IN EARLY AUGUST, just four months into his tenure as Sacramento Kings general manager, Scott Perry took assistant GM B.J. Armstrong and coach Doug Christie to Latrobe, Pennsylvania. For three nights, Perry, Armstrong and Christie stayed in the dorm rooms at Saint Vincent College and were given unfettered access to coach Mike Tomlin and the…
Wright ThompsonJan 8, 2026, 08:00 AM ET Close Wright Thompson is a senior writer for ESPN and is executive producer of TrueSouth and co-executive producer of Backstory. He is the author of New York Times bestselling The Cost of These Dreams. NEW ORLEANS — We got into town the day before the Sugar Bowl, dropped…
Achim Messidor And reuben ben jrCan usually be found in one place, They first met on a trip to Miami in 2022 when Messidor was in the transfer portal and Ben was a sophomore in high school, Now teammates, they are inseparable, even if they are in the opposing backfield, ambushing the quarterback, But the…
world number 1 Scotty Scheffler He will make his 2026 debut at the American Express Championship in La Quinta, Calif., later this month, tournament officials said Wednesday night. Scheffler has never won the AmEx, but finished third in 2020, along with a pair of top-20s. He did not play last year after hand surgery. Editor’s…
Bill ConnellyJan 7, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019. It has been 29 years since a college football team won its first national title. There’s about a two-in-three chance it will happen over the next…
Glenn Hall, a Hockey Hall of Famer whose Ironman streak of 502 starts as a goaltender remains an NHL record, has died. He was 94 years old. Nicknamed “Mr. Goalie”, Hall worked to stop the puck at a time when players in his position were bare-faced, before masks of any kind were common. He did…
Michael C. WrightJanuary 8, 2026, 02:57 am ET to close Joined ESPN in 2010 The Bears were previously covered for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M San Antonio — Spurs Ahead jeremy sochan The seriousness of the incident after the game on Wednesday was downplayed Los Angeles Lakers Ahead jared vanderbilt San Antonio…
todd archerJanuary 7, 2026, 03:35 PM ET to close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter for ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. Frisco, Texas — at the age of 83, dallas cowboys Owner and general manager Jerry Jones still…
atlanta hawks Four-time All-Star traded trey young till washington wizards For CJ McCallum And corey kispertSources told ESPN. Young’s tenure as the face of the Hawks franchise ended after more than seven seasons and the 27-year-old was shipped off his favorite destination To become the chief protector for magicians in the nation’s capital. Washington’s top…
Dan WetzelJanuary 7, 2026, 07:00 am ET to close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focusing on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. Before the Rose Bowl, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti was asked about preparing his players to face Alabama and its considerable “mystery”. “Our guys know what they see on tape,” Cignetti said….
