Hello and welcome to USA TODAY's The Excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Thursday, September 10th, 2026. Those were students ...

The 2026 NFL season is almost upon us, and that means wall-to-wall coverage of the most valuable sports league in the world.

The Texas Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes have only played five times in history. But the series has produced big ...

A bit after 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Carlos Alcaraz waved away ESPN’s cameraman. It was an act of great consideration, because a few moments later the Spanish star appeared to barf into his towel. “We ...

Trinity Rodman couldn’t help but do a signature celebration with boyfriend Ben Shelton in the early hours Wednesday morning ...

The tragedy of Hank Gathers is one that shook the entire basketball community as they watched him fall to his death as the ...

"First Take" host Stephen A. Smith slammed ex-ESPN staffers Jemelle Hill and Cari Champion after he appeared on their podcast ...

At age 60, the first-time head coach brings to Cleveland a gritty resolve, an ability to cut through to QBs and a dream that ...

Stephen A. Smith claimed Cari Champion wanted Molly Qerim’s First Take job, but the former ESPN anchor quickly denied his ...

That's what Stephen A. Smith claims.

The New York Jets haven’t been doing a lot of winning over the last 15 years. That changed when ESPN’s Mike Clay crowned the Jets as having the best “off-ball-linebackers” in the NFL heading into 2026 ...

ESPN host and fantasy expert Tyler Fulghum to take part in live draft on board a United flight while Field Yates, Mike Clay, Liz Loza and others draft from ESPN's broadcast studio in Bristol, ...