Month: March 2023

9:00 AM ET At the start of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, 29 out of 30 people on ESPN’s expert panel believed the Colorado Avalanche would get through the first round against the Nashville Predators. Whatever concerns they had about the Avs, they wouldn’t hinder Nathan MacKinnon and the boys from advancing. But those concerns
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9:07 AM ET Providence has finalized a deal to make George Mason‘s Kim English the Friars’ next head coach, sources told ESPN. English will sign a six-year contract, according to sources. The school had zeroed in on English as its top target in the week leading up to Ed Cooley’s departure for Georgetown, sources told
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6:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey, who is the team’s most persistent — although not overly successful — recruiter, set his sights on one of the highest-profile free agents available. “OBJ Looks like a Raven to me is all I’m saying,” Humphrey tweeted Monday. This is quite the endorsement
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10:30 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN The proposed undisputed heavyweight championship fight next month between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury at Wembley Stadium in London is in jeopardy as the fighters continue to haggle over deal points beyond the 70-30 split in favor of Fury for the net revenue, sources told ESPN. Usyk has shut down
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2:00 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Anthony Joshua has said he is not rushing to call on Tyson Fury for his next fight after talks for Fury’s proposed bout with
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7:51 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN MIAMI HEAT CENTER Bam Adebayo came flying in from behind for a rebound late in the fourth quarter of their March 10 game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, inadvertently scraping Cavs center Jarrett Allen across the eye in the process. The 6-foot-11 All-Star immediately fell to the ground and covered his
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7:00 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close Adam Rittenberg ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Kyle Bonagura Close Kyle Bonagura ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. BOULDER, Colo. — On a sunny February morning, Deion Sanders walked into Colorado’s recruiting
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7:16 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Bidders for Manchester United have been given extra time to make their offers, sources have told ESPN. The Raine Group, the merchant bank handling the process for current owners the Glazer family, initially set a deadline of 9 p.m. UK time Wednesday for second bids. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
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3:23 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach Darvin Ham sat down in front of reporters following his team’s 122-111 win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday and, before fielding any questions, couldn’t help but smile at how his new-look starting lineup performed. “You like the little trick up the sleeve?” Ham asked. He was
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2:43 AM ET ESPN News Services Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams gave just one answer before leaving his postgame news conference Wednesday night, his team furious with the large free throw disparity that favored the Lakers in Los Angeles’ 122-111 home victory. Williams ripped the game officials and described what he sees as a pattern
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