Month: January 2022

6:12 PM ET The New York Mets have agreed to hire Eric Chavez as their hitting coach, just weeks after he joined the crosstown New York Yankees as an assistant hitting coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Neither team has spoken publicly on the matter, but the transition, while uncommon, was said to have
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6:01 PM ET Associated Press The first time that Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, the NBA didn’t even have health and safety protocols. It shut down the league instead. This time, the Utah Jazz center might miss just a few days. Gobert has tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed Thursday on the virus-related
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6:02 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State ESPN 60 junior Jeremy Fears
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5:11 PM ET ESPN News Services The USFL on Thursday announced the hiring of its first four head coaches — Todd Haley, Kevin Sumlin, Mike Riley and Bart Andrus — with play scheduled to start this spring. The league will have eight teams, with 10-game regular-season schedules running from April 16 through mid-June, it said.
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2:58 PM ET Quarterback Connor Bazelak, who has three years of eligibility remaining after opting to transfer from Missouri, has committed to play for Indiana, he announced Thursday. Bazelak announced his decision to play for the Hoosiers on Twitter. Indiana lost starting quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who committed to Washington after entering the transfer portal
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3:10 PM ET Former Texas A&M starting quarterback Zach Calzada announced Thursday that he will transfer to Auburn. A sophomore, Calzada took over for an injured Haynes King and started 10 games this season, throwing for 2,185 yards, 17 touchdowns and 9 interceptions. Calzada is the only quarterback to have beaten No. 1 Alabama this
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3:01 PM ET Ohm YoungmisukESPN Staff Writer Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is a graduate of
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2:31 PM ET LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. is entering the NFL draft, he announced through The Players’ Tribune. Stingley appeared in only three games this season, recording eight tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss, before undergoing left foot surgery in October. ESPN’s Mel Kiper lists Stingley as the No. 5 overall prospect for the
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2:05 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Jets offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur issued an emphatic mea culpa Thursday, saying he blew the call that might have cost New York an upset victory Sunday against the Buccaneers. “It’s 100 percent on me,” said LaFleur, commenting for the first time on Zach Wilson‘s ill-fated quarterback sneak late
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9:00 AM ET Here’s the scenario: You’re at your job, toiling away for the bosses, trying to do your best work. Over in the corner is the person who previously held your job for 12 years. Someone who, based on the statistics, performed your job more successfully than anyone in your company’s history. He doesn’t
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1:05 PM ET The Chicago Bears placed quarterback Justin Fields on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday, putting his ability to play in the team’s season finale against the Minnesota Vikings in jeopardy. Fields, 22, had just returned to full practice Wednesday after missing the last two games due to an ankle injury. Bears coach Matt Nagy
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12:51 PM ET The NCAA released its updated COVID-19 guidance for winter sports on Thursday, adjusting its definition of “fully vaccinated” individuals and also updating its suggested protocols following a positive test. “The omicron variant has presented another surge of cases across the country,” NCAA chief medical officer Brian Hainline said. “This guidance was designed
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12:31 PM ET Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou, the two baddest men in combat sports, have plenty of options for big fights in 2022 — but that’s not stopping them from eyeing each other. In a social media post on Thursday, Fury, the WBC’s heavyweight champion in boxing, expressed interest in fighting Ngannou, the UFC’s
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12:07 PM ET Former five-star running back Zach Evans announced Thursday that he is transferring to Ole Miss. Evans was the No. 16 prospect in the 2020 class and after an eventful recruitment, he committed and signed with TCU. During his recruitment, he had been linked to Georgia, Alabama, Texas and LSU. He signed a
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12:33 PM ET Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Jenna Laine Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Buccaneers since 2009 Joined ESPN in 2016 Four days after wide receiver Antonio Brown threw off
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