7:30 AM ET Dan Quinn watched closely as the bracket for the NCAA tournament was unveiled on Selection Sunday. Like a lot of folks in Las Vegas, he had something on the line, but this year the stakes were higher. March Madness has always been a big event in Las Vegas. It conveniently coincides with
Month: March 2023
12:36 PM ET An up-and-coming UFC bantamweight fighter is going to be on the shelf for a bit. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) temporarily suspended Kyler Phillips for a positive out-of-competition drug test for the banned substance ostarine Tuesday. The suspension is pending a disciplinary hearing, which could come as soon as next month.
12:20 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” MIAMI — Truly understanding what the World Baseball Classic means took a little while for Team USA, which at its first workout March 7 realized it was far less a team than
12:42 PM ET Virginia running back Mike Hollins described his recovery from a gunshot wound four months ago as a “miracle” on Tuesday, saying his return to the football field has allowed him to push past the pain and anguish he has felt since the tragedy that took the lives of three of his teammates.
The 2023 ODI World Cup is likely to start on October 5 and end on November 19. ESPNcricinfo has also learned that BCCI, the host for the 10-team marquee event, has shortlisted at least a dozen venues, with the final scheduled to be at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad aside, the shortlist
11:15 AM ET The NHL announced on Tuesday that Fanatics, its longtime e-commerce and fan apparel partner, will become its new outfitter of on-ice uniforms and authentic jerseys beginning in 2024-25. As fans, we’re accustomed to seeing the Nike swoosh or the Adidas stripes on sports uniforms. But this NHL deal will mark the first
11:11 AM ET New York Mets star Francisco Lindor is all-in on the World Baseball Classic and disagrees with the stance that Major League Baseball players should avoid the event because of the risk of injury. Lindor addressed a wide range of WBC-related topics with reporters Monday night — five days after teammate Edwin Diaz
11:40 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Boston College has agreed to a two-year contract extension for basketball coach Earl Grant through the 2028-29 season, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Grant has shown steady progress in his two seasons with the Eagles, as BC finished 16-17 this year and 9-11 in ACC play — the most conference
10:58 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Fairleigh Dickinson‘s Tobin Anderson, the breakout coaching star of the NCAA tournament, has emerged as the top target to be the next coach at Iona, sources told ESPN. Anderson would replace Rick Pitino, who left Iona for St. John’s on Monday after three seasons. In replacing Pitino, Iona appears poised
10:32 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Longtime New England Patriots linebacker Dont’a Hightower, who won three Super Bowl championships over his nine-year career, officially announced his retirement Tuesday. “I can’t think of a better story than the one I wrote in New England,” Hightower said in an essay posted on The Players’ Tribune website. “So
10:05 AM ET Associated Press Former first overall draft pick Mark Appel finally made his big league debut last season, just shy of his 31st birthday. The right-hander is now without a team again. Appel was released Monday by the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies. He had an 11.12 ERA in six Grapefruit League appearances
9:44 AM ET Suspended Alabama defensive back Tony Mitchell was driving 141 mph as he attempted to flee police in Florida last week before being arrested, according to an arrest report obtained by AL.com. Mitchell and a passenger in his vehicle, Christophere Lewis, were arrested last Wednesday by deputies from the Holmes County (Florida) Sheriff’s
3:00 AM BST ESPN staff Scott Robertson will become the next coach of the All Blacks, taking over from Ian Foster after this year’s Rugby World Cup in France. New Zealand Rugby [NZR] made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon [NZT], just a fortnight after confirming an interview process would result in the new coach being
8:00 AM ET The old survive-and-advance adage, the football version anyway, has us down to 16 teams. Yep, the Sweet 16 awaits in ESPN’s 2023 fictional NCAA football tournament. The early rounds have already provided a few shockers, not to mention some memorable moments and games. Both veterans and freshmen have stepped up to steer
7:00 AM ET NFL experts After a busy first week to 2023 NFL free agency, the deals have started to slow down. Teams have added impact playmakers across their depth charts, though free agents like Odell Beckham Jr. and Bobby Wagner are still on the market. Notably, Orlando Brown Jr., Javon Hargrave, Jimmy Garoppolo and
8:23 AM ET LAS VEGAS — About one court length, or a snap-of-the-wrist Larry Johnson outlet pass, from the entrance to UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center rests a 2,000-pound bronze statue of the Runnin’ Rebels’ late Hall of Fame coach Jerry Tarkanian. A solitary figure, the 6-foot-high sculpture sits on a stool with its right
7:30 AM ET Well, this won’t be controversial. A few weeks ago, we had an idea. What if you took the teams in the Sweet 16, and what if there was a way to put their greatest teams of all time in the same gym, and you played a tournament with those teams? Which squad
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. When it comes to the Stanley Cup playoffs, the old adage is that a hot goalie can steal a series. So it should terrify the various Eastern Conference powerhouses that the New York
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