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Ben BabyJul 20, 2025, 01:55 PM 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

Adam RittenbergJul 20, 2025, 01:06 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Ole Miss freshman football player Corey Adams was killed Saturday night in a shooting in Tennessee. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said Adams, 18, died at the scene in Cordova, Tennessee, just outside of Memphis. Four

Kentucky will have to shift their attention to their other top point guard targets in the 2026 class. On Friday, 2026 top 5 overall prospect Jason Crowe Jr. committed to the Missouri Tigers, he announced live on 247 Sports. Mark Pope and the Wildcats were firmly in the lead for a couple of months, but

The Boston Red Sox need a better left-handed hitting first baseman if they want to be serious World Series contenders this season. No disrespect intended to Abraham Toro, who stepped up in a major way in late May and early June when the Red Sox needed a boost. But in his last 26 games, Toro

At 33-years-old, New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has a pretty good idea of how, and when, he’ll finish his historic career. While speaking with The Athletic’s Ian O’Connor, Judge admitted that he has his sights set on playing into his 40s and remaining a productive player for New York the entire way through. “When

The Kansas City Chiefs are looking to bounce back from their disappointing end last year. The Chiefs know they have to fix something to get back to the big game next season and have a different result. The team will have extra motivation next season because of all the talks that have been happening all

Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker has been tinkering with the team’s lineup for weeks. He’s mixed and matched, placing former All-Star hitters in all kinds of different spots and situations. But not much has worked for the Braves offense this season. Snitker, though, may have finally found something with his latest tinker. Over the past

Former NBA MVP and UCLA Bruins basketball legend Russell Westbrook lost another potential suitor Thursday after Damian Lillard agreed to a contract to return to the Portland Trail Blazers, His options were already limited before, but now it seems like it could come down to just a handful of teams that are in need of

Manchester United are hopeful that injured centre-back Lisandro Martínez will travel with the squad on their preseason tour of the United States, with the defender close to re-joining group training, according to multiple reports. The World Cup winner suffered a devastating cruciate ligament injury in February during Man Utd’s 2–0 defeat to Crystal Palace, ruling

Former NFL player Shannon Sharpe looks on in the second half of the in-season tournament championship final between the Indiana Pacers and the Los Angeles Lakers at T-Mobile Arena. / Kyle Terada-Imagn Images Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe has settled a lawsuit brought by an anonymous woman in April accusing him of sexual