Browsing: contenders

When the calendar flipped from 2024 to 2025, neither of the teams that ultimately played in the national championship game were ranked in the top-five of…

With the 2025 Heisman Trophy race decided, it’s time to start looking ahead to the 2026 Heisman race. The outlook for college football’s most prestigious individual…

An illustration of antibodies (pink) binding to a flu virus (brown).Credit: Juan Gaertner/Science Photo LibraryBiologists achieved a landmark in protein design last year: using artificial intelligence…

All those who had the Jacksonville Jaguars as the No. 3 seed in the AFC in early December, please step forward.Stop it — you’re lying if…

The NFL is full of parity and surprises, as usual, this season. The AFC, in particular, has four division leaders that did not win their division…

Oct 23, 2025, 10:00 AM ETWe’re beyond the midpoint of the 2025 season and there’s not a conference in the country that has a clear-cut front-runner.There…

With the MLB trade deadline looming on Thursday, the Philadelphia Phillies made one of the biggest splashes by acquiring hard-throwing closer Jhoan Durán from the Minnesota…

David SchoenfieldJun 21, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseCovers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995The New York Mets and Philadelphia…