2:08 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Houston Astros named Dana Brown their new general manager Thursday, choosing the longtime scouting executive to shepherd the team after it let go of former GM James Click, the architect of
Month: January 2023
2:08 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Frank Reich, the starting quarterback for the first game in Carolina Panthers history in 1995, is now the team’s sixth head coach. Owner David Tepper chose Reich, 61, after an extensive search that included nine candidates, including interim head coach Steve Wilks and former New Orleans Saints head coach
2:30 PM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. The best fantasy basketball managers make a habit of looking at the NBA schedule, examining box scores and scouring the news for
10:44 AM ET NHL Stadium Series jerseys have never lacked audacity and boldness, and the 2023 sweaters for the Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes are no exceptions. The Hurricanes are appearing in their first outdoor game on Feb. 18 (8 ET, ABC and ESPN+), which will be played at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, on the
11:41 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Eimantas Stanionis will meet in a rescheduled welterweight bout on April 29 in Texas, sources told ESPN on Thursday. The 147-pound matchup was set for March 18 but postponed after Stanionis underwent an emergency appendectomy in his native Lithuania earlier this month. Oritz’s promoter, Golden Boy,
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson hasn’t given up a sack since Nov. 22, 2020, against the Cleveland Browns, according to Pro Football Focus. That’s a streak that spans 29 games, 794 days and more than 1,800 snaps. Just how hard is that to pull off? “That is basically, you go
11:17 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets ended their two-week search for an offensive coordinator, hiring former Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett on Thursday — a move that will fuel speculation about a potential Aaron Rodgers trade. Hackett, who replaces Mike LaFleur, served as the Green Bay Packers‘ offensive coordinator from
9:00 AM ET Ryan Hartman is many things to the Minnesota Wild: a physical, grinding forward; a 34-goal scorer last season; a favorite among fans, to the point where they raised money to help him pay an NHL fine; and according to his father Craig, the same “pain in the ass he was when he
8:39 AM ET What is eating away at Pep Guardiola right now? Maybe, just maybe, the Manchester City manager senses that his era of dominance faces a new threat that is largely of his own creation. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, FA Cup & more (U.S.) On one flank, he has Mikel Arteta and
10:35 AM ET Associated Press Stewart-Haas Racing announced a multi-year contract extension with Chase Briscoe on Thursday, making him the senior-most driver inside the NASCAR organization when two of his teammates retire at the end of the season. Terms of the deal were not announced but SHR said Briscoe would drive the “No. 14 Ford
On Thursday, in the middle of his first game of cricket in five months following knee surgery, Jadeja picked up a seven-for for Saurashtra against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy. He also got through 41.1 overs of bowling across two innings. Ahead of this game, he had been rather more cautious in his outlook.
10:47 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Former Detroit Lions linebacker Jessie Lemonier has died, the team confirmed Thursday. He was 25. No details have been released on the cause of death. Lemonier, who was drafted by the XFL’s Arlington Renegades in November, instead recently signed with the USFL’s Houston Gamblers for the upcoming season before being
9:14 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Tommy Paul is the first American man since Andy Roddick in 2009 to make the Australian Open semifinals. He is the lone American left in either singles draw. But he’s still managing to fly under the radar at this tournament. So low is Paul flying, that just minutes after
9:00 AM ET Nearly every first-year coach has a learning curve after taking over a new program. A few weeks to get their feet wet, find their way around campus, learn the area. That wasn’t the case for Sean Miller, who returned to Xavier after spending eight years with the Musketeers as an assistant and
7:47 AM ET Self-proclaimed “obnoxious soccer mom” Victoria Azarenka was ordered to take off her Paris Saint-Germain shirt at the Australian Open on Thursday before bowing out of the Grand Slam with a straight-set defeat to Elena Rybakina in the semifinals. The 33-year-old two-time champion has worn shirts showing support for French Ligue 1 champions
7:47 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Light heavyweight unified champion Artur Beterbiev puts his three world titles on the line when he faces Anthony Yarde on Saturday (ESPN+, 3:30 p.m. ET). Beterbiev seems unbeatable, with 18 knockouts in 18 fights, 13 of those inside five rounds. Yarde has won his last three fights by stoppage
8:34 AM GMT Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) chairman Ieuan Evans said he will set up an external task force to examine accusations of sexism, racism and misogyny within the governing body as it looks to address issues raised by a BBC Wales documentary. Several former female WRU employees, including Charlotte Wathan, who resigned as the
7:30 AM ET ESPN staff We might have just wrapped up the 2022 college football season and crowned Georgia national champions for the second year in a row, but it’s never too early to start thinking about all the things we’re excited for in the 2023 season. Our college football reporters discussed their picks for
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