Month: February 2023

6:08 PM ET Associated Press Michigan fired football co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss in January after he failed to attend a meeting to discuss whether he had gained access to computer accounts belonging to other people, according to documents released by the school. An athletic department official told Weiss that the university had evidence that he
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4:52 PM ET Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo scored his first goal for the club as they halted a dismal run by beating struggling city rivals Everton 2-0 at Anfield in the Premier League on Monday. Mohamed Salah opened the scoring in the 36th minute, linking up with Darwin Nunez on the counter-attack just after Everton
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1:42 PM ET Neymar has confirmed that he was involved in an argument with PSG sporting director Luis Campos on Saturday but questioned how the information came to light in the media. PSG suffered a disappointing 3-1 defeat at Monaco on Saturday and following the game, reports in France claimed Neymar vented his frustrations at
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5:32 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Bucks forward Jae Crowder got so frustrated during his layoff that he sometimes yelled or cursed while watching multiple games simultaneously on the four televisions he’d set up at his home. “I’d get mad,” Crowder said Monday while talking to reporters for the first time since the Bucks
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4:18 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla, — New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes will miss next month’s World Baseball Classic because of a strained right hamstring but hasn’t ruled out being ready for the start of the regular season. Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland replaced Cortes on the United States roster. “Came in on
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4:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Conrad Dobler, a three-time Pro Bowl guard, died Monday at the age of 72, the Arizona Cardinals announced. “Our hearts go out to the family, friends and former teammates of Conrad Dobler,” Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement. “He was the kind of tough, physical and fierce
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4:04 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — After going through with a four-team trade that allowed Gary Payton II to pass his physical exam despite doctors’ concerns about his injured abdomen, Warriors general manager Bob Myers said Payton is “not ready to play right now” and will be reevaluated in one month. The team
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2:40 PM ET Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun will be a healthy scratch for the remainder of this week as trade talks continue, the team announced Monday. Coach Andre Tourigny informed the media after the Coyotes’ morning skate in Nashville that Chychrun will remain out of the lineup. He was scratched for their 6-5 loss
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2:57 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro right tackle Lane Johnson, who played through a torn adductor this postseason, will undergo surgery for the injury later this week, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Johnson delayed the surgery so he could play in the postseason as the Eagles advanced to Super Bowl LVII before losing to the
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1:56 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A former Michigan State University basketball star pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and a firearm charge in the fatal 2021 shooting of a Detroit man. Keith Damon Appling, 31, pleaded guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court to one count each of second-degree murder and felony firearm in
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12:54 PM ET Major League Baseball is making it permanent: In all regular-season extra-inning games, a runner will be placed on second base to begin the 10th inning, and in every subsequent extra inning after that, until a winner is determined, according to a source familiar with the situation. Commissioner Rob Manfred intimated all winter
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1:30 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Akron has agreed to a contract extension with head football coach Joe Moorhead, sources told ESPN. The extension delivers an extra year to his contract through 2027. It also includes a retention bonus structure that puts his salary in the middle of the pack in the Mid-American Conference, per sources.
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12:42 PM ET PHOENIX — If Eric Bieniemy is departing the Kansas City Chiefs, he left them quite the parting gift. Their longtime offensive coordinator helped orchestrate an offense that in the second half of Super Bowl LVII saw the Chiefs score touchdowns on their first three possessions and fail to get one on the
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1:22 PM ET Veteran guard Justin Holiday has agreed to a buyout arrangement with the Houston Rockets and plans to sign with the Dallas Mavericks when he clears waivers, sources told ESPN. Holiday was traded to the Rockets last week from the Atlanta Hawks, where he played 28 games this season and averaged 4.5 points
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