8:08 PM ET The NFL expanded the Rooney Rule to give more minority candidates opportunities to become a head coach and reward teams who develop them. More interviews didn’t equal more hirings this offseason. According to an analysis of candidates known to have interviewed for seven head-coaching openings this month, 11 were minorities and 16
Month: January 2021
6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services The Vegas Golden Knights have postponed two more games next week as four members of the team — including three coaches — are in isolation with the league’s COVID-19 protocol, it was announced Friday. Games against the San Jose Sharks on Monday and Wednesday will be rescheduled for later
6:08 PM ET Minnesota Wild forward Kevin Fiala has been suspended three games for boarding Los Angeles Kings defenseman Matt Roy during a game on Thursday. The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced the decision on Friday, following a hearing. Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, Fiala will forfeit $77,586.21, an amount based
5:44 PM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford considers the Los Angeles Rams a viable contender in his trade market, sources told ESPN on Friday. While it’s unclear what the Rams can do with quarterback Jared Goff‘s long-term deal on the books, they’ve inquired about Stafford’s services and explored what it would take to get
3:30 PM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Eric Garcia was “all tied up,” they said, but somehow he escaped. “Garcia: OK,” Barcelona said. “Garcia: now,” they said. “Garcia: done,” they said. A bit like they had said, “Neymar: OK,” “Neymar: now,” and “Neymar: done.” The Brazilian had been coming pretty much every day for months, right
4:58 PM ET New Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel has not retained a pair of former Vols assistants, offensive coordinator Jim Chaney and quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke. Heupel informed Chaney and Weinke on Friday morning that he would not be keeping them on staff, meaning Chaney is owed $1.7 million on the remaining portion of
4:52 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Tigers finalized a one-year, $2 million contract with catcher Wilson Ramos on Friday. Ramos played 45 games last season with the New York Mets, hitting .239 with five home runs and 15 RBIs. He was an All-Star in 2016 for the Washington Nationals and in 2018 with
4:59 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators promoted Garrick McGee from analyst to quarterbacks coach Friday, filling a vacancy created by Brian Johnson‘s departure to the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles. McGee spent the 2020 season working behind the scenes at Florida after a two-year stint at Missouri. The former Alabama-Birmingham head coach
5:03 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Vita Vea never gave up hope of returning this season despite fracturing his ankle in Week 5. The 2018 12th overall draft pick was activated from injured reserve last week, and after two days of practice and a walk-through last week, he played 32
12:19 PM ET Ryan Garcia spoke often about his desire to face WBA “regular” lightweight champion Gervonta Davis, but when the call came to discuss a fight with legend Manny Pacquiao, Garcia pushed his intentions of building his career at 135 pounds to the side. “You get a call and somebody says, ‘You can fight
4:26 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has reserved the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 8 for a long-awaited 140-pound unification fight between IBF and WBA champion Josh Taylor (17-0) and Jose Ramirez (26-0), the WBC and WBO champion, he said Friday. Canelo Alvarez will fight WBO super middleweight champion
4:30 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — You didn’t have to like John Chaney to respect him. And you didn’t have to agree with him to understand the man’s impact on college basketball, Temple University and the countless lives he touched. When Temple president Peter Liacouras went outside the box and tapped Chaney to lead the Owls
4:04 PM ET Associated Press Friday night’s men’s basketball game between No. 22 Saint Louis and Richmond has been postponed because of COVID-19 concerns raised by the Saint Louis medical staff, the Atlantic 10 announced. The Billikens, who lost 76-71 to Dayton on Tuesday in their first game in over a month, had their previous
3:25 PM ET Hall of Fame basketball coach John Chaney, a zone defense innovator who led Temple to 17 NCAA tournament appearances, has died at the age of 89. The university said he died after a short, unspecified illness. Chaney spent 24 seasons at Temple, beginning in 1982-83 — the only season his Owls failed
1:23 PM ET USADA gave a six-month suspension to UFC women’s bantamweight contender Raquel Pennington on Thursday for the use of two banned substances, the agency announced. According to a USADA release, Pennington informed UFC’s anti-doping partner on Nov. 17 that she had used two prohibited drugs: 7-keto-DHEA and AOD-9064. USADA tested Pennington and the
3:13 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette must have known something, when he tweeted on Feb. 2, 2014, that it wasn’t a matter of if, but when he’d play in the Super Bowl. That day, the Seattle Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII and he wrote,
2:54 PM ET Next month’s Chris Weidman vs. Uriah Hall fight is being moved. Their scheduled fight at UFC 258 on Feb. 13 has been canceled, sources say, after Weidman tested positive for COVID-19 recently. The current plan is for the fight to be moved to UFC 261 on April 24, according to the sources.
3:37 PM ET After 11 years in Washington‘s organization, vice president of player personnel Kyle Smith has left to take a similar job with the Atlanta Falcons, becoming the second-highest personnel executive behind new general manager Terry Fontenot. Smith’s departure comes a year after he was promoted to his current position and helped lead a
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