Jul 17, 2024, 09:17 AM ETJeff Gordon won the last of his five Brickyard 400s in 2014. Andy Lyons/Getty ImagesJeff Gordon wishes he could remember more details from his first Indianapolis victory.It has been 30 years since that day, Aug. 6, 1994. A milestone that is pretty amazing to Gordon, who laughs about his lack of memory.Gordon will go down in history as NASCAR's first winner at Indianapolis -- an event […]

Alexa PhilippouCloseAlexa PhilippouESPNCovers women's college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati EnquirerMichael VoepelCloseMichael VoepelESPN.comMichael Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Jul 17, 2024, […]

Jul 17, 2024, 08:15 AM ETAngel City FC is now the most valuable women's sports team in the world following an agreement by Willow Bay and Bob Iger to purchase a controlling stake in the National Women's Soccer League franchise at a $250 million valuation.Bay, the dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, and Iger, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, will become the new majority […]

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 10, 2024, 03:17 PM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaMost of the world's best women golfers are competing in this week's Amundi Evian Championship, the fourth major championship of the season, and for many, it won't be their only trip to France this summer.Editor's Picks1 RelatedSixty golfers will return to Paris on Aug. 7-10 […]

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJul 10, 2024, 03:25 PM ETCloseCovers college football.Joined ESPN in 2014.Attended Washington State University.LAS VEGAS -- After finishing 4-8 and in last place in the Pac-12 in his debut season last year at Colorado, coach Deion Sanders made it clear during the conference's media day Wednesday what must change for the Buffaloes to compete in the Big 12."We got to protect that quarterback," Sanders said. "That's […]

Jeff Passan, ESPNJul 10, 2024, 05:00 PM ETCloseESPN MLB insiderAuthor of "The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports"Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was placed on the restricted list Wednesday, a day after prosecutors in the Dominican Republic levied three charges against him for an alleged sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old girl, sources told ESPN.Franco, 23, had previously been on administrative leave as part […]

Jul 10, 2024, 05:53 PM ETSEATTLE -- A'ja Wilson had 24 points and 20 rebounds for her first career 20-20 game and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm 84-79 on Wednesday.It was the 21st 20-20 game in WNBA history. Wilson's is the second in Aces franchise history, following Natalie Williams (Utah Starzz, 2001).Wilson, who also had 4 blocks and 3 steals to go along with the 20 rebounds, […]

Jeff Carlisle, U.S. soccer correspondentJul 10, 2024, 06:31 PM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.Gregg Berhalter has been fired as manager of the United States men's national team, effective immediately, the U.S. Soccer Federation confirmed Wednesday.The announcement comes in the wake of the team's poor showing at the 2024 Copa América, in which the hosts failed to get past the group stage after defeats […]

Jul 10, 2024, 06:11 PM ETThe NBA has agreed to terms on its new media deals, record 11-year agreements worth $76 billion that would assure player salaries will continue rising for the foreseeable future and that will surely change how some viewers access the game for years to come.A person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press that the networks have the terms sheets, with the next step being […]