Kevin Durant And Nike Start Team KD, Sign Texas Longhorns As First NIL Athletes
“Passing the torch” in the NBA is so often an abstract concept; who will be the “face of the league” ...
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Montee Ball is making sure young athletes don’t fall the way he did: ‘There was no room for transparency’
Montee Ball shed more happy tears in 2025 than in any other year in his life. More than his dynamite ...
Athletes facing travel issues amid ongoing war in Middle East
LONDON -- Former U.S. Open tennis champion Daniil Medvedev has indicated he's one of what the ATP Tour calls "a ...
‘Street agents’ exploiting athletes in NIL deals, coaches warn
Paula LavigneFeb 23, 2026, 08:01 AM ETCloseData analyst and reporter for ESPN's Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. ...
Condom Shortage Emerges in the 2026 Winter Olympics Athletes’ Village
MILAN–CORTINA, Italy (Feb. 15, 2026) — An unexpected shortage of free condoms in the athletes’ villages has emerged as one ...
Big Ten’s SAIC asks Charlie Baker, NCAA to ban prop bets on college athletes
David PurdumFeb 10, 2026, 04:48 PM ETClose Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008Multiple AuthorsIn a letter ...
Big Ten athletes commission urges NCAA to continue push to eliminate college prop bets
Citing reports of death threats, pointed criticism and cyberbullying, the Big Ten Student-Athlete Issues Commission urged NCAA President Charlie Baker ...
NC State lawsuit update: More former athletes join sex abuse suit vs. ex-trainer
The alleged victim count in a sexual abuse lawsuit against ex-NC State trainer Robert Murphy Jr. more than doubled when ...
17 more athletes join lawsuit vs. ex-NC State sports medicine director
Xuan ThaiFeb 2, 2026, 03:04 PM ETCloseXuan Thai is a senior writer and producer in ESPN's investigative and enterprise unit. ...
Sen. Ted Cruz against idea of college athletes as employees
Dan MurphyJan 29, 2026, 03:20 PM ETCloseCovers the Big TenJoined ESPN.com in 2014Graduate of the University of Notre DameMultiple AuthorsSen. ...