Month: March 2022

11:30 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — It is hands-down the most digested, critiqued and eyebrow-raising number attached to NFL quarterback prospects each year. And on Tuesday at the annual combine for the best players in the country, former Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett became the latest high-profile passer to have his hand size become part of his
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10:05 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball deputy commissioner Dan Halem and MLB Players Association attorney Bruce Meyer plan to have an informal one-on-one meeting Thursday to resume talks amid baseball’s work stoppage, a source told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The meeting, which will take place in New York, between Halem and Meyer —
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News Evans will focus on T20 cricket after success on global franchise circuit Laurie Evans has quit red-ball cricket after signing a white-ball-only contract extension with Surrey. He had initially joined Sussex in a bid to play more first-class cricket after struggling for regular first-team opportunities at Warwickshire, but has become a sought-after T20 batter
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8:58 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — A projected first-round pick in this year’s NHL draft is experiencing “serious health problems” that could mean he isn’t able to play for more than a year, the Russian Hockey Federation said Thursday. Ivan Miroshnichenko, an 18-year-old left winger, was on the Russian team that finished runner-up to
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9:37 AM ET Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino addressed speculation connecting him to the vacant Maryland job, tweeting Thursday morning that “it will not be me.” “The University of Maryland is one of the premier institutions of higher learning,” Pitino tweeted. “It’s [sic] basketball program can be among the nation’s best. I hope they
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8:49 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The WTA Tour has agreed to a multi-year, multimillion-dollar title sponsorship deal with Hologic, a medical technology company. The agreement, announced Thursday, gives the women’s professional tennis tour its first title sponsor since a deal with Sony Ericsson ended in 2010. The WTA declined to say
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7:07 AM ET Nikita Tszyu has lived up to the hype in his professional boxing debut, dominant in a second-round stoppage of a bloodied Aaron Stahl in Brisbane. With world title hope and older brother Tim in his corner, the 24-year-old who gave away a career in architecture to pursue a dream in the ring,
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7:30 AM ET Kevin ConnorsESPN Close ESPN studio anchor Writer, ESPN mid-major college basketball top 10 4-year member of the Ithaca men’s basketball team In like a lion roared March, marking the end of the journey for some and, for others, the procession toward something even bigger. The 2021-22 regular season in mid-major college basketball
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