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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian expects close to 20 million people to watch Saturday night's game against the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Sarkisian gave the figure Monday during a press conference previewing the Sept. 12 matchup. Ohio State-Texas is the kind...

FRISCO, Texas — Matt Bowen’s fantasy note on the Dallas Cowboys in ESPN’s 2026 NFL team previews, published Sunday, is that Javonte Williams should not be overlooked in an offense that scores as much as this one does. Bowen, an ESPN analyst, wrote that Williams averaged 15.2 fantasy points a...

FRISCO, Texas — Seth Walder’s bold prediction for the Dallas Cowboys in ESPN’s 2026 team previews, published Sunday, is that Brandon Aubrey leads the NFL in field goals over expected. Walder, ESPN’s analytics writer, wrote that Aubrey is an elite kicker who signed a record extension this offseason and still...

FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott has four seasons with more than 4,000 passing yards and at least 30 touchdown passes. Only Tony Romo has as many in Dallas Cowboys history, according to ESPN Research, which published the note Sunday in the network’s 2026 NFL team previews. Prescott threw for 4,552...

AUSTIN, Texas — Dan Orlovsky said Monday on ESPN's Get Up that Texas quarterback Arch Manning has his upper body and lower body in sync in a way they were not last season, and that the film from Saturday's season opener would make him the best quarterback in America. Get...

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys came in 11th in ESPN’s 2026 NFL team previews, which the network published Sunday evening for all 32 teams. ESPN’s Football Power Index gives Dallas a 51.9% chance of making the playoffs. The same model puts the Cowboys at 33.9% to win the NFC...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kirk Herbstreit said Thursday that the 12-team College Football Playoff has broken the sport’s old order. He could not name a title favorite he would put money on. Herbstreit spent part of the morning working at the original Raising Cane’s on Highland Road with owner and...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Kirk Herbstreit worked the front counter at the original Raising Cane’s on Highland Road on Thursday morning, taking orders alongside owner and founder Todd Graves. ESPN’s College GameDay stages its 500th road show two days from now on the LSU campus. The shift ran from 9:30...

DALLAS — The NHL released its 2026-27 national broadcast schedule on Aug. 26, and the Dallas Stars will appear on national television 13 times. Four of those games will air on ESPN, five on TNT, three on ESPN+, Disney+, and Hulu, and one on ABC, according to the team. The...

DALLAS — Twelve ESPN staff members published preseason College Football Playoff predictions Wednesday, and five Texas programs landed somewhere on the ballots. Texas appeared on all 12. ESPN published the predictions at 5:30 a.m. CT, with each voter submitting a top 12 instead of filling out a bracket. TCU and...