Adam TeicherFeb 27, 2025, 02:16 PM ET Close Adam Teicher has covered the Kansas City Chiefs for more than 30 seasons. He joined ESPN in 2013 for the launch of NFL Nation. Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs have informed Pro Bowl guard Trey Smith that they will use the franchise tag
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Field Level Media Feb 27, 2025, 02:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pittsburgh Penguins forward Michael Bunting is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to remove his appendix. “He’ll be out here for the next little while,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said Thursday. “I don’t know the time frame at this point, but that’s that.” Bunting
James Regan Feb 27, 2025, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Conor Benn will fight Chris Eubank Jr. with a British Boxing Board of Control license, promoter Eddie Hearn told a news conference on Thursday. Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KOs) and Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) met at a second news conference in as many days
Feb 27, 2025, 02:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Hall of Fame coach Gregg Popovich held an emotional in-person meeting Thursday with San Antonio Spurs players, who were all able to see him for the first time since his stroke in November, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania. After the meeting, Popovich issued a statement saying
NFL NationFeb 27, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close NFL Nation is made up of 32 team-specific reporters who cover the NFL year-round across ESPN.com, ESPN television shows, ESPN Radio, ESPN+ and social media platforms. It was established ahead of the 2013 season. Open Extended Reactions Sometimes change is just needed, and NFL players are not
Timothy Bradley Jr.Feb 27, 2025, 11:11 AM ET Close Timothy Bradley Jr. is a boxing analyst for ESPN. He was a two-division, five-time world champion and is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Bradley is also the recipient of the 2023 Sam Taub award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. Open Extended Reactions
Feb 26, 2025, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions If the 2025 NFL combine participants feel like this week is like a runaway train, Quinnen Williams can empathize. It was the night before the 2019 combine in Indianapolis, and Williams, a 6-foot-3, 303-pound defensive lineman out of Alabama, was trying to get some sleep. But
Greg WyshynskiFeb 27, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The rise of the salary cap changes everything in the NHL. On Jan. 31, the league and the NHLPA announced an agreement to create “increased predictability” about the salary cap over the next three seasons, provided there’s
Tim BontempsFeb 26, 2025, 11:48 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.
Open Extended Reactions Tests taken Wednesday revealed that potential No. 1 draft pick Abdul Carter has a stress reaction in his right foot and the Penn State standout will need to decide soon whether to have surgery. “There are mixed opinions on whether he needs surgery, and we will figure that out in the near
Associated Press Feb 26, 2025, 10:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Drew Doughty is day to day because of a lower-body injury that kept the defenseman out of the Los Angeles Kings‘ game against the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night. Doughty missed the first 47 games of the season after breaking his
ESPN News Services Feb 26, 2025, 09:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Malik Beasley scored 26 points, Cade Cunningham had 21 points and 11 assists and the Detroit Pistons beat the Boston Celtics 117-97 on Wednesday night in a matchup of two of the NBA’s hottest teams. The Pistons (33-26) won their eighth
Open Extended Reactions Former light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill will face Khalil Rountree Jr. in the main event when the UFC heads to Kansas City, Missouri, on April 26. In the co-main event, former light heavyweight title contender Anthony Smith will compete in his retirement bout against Zhang Mingyang. Representatives from the UFC confirmed both
Open Extended Reactions Rafael Fiziev will replace Dan Hooker on short notice to face Justin Gaethje in the co-main event of UFC 313 on March 8. UFC CEO Dana White announced the fight Wednesday on Instagram Live. Hooker was originally set to face Gaethje (25-5) in a five-round co-main event at UFC 313 in Las
Open Extended Reactions FORT MYERS, Fla. — Inside the batting cages at the Boston Red Sox‘s spring training complex, where the future of hitting is playing out in real time, the best trio of position prospects in a generation blossomed. Kristian Campbell, Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer have spent hundreds of hours in the building,
ESPN News Services Feb 26, 2025, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros star Jose Altuve will make his spring training debut Friday — and he’ll do it in left field, manager Joe Espada told reporters Wednesday. Following the offseason trade of All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs, the Astros have an
Rich CiminiFeb 26, 2025, 01:02 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York
Associated Press Feb 26, 2025, 02:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury. The Russian forward will try to spark a sputtering Avalanche offense that’s scored two goals in back-to-back losses