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It has been five days since Trinity Rodman became the youngest player ever to be drafted[1] into the National Women’s Soccer League, and the 18-year-old is busy packing up her college dorm room at Washington State University in Pullman. An avid painter in her spare time, her artwork still hangs on the walls behind her, […]

6:55 AM ET ESPN staff The conference championship games[1] of the NFL playoffs[2] have arrived, with both kicking off on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers[3] will face the top-seeded Green Bay Packers[4] in the NFC Championship Game[5], and then the No. 2-seeded Buffalo Bills[6] will play the No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs[7] in the […]Read More

TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers[1] will not have wide receiver Antonio Brown[2] for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game at the Green Bay Packers[3], coach Bruce Arians announced Friday. “I just talked to him this morning, and to put him on the plane and fly up there and have it swell more doesn’t make any […]Read More

TOKYO — IOC president Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled. Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now the event appears threatened again. The Times of London reported […]

3:48 PM ET Nick FriedellESPN Staff Writer Close[1] Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. The NBA has rescinded Golden State Warriors[2] forward Draymond Green[3]‘s second technical […]Read More

PHOENIX — Ildemaro Vargas[1] had a game-tying pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning on Tuesday and then got singled with the bases loaded in the 19th at 1:34 a.m. local time on Wednesday to give the Arizona Diamondbacks[2] a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals[3]. Carson Kelly[4] and Nick Ahmed[5] started the final rally […]Read More

10:30 PM ET Eddie MatzESPN Senior Writer Close[1] Eddie Matz covers the Washington Nationals and the world of Major League Baseball for ESPN.com. He’s been writing for ESPN since 2002, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Seven months ago, I boldly declared[2] that the Washington Nationals[3] would be just fine, thanks, without […]Read More