1:33 PM ET Associated Press New Texas Longhorns men’s basketball coach Chris Beard insists that it was the most difficult decision of his life to return to his alma mater after a successful, five-season run at Big 12 rival Texas Tech that included an overtime loss in the most recent national championship game two years
Month: April 2021
12:08 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians will use a pinch-drummer for their home opener. With longtime drummer and ballpark fixture John Adams recovering from heart surgery and unable to attend his first opener in Cleveland in 48 years, Black Keys drummer and lifelong Indians fan Patrick Carney will fill in and
12:29 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The season-opening series between the Nationals and Mets was postponed Friday as the fallout from a COVID-19 outbreak among the Nationals cast into question when Washington’s season would begin. At least three
11:58 AM ET How did Aaron Rodgers prepare for his two-week run as “Jeopardy!” guest host? Exactly how you would expect the Green Bay Packers quarterback to do it: like he was preparing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game. Even though Rodgers has watched hundreds of episodes and was a celebrity
Mar 29, 2021 There can be only one first. History rarely cares if someone says, “Hey, I was the second person …” Which is why historically Jennifer Kupcho’s name will always be remembered. She was the first to win the Augusta National Women’s Amateur in 2019. Because of the pandemic, the event was not played
11:35 AM ET Kansas coach Bill Self has signed a lifetime contract with the Jayhawks, the school announced Friday. Self’s current contract, which had less than one year remaining, has been replaced with a new five-year rolling agreement that automatically adds one year at the conclusion of each season for the remainder of his career.
8:30 AM ET The final international break of the season is coming to an end and the European club season is hitting the home stretch. Now’s the time for all the title races (or, more likely, battles for Champions League positions) we’ve been talking about for months to play out. There are plenty of high-consequence
10:06 AM ET ESPN News Services Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown expressed his desire for one person to decide North Carolina‘s next men’s basketball coach: Roy Williams, who retired from the position Thursday. Brown, a North Carolina alumnus, told ACC Network’s Packer and Durham on Friday that he believes Williams deserves the chance to
9:25 AM ET Auburn freshman Sharife Cooper will declare for the 2021 NBA draft and forgo his remaining college eligibility by hiring an agent, he told ESPN. “This season was a roller coaster filled with many ups and some downs,” Cooper said. “But I wouldn’t trade it for anything, even through the bad times I
Mar 26, 2021 Will Vanderbilt’s Jack Leiter ever give up another hit? The potential No. 1 pick in this summer’s MLB draft puts his 16⅔ no-hit-inning streak on the line against LSU on Friday night (ESPN2, 9 ET). Leiter enters the game with a perfect 6-0 record and a minuscule 0.25 ERA to go with
6:17 PM ET Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Oral Roberts coach Paul Mills, who led the 15th-seeded Golden Eagles on a surprising run to the Sweet 16, agreed to a new contract Thursday that the school called a “longterm commitment.” Oral Roberts claimed the Summit League’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament by winning three
7:30 AM ET The 2021 John R. Wooden Award will be announced next week, with two participants in Saturday’s Final Four among the finalists. Gonzaga star Corey Kispert and Baylor’s Jared Butler each made the final five, along with Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham, Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu and Iowa’s Luka Garza. Once the honor is announced,
7:20 AM ET The 2021 NHL trade deadline arrives on April 12 at 3 p.m. ET. There will be teams seeking to trade players that are no longer in their rebuilding plans. There will be teams seeking to add players to complete their championship plans. This all sounds normal, but this season’s trade season is
7:51 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information The UCLA Bruins are the first team in NCAA men’s basketball tournament history to reach the Final Four after entering the tourney on a four-game losing streak, according to Elias Sports Bureau research. After dropping their last three games of the regular season, the Bruins lost to Oregon
7:00 AM ET The road is getting a little bumpy for the 2021 spring FCS season. On the field, it continues to deliver. Last weekend alone, No. 3 Weber State gave up a go-ahead score to Northern Arizona with 17 seconds left, then completed a 50-yard Hail Mary as time expired. VMI moved to 5-0
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Some day, relatively soon, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo‘s tenure with the San Francisco 49ers will come to an end. That much is clear following the seismic trade between the Niners and Miami Dolphins a week ago, with San Francisco surrendering the No. 12 pick, first- and third-round choices in
7:00 AM ET There’s surprisingly little drama surrounding Clemson‘s spring game, which is probably a story in itself. Throughout the past six weeks, head coach Dabo Swinney has offered his usual effusive praise of position groups that looked shaky when we last saw the Tigers take the field in a 49-28 loss to Ohio State
7:08 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — While his youth football team vied for a championship, Jaret Patterson watched from the sidelines, the 7-year-old’s legs dangling from a silver metal bench. Patterson hardly saw the field for the Bulldogs in Bowie, Maryland — he had “the cleanest uniform on the team,” as his mother,
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