Bill Connelly is a writer at ESPN. He focuses on competitive sports, particularly team sports, and combines his expertise in analytics with a passion for storytelling. Bill has been featured in numerous outlets including ABC 7 Chicago, ESPN, and the Appeal-Democrat.
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Bill Connelly's coverage mainly focuses on sports, particularly football (soccer) and college football. He appears to be very interested in event coverage and investment analysis related to these sports.
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Spain's romp to victory in 2026 capped a brilliant World Cup. But where did this summer rank in the all-time record?
play In a few more weeks , the 158th college football season will kick off. It will feature players on seven-digits-a-year contracts and coaches on eight digits a year.
The U.S. men's latest World Cup exit was the latest in a long string of disappointments ... or was it? Let's look at the numbers behind all their tournament appearances since 1990 to get the real story.
By: Bill Connelly
It's comforting to know that sometimes we don't know what we're talking about. It's a lot more fun that way.
By: Bill Connelly, Ryan Rosenblatt
play Four more years. Despite the reported springtime flirtations with AC Milan , despite the bitterly disappointing round-of-16 exit at
play Heading into the 2025 college football season, it was clear that new quarterbacks were going to tell the tale.
By: Bill Connelly
play Towards the end of the longest ( and sixth-best FIFA World Cup on record, The Onion, America's satire newspaper of record, published a piece titled "Report: That's Enough Soccer For Now."
play We are now less than a month from the first games of the 2026 college football season . From then, the games won't end until the College Football Playoff national title game on Jan. 25.
play You're here for the sweet, sweet computer rankings, and I understand, but we're going to start with a quick aside: I first need to defend the concept of preseason numbers.
The Ducks look to continue an amazing trend, but Ohio State, Indiana, USC and others stand in the way.
