General Sports 24-Hour Briefing
×Last updated: October 22, 2026, 3:40 PM ET
WNBA
The Dream beat espn.com the Valkyries by 26 points to take a 2-1 lead in the WNBA Finals. Separately, Enes Kanter Freedom was denied entry espn.com to Game 3 after refusing a suite Atlanta had arranged for him. Meanwhile, ESPN ranked espn.com the 30 best players in the league's 30-season history, with a companion piece on snubs and underrated stars espn.com.
Premier League & Soccer
Man United endured espn.com a rough night in the Champions League, a result ESPN's panel dissected in its talking points. Swansea City face a blow bbc.co.uk as in-form winger Ronald is ruled out for up to two months. Wales are without bbc.co.uk Dylan Lawlor until after the November internationals.
College Basketball
Villanova will leave espn.com the Big 5 series at the end of this season. Bob Huggins, the Hall of Fame coach, revealed espn.com he has a progressive cognitive condition. Kansas coach Bill Self said Jayhawks fans crossed the line espn.com with profanity aimed at former player Flory Bidunga. Jay Bilas picked espn.com his top players to watch, while early recruiting rankings put espn.com Houston and UConn at the top. Fears and Haugh were near-unanimous espn.com picks as AP preseason All-Americans, and ESPN predicted espn.com all 32 conference players of the year.
NBA
Warriors rookie Yaxel Lendeborg said espn.com he "lost all respect" for Luka Doncic after a testy matchup. Philadelphia got creative espn.com on opening night by playing LeBron James at center.
College Football
Steve Sarkisian and Arch Manning face pressure espn.com to rescue Texas, while Maryland fired espn.com coach Mike Locksley after seven seasons. A bottom-ten ranking recapped espn.com the upsets that toppled several top teams in Week, and a Texas judge's fraternity story revisits espn.com Colorado's lost playbook. Matchup rankings flagged espn.com Jaylen Warren as an upgrade and Patrick Mahomes as a downgrade.
Cricket
South Africa completed bbc.co.uk a famous win over Australia by an innings and 31 runs, with Australia routed for 99 bbc.co.uk in Gqeberha. Harry Brook hit 202 bbc.co.uk for England, the first England batter to score a double century in that format. New Zealand and India's first T20 is underway bbc.co.uk, and a Spanish eco-stadium is eyeing bbc.co.uk Test matches.
Mixed Sports
Freddie Slater will drive bbc.co.uk for Audi in first practice at Mexico City. Utah defensive tackle Jamal Wallace is under investigation espn.com over an alleged rape. Alexander Volkanovski, at, says espn.com retirement and fighting at 40 don't scare him, ahead of his UFC 333 bout espn.com. The 2027 Tour de France UK stages were announced bbc.co.uk, and a French amateur rugby player died bbc.co.uk after an on-field injury.
Coming Up
Volkanovski and Evloev meet at UFC 333 espn.com alongside the Yan and Dvalishvili title bout. The WNBA Finals continue espn.com with the Dream holding a 2-1 series lead.