7:01 PM ET Associated Press Bob Babich, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame who played linebacker in the NFL for the Chargers and Browns, has died. He was 74. Babich died April 3 at his home in Clairemont, California. His death was reported by the National Football Foundation on Wednesday. A native
Month: April 2022
7:27 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley has heard enough of the “B.S.” He’s ready to silence the critics after his production dipped precipitously the past two-plus seasons. Barkley has dealt with ankle and knee injuries since midway through the 2019 season. He has just 627 yards rushing
7:37 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Nevada is in the market for a new athletic director. Athletic director Doug Knuth is out at the Mountain West Conference school, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The university was expected to make the change official later in the day. Knuth has been at Nevada since 2013, and his hires
7:31 PM ET Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright is expected to retire after 21 seasons as men’s basketball head coach at Villanova, sources confirmed to ESPN. Fordham’s Kyle Neptune, who spent 10 years under Wright as a video coordinator and assistant coach, is expected to be named his successor, sources said. Wright has called
5:30 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the Academy Award-winners behind “Good Will Hunting,” are teaming up on a movie about Nike’s efforts to sign Michael Jordan to a sneaker deal, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, who was featured in the 2015 ESPN 30 for 30 “Sole
The oversized snowflakes fell softly and silently, settling among the pines like a picturesque Christmas scene. By the roadside, spectators in heavy winter coats watched team cars and motorbikes struggle up one of Liege-Bastogne-Liege’s countless climbs, tyres spinning in the slush as they pursued one man on a bike. It was April 1980 and Bernard
5:46 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais and third base coach Manny Acta have both tested positive for COVID-19 and will be away from the team beginning with Wednesday’s game against the Texas Rangers. First base coach Kristopher Negron will serve as the acting manager. Negron managed Seattle’s Triple-A affiliate
6:40 PM ET DENVER — Michael Malone said the Denver Nuggets left their bickering and at times uncontrollable frustration behind in San Francisco as they hope to turn their first-round series around against the Golden State Warriors. The Nuggets insist they are unified after teammates Will Barton and DeMarcus Cousins got into a verbal spat
5:35 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — When veteran defensive end Vinny Curry announced last August that he’d have to miss the season because of a rare blood disorder that required the removal of his spleen, he promised to return in 2022. And now he has. Curry, who turns 34 on June 30, re-signed with
4:01 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — All signs point toward the pressure being on Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for the 2022 season. In the span of three months this offseason, the Dolphins hired an offensive-minded coach in Mike McDaniel, traded for All-Pro receiver Tyreek Hill and signed ESPN’s top-ranked free agent in left tackle
3:09 PM ET DALLAS — Superstar guard Luka Doncic participated fully in the Dallas Mavericks‘ practice Wednesday for the first time since straining his left calf, fueling cautious optimism that he could be cleared to play as soon as Game 3 on Thursday against the Utah Jazz. The Mavs listed Doncic as questionable for the
4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Duke’s Paolo Banchero is leaping to the NBA after one season as a candidate to be the No. 1 overall draft pick. Banchero announced his decision in a social media video Wednesday, with the school saying the freshman planned to hire an agent. “It has always been a dream
3:05 PM ET Players from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to compete at Wimbledon this year. The decision was announced Wednesday. The third Slam of the year became the first to ban players from those countries, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Belarus’ close allyship to Russian president Vladimir Putin. The
3:29 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Dwayne Haskins’ wife told a 911 dispatcher that the quarterback was walking to get gas on the morning he was struck and killed by a dump truck on a Florida highway, audio released by the Broward County Sheriff’s office revealed Wednesday. Kalabrya Haskins told the 911 dispatcher that her husband
3:32 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez is training in San Diego for a second title fight at 175 pounds, a May 7 meeting against Dmitry Bivol in Las Vegas, but his second fight of 2022 is already planned. If Alvarez prevails, as expected, he’ll meet his bitter rival, Gennadiy Golovkin, in a trilogy matchup
Venue: Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow Dates: 21-24 April Coverage: Watch on BBC Sport website & app Katie Archibald believes her “B plus game” is still enough to be competitive at this week’s Track Nations Cup event. The three-time Olympic medallist injured her back six weeks ago and will compete in front of a home
British Olympic gold medallist Katie Archibald says female and transgender athletes have been “let down” by inclusion policies in sport. Archibald, who won the madison at Tokyo 2020, is the first British cyclist to speak publicly about transgender athletes taking part in women’s races. Transgender athletes must be welcomed into sport but without “sacrificing fairness”,
2:40 PM ET Associated Press Pebble Beach is the third course to become an anchor site for the U.S. Open, with the USGA announcing Wednesday four U.S. Opens and four U.S. Women’s Opens over the next 26 years. Pebble Beach joins Pinehurst No. 2 and Oakmont Country Club as anchor sites, a strategy that allows
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