Month: February 2023

5:32 PM ET Utah offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Andy Ludwig is the leading candidate for the same position at Notre Dame, a source told ESPN on Friday. Ludwig arrived on campus Friday afternoon as part of a weeklong nationwide search to replace former coordinator Tommy Rees, who was hired at Alabama. Ludwig, who spent
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5:08 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Six years after he last played for the franchise, D’Angelo Russell took stock of his journey through three different teams before landing back with the Los Angeles Lakers via a trade this week. “I mean, a lot has happened since I’ve been here, right?” Russell said as part
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4:55 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam are in talks to buy a minority stake in the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. The Haslams, who have explored buying other pro teams in the past, are seeking to acquire the 25% share currently held
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4:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Free agent pitcher Sonny Vargas was suspended for 110 games on Friday following a positive test for Boldenone, his second positive test for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball’s minor league drug program. Then in the San Francisco Giants organization, Vargas was suspended for 60 games last March
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4:49 PM ET UT Arlington fired men’s basketball coach Greg Young on Friday after he had less than two years at the helm. The Mavericks enter the weekend at 9-16 overall and 4-8 in their first season in the WAC. They went 11-18 in Young’s first season. “Following a holistic evaluation of our program, the
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4:29 PM ET Associated Press Philadelphia Phillies reliever Jose Alvarado avoided arbitration Friday, agreeing to a one-year deal for $3.45 million. He had filed for $3.7 million and the Phillies’ $3.2 million. Alvarado went 4-2 with a 3.18 ERA and two saves in 59 relief appearances. He had a 5.56 ERA in 12 postseason appearances
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1:45 PM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti is already coaching Brazil star Vinicius Junior at Real Madrid. David S. Bustamante/Soccrates/Getty Images The Brazilian Football Confederation has denied an ESPN Brazil report that Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has given the OK to becoming the new coach of the Brazil men’s national team. Brazil have
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3:26 PM ET SACRAMENTO — Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic said he loves and respects “my guys” Dorian Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinwiddie, but he didn’t hesitate to sign off on trading them for Kyrie Irving when team management presented the possibility to him. “We’ll obviously miss them here, but Kyrie’s Kyrie, man,” Doncic said after
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11:44 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland — — The president of the International Boxing Association is offering financial support to boxers who defy a U.S.-initiated boycott of the upcoming world championships, which he said was decided by people “worse than hyenas and jackals.” USA Boxing and the Irish Boxing Association said this week they will not
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1:53 PM ET Tiger Woods is returning to the golf course at next week’s Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles, he announced Friday. It will be Woods’ first competitive rounds in an official event since he missed the cut at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in July. It will be
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2:05 PM ET ESPN News Services After a day of mixed signals, President Joe Biden is set to sit down for an interview before the Super Bowl, which is being broadcast by Fox on Sunday. A Fox Corp. spokesperson said Friday the interview was back on after the White House earlier indicated that the network
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Feb 9, 2023 The 2023 Super Bowl is here! This year’s big game is between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Fox. Play along during the game with our printable Bingo cards, with 60 of our favorite props selected from among 2,000 of them offered by Caesars
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1:03 PM ET Amanda Serrano, the undisputed featherweight champion and No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer in the world, said Friday she is planning on making a return to mixed martial arts at some point in the future. Serrano, 34, has fought in mixed martial arts before, holding a 2-0-1 record in MMA and a 5-0 record
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1:46 PM ET With Oklahoma and Texas now scheduled to leave the Big 12 and join the SEC in 2024, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told ESPN on Friday he’s looking forward to seeing some rivalries renewed, but also acknowledged that building the schedule for a 16-team conference needs to be done over the next three
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1:34 PM ET Minnesota‘s Anthony Edwards, Toronto‘s Pascal Siakam and Sacramento‘s De’Aaron Fox have been added to the NBA All-Star Game as injury replacements, the league announced Friday. The three players will replace Phoenix‘s Kevin Durant, Golden State‘s Steph Curry and New Orleans‘ Zion Williamson. Curry is out with a left leg injury, while Durant,
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