Bengals, DE Hendrickson still at contract impasse

Ben BabyMar 31, 2025, 11:14 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while […]

Diggs: ACL, 1,000-yard history affected Pats deal

Mike ReissMar 28, 2025, 04:06 PM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Veteran wide […]

Knicks' Brunson hopes to return before playoffs

Tim BontempsMar 30, 2025, 05:47 PM ET Close Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast. […]

Patriots release LB Bentley after seven seasons

Mike ReissMar 28, 2025, 12:36 PM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New […]

Bills, CB Benford agree to 4-year, $76M extension

Alaina GetzenbergMar 29, 2025, 12:25 PM ET Close Alaina Getzenberg covers the Buffalo Bills for ESPN. She joined ESPN in 2021. Alaina was previously a beat reporter for the Charlotte Observer and has also worked for CBS Sports and the Dallas Morning News. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. BUFFALO, N.Y. […]

Hornets' Ball to have procedures, out for season

Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball will miss the rest of the season as he undergoes two minor procedures to address right ankle and wrist issues, the team said Friday. Ball will undergo arthroscopic surgery on a right ankle impingement and will have a procedure on his right wrist, according to the Hornets. Ball had played […]

Elic Ayomanor's journey from Canada to the NFL draft

Adam RittenbergMar 28, 2025, 06:45 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Just about everyone in Elic Ayomanor’s life remembers where they were on the night of Oct. 13, 2023. The wide receiver from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada — now an NFL draft prospect — had waited more […]

Logos, coaches, stadiums and key players for all eight teams

We’re less than a week away from the second season of the United Football League. Starting with the March 28 matchup between the St. Louis Battlehawks and Houston Roughnecks, eight teams will play a 10-game season that culminates in a championship game on June 14 on ABC and ESPN+. Before we get to that, here’s […]

Lakers left feeling 'devastation' of late collapse

Dave McMenaminMar 28, 2025, 01:09 AM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. CHICAGO — The bar to clear for anything to register as truly shocking for this season’s Los Angeles Lakers […]