to college athletics in the U.S. by the end of the year. Cruz (R-Texas) lowered his previous estimate of 60-40 from

Associated Press Mar 12, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Patrick Reed has not missed a major since he first became eligible for them at the 2014 Masters, a streak that now is in peril with the PGA Championship two months away. The PGA of America sent out its

Graham Hunter, Spain writerMar 12, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Graham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team. Open Extended Reactions This is a public service message for Manchester City: Hands off Sávio! He’s far better off where he is. Leave him with Girona

Pete Thamel, ESPNMar 12, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A distillation of what’s necessary for new Indiana coach Curt Cignetti to reverse the tortured fortunes of Indiana football the past few generations can be found on the bathroom sink in his office. His toothpaste is a brand called Tom’s Of

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterMar 9, 2024, 08:39 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Marcus Smith celebrates his dramatic match-winning drop goal to give England victory over Ireland. Julian Finney/Getty Images

Feb 1, 2024, 10:58 AM Maxime Lucu of France celebrates with teammates after scoring his team’s fifth try. Getty France put in a dominant second half performance to earn a 45-24 bonus point victory over Wales in Cardiff on Saturday in a seesaw contest in which the lead changed hands numerous times before the visitors pulled