Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterApr 29, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions UAB football players say their entire roster has signed up for Athletes.org, making them the first Division I football team to publicly join the players’ association. They were introduced to the group by an unexpected source: their head coach. Trent Dilfer gathered his team for a voluntary meeting…

Kevin Pelton, ESPN Senior WriterApr 29, 2024, 05:23 PM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system Open Extended Reactions Speaking to the media for the first time since being announced as the newest member of the Seattle Storm‘s ownership group, legendary retired player Sue Bird told reporters Monday, “This actually feels reminiscent to my rookie year in a sense.” Drafted by the Storm with…

Jeff Kassouf Apr 29, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. Soccer and the Mexican Football Federation have withdrawn their bid to jointly host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and will instead focus on securing the 2031 Women’s World Cup, the federations announced on Monday. The U.S.-Mexico joint bid was one of three finalists for the 2027 World Cup alongside Brazil and a joint bid from Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, with the FIFA Congress set…

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 30, 2024, 12:19 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper was highly critical of two goalie interference calls that went against his team in their Game 5 loss to the Florida Panthers, which eliminated the Lightning from the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Monday night. “This is clearly a turning point in the game. If anyone’s going to talk about this game, they’re going…

Pete Thamel Dan Murphy Close Dan Murphy ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Apr 29, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The leaders of college sports are involved in “deep discussions” to reach a legal settlement that would likely lay out the framework for sharing revenue with athletes in a future NCAA business model, sources told ESPN. The NCAA and its power conferences are…