Somewhere between seeing the blinking red light on a camera and hearing the quiet hum of a control room at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut, I realized I was no longer daydreaming about being a Rhoden Fellow — I was one. Yet that moment in the opening weeks of the Rhoden Fellowship last June kept...
After the Oklahoma City Thunder emerged victorious in the 2025 NBA Finals, it seemed as if Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and company would have a death grip on the league for the foreseeable future. Considering the franchise’s stockpiling of elite talent and upcoming draft picks, the question at that time wasn’t whether the Thunder would win another...
On Friday, while dropping my daughter off at school, her teacher chuckled as she eagerly asked me a question. So what’d you think about Drake’s albums? My short answer was that I didn’t have an opinion yet. Truthfully, a review less than 24 hours after the project dropped felt more catered to my own ego...
Three games into her WNBA career, Olivia Miles has already done something only two players in league history had done before her. In each of her first three games for the Minnesota Lynx, Miles has scored at least 10 points and handed out at least 5 assists. ESPN Insights found only two players who opened...
CLEVELAND – Two years ago, former St. John’s guard Daniss Jenkins was preparing for a 2024 NBA draft that he ultimately wasn’t selected in. Tonight, the Detroit Pistons guard is expected to start in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. A win tonight for Jenkins sends the Pistons to their...
Arkansas-bound power guard from FAB 50 title contender Paul VI (Va.) beats out talented crop of seniors to be named 2026 Mr. Basketball USA by Ballislife.com. Jordan Smith’s individual dominance against tough competition and his spectacular career are just too much for 27 other contenders to overcome. Smith is joined by one other national player...
It’s the Friday of the Live Period of the May Live Period and this week, you can tell there’s a focus from NCAA Division 1 Coaches to check out the high school players and excitement from club coaches and parents about the opportunity to play in front of coaches for the first time this spring....
Listen to this story Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… When I learned earlier this week that my friend and colleague Charlie Neal had died at age 80, the news was not a gut punch or slap in the face; it was more like being doused with a bucket of cold water. The...
Phil Horton, a longtime motorsports performance coach, said he can vividly recall the moment he knew his trainee, Dystany Spurlock, was “exceptional.” In March, Spurlock, a former professional motorcycle drag racer, made her stock car racing debut in the ARCA Menards Series East, one of NASCAR’s regional developmental divisions, piloting the No. 66 Foxxtecca Chevrolet...
One of the NBA’s more progressive ambassadors, Jason Collins, died from brain cancer at the age of 47, his family said Tuesday. The first openly gay NBA player announced his retirement in 2014 with two words in a compelling commentary to The Players’ Tribune: “I’m Out.” “When I decided to come out publicly with my...