Month: February 2022

7:34 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts are hiring Gus Bradley as defensive coordinator, a source confirmed. Bradley replaces Matt Eberflus, who is now the head coach of the Chicago Bears. Bradley is taking over a defense in Indianapolis that’s led by linebacker Darius Leonard and defensive lineman DeForest Buckner. The Colts finished second in
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5:12 PM ET Sashi Brown is leaving Monumental Sports and the NBA’s Washington Wizards to return to the NFL as an executive with the Baltimore Ravens, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Adam Schefter on Friday. The Ravens haven’t announced the news, but team officials confirmed the hiring to ESPN. Brown had just been promoted
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2:45 PM ET While Major League Baseball continues to insist that federal mediation is the best route to “break the deadlock,” the MLB Players Association on Friday rejected MLB’s request for a mediator to negotiate between the parties for a new collective bargaining agreement. “Two months after implementing their lockout, and just two days after
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4:01 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks are expected to promote defensive line coach Clint Hurtt to defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Former Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Ed Donatell also is expected to join coach Pete Carroll’s defensive staff in a senior role, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Hurtt, 43, has
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2:29 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY — Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden will not play in Friday night’s game against the Utah Jazz because of left hamstring tightness, the team announced. Harden missed a Jan. 26 loss to the Denver Nuggets because of the same injury. Nets coach Steve Nash said after Wednesday’s loss to
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10:24 PM ET ESPN staff SYDNEY, Australia — Tim Tszyu will head to Los Angeles for a maiden bout on foreign soil with the world title contender set to fight American Terrell Gausha at Crypto.com Arena on Mar. 19. According to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph, the bout between Australian Tszyu (20-0, 15KOs) and Gausha will co-headline
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2:56 PM ET The LA Clippers are trading Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson and a future second-round pick to the Portland Trail Blazers for Norman Powell and Robert Covington, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The pick the Clippers are sending out is a 2025 second-round pick via the Detroit Pistons, sources tell ESPN. The
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2:51 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Ryan Garcia is on the comeback trail. The star boxer and Emmanuel Tagoe will meet in a lightweight fight on April 9 at the Alamodome in San Antonio on DAZN, according to Oscar De La Hoya, who promotes Garcia. The bout will be Garcia’s first since January 2021, when he
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2:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Joe West has made it official, retiring from Major League Baseball after umpiring a record 5,460 regular-season games. The 69-year-old West worked his first big league game on Sept. 14, 1976, at third base in Atlanta when the Braves hosted the Houston Astros. His finale was on Oct. 6,
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1:38 PM ET Two title fights are now official for UFC 273. Alexander Volkanovski will defend his UFC featherweight title against Chan Sung Jung, “The Korean Zombie,” in the main event of the pay-per-view card April 9 in Jacksonville, Florida, UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The co-main event will
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1:04 PM ET NC State is working on a contract extension and raise for football coach Dave Doeren, athletic director Boo Corrigan told ESPN on Friday. “I really like what Dave’s done going into his 10th year here and the way he’s grown the program,” Corrigan said. “I’d be really happy to have him here
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12:39 PM ET Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and will miss the Hawkeyes’ home game against Minnesota on Sunday. Assistant Billy Taylor will serve as the acting head coach in McCaffery’s absence. Iowa (14-7, 4-6 Big Ten) has lost three of its
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