Month: February 2023

11:30 AM ET The Indianapolis Colts have targeted Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Shane Steichen to be their next head coach and plan to hire him if the sides can reach agreement on a contract, sources told ESPN. The Colts and Steichen cannot agree to a deal until after Super Bowl LVII on Sunday. The Colts
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9:56 AM ET Vic Fangio has been helping the Philadelphia Eagles prepare for Super Bowl LVII before he begins his new job as the defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins. Fangio signed a two-week contract with the Eagles after Philadelphia beat the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, league sources told ESPN. Rather than pack
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Feb 11, 2023 Jens Pulver will be inducted into the pioneer wing of the UFC Hall of Fame later this year, the promotion announced Saturday. Pulver, 48, became the UFC’s first lightweight champion in February 2001, when he defeated Caol Uno at UFC 30 in Atlantic City. Nicknamed “Lil Evil,” he went on to defend
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11:57 PM ET Yair Rodriguez is the UFC’s interim featherweight champion following a masterful finish over Josh Emmett at UFC 284. Rodriguez (15-3) submitted Emmett via triangle choke at 4 minutes, 19 seconds of the second round. The 145-pound bout co-headlined UFC 284, which took place on Sunday morning local time at RAC Arena. The
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7:30 AM ET ESPN Sports Betting The Super Bowl is finally here as the AFC Champion Kansas City Chiefs square off against the NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are a slight favorite in the game, which features over 2,000 props from Caesars Sportsbook. Whether it’s the side, total or a squares game or prop
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1:39 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Everything was different this time. Islam Makhachev successfully defended his UFC lightweight championship Saturday night in a performance that did not resemble the victory last October that earned him the belt. On this night, Makhachev mostly stood and traded punches to win his superfight against featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski in
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7:16 AM ET Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro center Jason Kelce will decide in the weeks ahead whether he wants to play another NFL season or retire. Kelce likely will make a final decision before the new league year begins next month, and the Eagles would like to have his decision by then as well. But according
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3:02 AM ET ESPN News Services SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — WNBA star Brittney Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in what is believed to be her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison. Griner was part of a crowd of about 200,000 fans at the tournament, watching the action from
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3:28 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — There aren’t many occasions anymore when one can say Sidney Crosby did something in a game for the first time. Saturday night, though, he accomplished a first he hoped to avoid. Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar, received a game misconduct for the first time in his 18-year
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3:07 AM ET SACRAMENTO — As fiery a competitor as Luka Doncic is, he couldn’t stop smiling after the Dallas Mavericks’ 133-128 overtime loss Saturday night to the Sacramento Kings. That’s how much Doncic enjoyed playing with new teammate Kyrie Irving for the first time — and how excited Doncic is about the possibilities for
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1:33 AM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Yibing Wu became the first Chinese player to reach an ATP Tour final, rallying for a three-set victory over top-seeded American Taylor Fritz in the Dallas Open on Saturday night. Wu will play John Isner, who also won after dropping the first set and advanced to the final
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12:48 AM ET The path to the UFC lightweight title has gone through Dagestan for some time. And now so does the road to the No. 1 pound-for-pound ranking, once again. In a classic back-and-forth battle, Islam Makhachev pulled out a unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) over Alexander Volkanovski to retain the lightweight title in
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12:55 AM ET New Mexico State‘s chancellor says that university personnel interviewed members of the men’s basketball team on Saturday in the wake of hazing allegations that prompted him to suspend the program and place the coaching staff on paid administrative leave. In a letter to the campus community, Dan Arvizu, the chancellor of the
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11:34 PM ET ESPN News Services After completing a contract buyout with the Charlotte Hornets, veteran guard Reggie Jackson intends to sign a free agent deal with the Denver Nuggets, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday. The LA Clippers traded Jackson to the Hornets for Mason Plumlee ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. Jackson was
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