12:00 PM ET In a move anticipated since November, the NCAA on Monday formalized plans to hold the entire 2021 men’s basketball tournament in Indianapolis. Details are still forthcoming, but here’s what is currently known about the implications for the move, including the schedule for the event, venues, and health and safety protocols. ESPN reporters
Month: January 2021
12:00 PM ET With the Los Angeles Chargers deciding to part ways with head coach Anthony Lynn after four seasons, they need their next guy to get the most out of a roster long on talent but short on results. The Chargers are an attractive destination for any head coach, mainly because of quarterback Justin
11:43 AM ET Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn has been fired after four seasons as head coach. Lynn signed a one-year extension in the offseason, but the Chargers went 7-9 this season, losing seven games by one score. He did make a valiant effort at the end of the season, as the Chargers won
12:23 PM ET Villanova is again pausing all men’s basketball activities due to COVID-19 issues within the program, and the Wildcats’ next three games have been postponed. The Wildcats were scheduled to play at DePaul on Tuesday, vs. Marquette on Friday and at Xavier on Jan. 13; all three games have been postponed. Villanova had
12:15 PM ET Associated Press Gonzaga and Baylor remained atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll, while fourth-ranked Texas has climbed to its highest perch in nearly a decade. Mark Few’s Bulldogs earned 63 of 64 first-place votes in Monday’s latest Top 25, while Scott Drew’s Bears earned the other vote. Gonzaga and Baylor
11:25 AM ET Associated Press Phil Hughes has retired from baseball more than two years after throwing his last pitch. The 34-year-old right-hander said on Twitter on Sunday that he was announcing what’s been “fairly apparent … these last couple years.” “Through many ups and downs over 12 years, I look back and am incredibly
11:30 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton acknowledged that he didn’t have the 2020 season he had hoped for, but stopped short of saying he would accept a backup role as he considers free-agent options this offseason. “Honestly, it’s too early to tell. That’s as honest as I can be.
11:38 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced Monday that this year’s 67 men’s basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely in Indiana. Games will be played on two courts inside Lucas Oil Stadium as well as at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Mackey Arena at
10:57 AM ET Manchester City were back to their best against Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid both got big wins to keep the pressure on each other in La Liga, Bayern’s big win was slightly deceptive and Juventus looked impressive ahead of a mid-week top-of-the-table Serie A clash with Milan. There were also talking
Dec 8, 2020 If given the option, you should not differentiate between centers, left wings and rights wings in your fantasy league. Grouping all forwards into one position is the default option for ESPN leagues, and it’s the better way to play the game. There, I said it. Why? The line has become too blurred.
10:23 AM ET Marshall coach Doc Holliday is out after 11 seasons at the school. Holliday tweeted Monday that university president Jerry Gilbert informed him that the school would not be extending his contract, which was set to expire at the end of June. He went 85-54 at Marshall (55-30 in league play) with a
10:00 AM ET To bounce back a player has to fall off. So any discussion around players that may or may not return to form in the 2020-21 (should we just call it 2021?) season has to begin with identifying who fell off in 2019-20. The new default scoring system for ESPN.com makes comparing statistics
Report Defending champions CP need another 216 runs to win the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final Central Punjab 140 for 2 (Salahuddin 51*, Saad 27*, Iqbal 1-33) and 257 for 9 dec need another 216 runs to beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 312 and 300 Central Punjab made a decent start to the target of 356 as they need
10:10 AM ET The NCAA released its first NET rankings on Monday, with Gonzaga sitting at No. 1 and typical powerhouses Duke and Kentucky ranked outside the top 100. The first run of the rankings have been released earlier in the season the last two years, but with the delayed start to the season and
9:43 AM ET Baylor football is hiring BYU‘s Jeff Grimes as its new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Yahoo Sports first reported the hiring. Grimes spent the past three seasons as offensive coordinator at BYU, which went 11-1 in 2020 and boasted the nation’s No. 3 scoring offense (43.5 PPG) and was the leader in
8:10 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Shad Khan has been a hands-off owner since he agreed to purchase the Jacksonville Jaguars from Wayne and Delores Weaver in November 2011. He had no experience in the NFL, nor as an owner of a professional sports team, and smartly decided to allow the experienced people he hired
9:11 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jaguars have parted ways with head coach Doug Marrone on Monday after the worst season in franchise history. “I am committed and determined to deliver winning football to the City of Jacksonville,” team owner Shad Khan said Monday in a statement. “Realizing that goal requires a fresh start
6:30 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show David Avanesyan’s European welterweight title fight with Josh Kelly has been postponed again after professional boxing in the United Kingdom was suspended for January
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