Month: November 2022

12:53 PM ET Kentucky football coach Mark Stoops has fired offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello after only one season, a school spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. A former NFL assistant with the San Francisco 49ers, the Denver Broncos and others, Scangarello went to Kentucky in February with high expectations, stepping in for former O.C. Liam
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1:29 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Life without Aaron Rodgers will have to wait. Two days after the Green Bay Packers quarterback left Sunday night’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles with a rib injury, he said he expects to play this week against the Chicago Bears. “I got good news with the scans yesterday,”
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1:48 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward Karl-Anthony Towns is expected to miss four to six weeks with a right calf strain, sources told ESPN. After initial fears of a significant injury when he left Monday night’s 142-127 loss to Washington in the third quarter, Towns underwent imaging on Tuesday in Minneapolis. The expectation exists
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12:06 PM ET The Dallas Stars have signed forward Roope Hintz to an eight-year contract extension through the 2030-31 season with an average annual value of $8.45 million. Hintz, 26, is in his fifth NHL season. He has 194 points in 261 career games, including 88 goals. He has 24 points in 22 games this
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12:06 PM ET Leaders of the College Football Playoff issued an ultimatum to the Rose Bowl this week, giving a self-imposed deadline of Wednesday to determine whether the CFP can expand in time for the start of the 2024 regular season, and if the game’s most storied bowl can’t agree to the terms, it’s possible
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12:00 PM ET ESPN’s fantasy basketball and basketball betting tips cheat sheet is your pregame destination for basketball betting predictions and our best intel and data to help you make smart fantasy and wagering decisions. NBA game odds for November 29 are provided by Caesars Sportsbook, and fantasy advice is based on ESPN 10-team leagues.
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11:15 AM ET Associated Press U.S. Davis Cup team coaches Mardy Fish and Bob Bryan were fined $10,000 apiece and handed bans of four months after promoting a gambling operator via social media. The London-based International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced the punishments Tuesday, saying that Fish and Bryan cooperated fully with its investigation and
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10:10 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Linebacker Jahlani Tavai, who has developed into a productive starter on the New England Patriots‘ defense after not panning out with the Detroit Lions, has agreed to a two-year, $4.4 million contract extension with the team, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Tavai has played in 11 games this
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10:25 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Odell Beckham Jr.’s removal from an American Airlines flight at Miami International Airport on Sunday will have no bearing on the Dallas Cowboys’ interest in the free agent wide receiver, according to owner and general manager Jerry Jones. “His overall team compatibility, his judgment, his behavior is not an
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10:55 AM ET Former Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario has reached an agreement with the Washington Nationals on a contract for the 2023 season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Candelario, 29, was non-tendered by Detroit earlier this month, making him a free agent after he compiled a career low .633 OPS in 2022.
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9:44 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson will be sidelined indefinitely with a lacerated kidney, a league source confirmed. A decision on whether to place him on injured reserve has not yet been made, the source added, as they work to establish a timetable for his return. Gardner-Johnson was injured late in the
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