1:45 PM ET The Minnesota Vikings and safety Harrison Smith have agreed to terms on a new contract that will keep the veteran defender with the team for the 2023 season, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said Thursday morning. Smith was due to receive $15.3 million in cash for 2023 and count
4:15 PM ET William E. Ricks The 2023 NCAA men’s basketball tournament has just begun, but the chaos has already started courtesy of the Furman Paladins. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Paladins, a 13-seed in this year’s tourney, knocked off the No. 4 seed Virginia Cavaliers in a wild 68-67 contest. After being down by
Chief executive Andrew Cornish says “there is no hiding away” from Middlesex’s financial difficulties, after acknowledging that the club may require an ECB bail-out after racking up a loss of £952,000 in their most recently published accounts. In an open letter to Middlesex’s members, Cornish acknowledged that a recent report in the Daily Telegraph had
3:06 PM ET Alabama freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell has been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell and/or deliver, according to the Holmes County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office. Mitchell, a former four-star prospect and ESPN Top 100 player, was driving a vehicle in Bonifay when he was stopped by police on Wednesday. According
3:35 PM ET Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic has agreed to a four-year, $68 million contract extension, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Bogdanovic declined his $18 million player option for the 2023-24 season and replaces it with a new long-term deal, sources said. Bogdanovic’s representatives at Wasserman finalized the deal with Hawks general manager Landry
2:50 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals running back Joe Mixon will not be indicted for a shooting that occurred near his home, local officials said Thursday. Mixon’s home was part of a crime scene investigation where a teenager was shot while playing “Nerf wars,” a game involving toy guns. County prosecutors allege that Lamonte Brewer,
3:49 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — JP Pegues made a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds remaining, and No. 13 seed Furman completed a rally from a 12-point second-half deficit to hand fourth-seeded Virginia another first-round NCAA Tournament loss, 68-67 on Thursday. Making their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 43 years, the Paladins
2:05 PM ET Major League Baseball informed teams and players Thursday afternoon that its efforts to crack down on pitchers’ use of illegal substances will be enhanced in 2023, according to industry sources briefed on the contents of a league memo. The enhanced examinations, approved by the league’s on-field committee, will entail more detailed inspections
2:08 PM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. The best fantasy basketball managers make a habit of looking at the NBA schedule, examining box scores and scouring the news for
2:11 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. It wouldn’t be March without some presidential picks. U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama
1:56 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Adrien Broner has signed with Hall of Fame promoter Don King, it was announced Thursday. Broner (34-4-1, 24 KOs) won titles in four divisions while fighting for PBC, but the 33-year-old parted ways with Al Haymon’s company last year to headline a BLK Prime card. The Cincinnati native was set
2:04 PM ET When Conor McGregor broke his leg during a 2021 fight, he said he immediately had some doubts about whether or not he could continue his MMA career. Those concerns, though, were quickly dashed. McGregor, the UFC’s biggest star, felt in the moments following the leg break that as long as he was
1:23 PM ET Former Indianapolis Colts receiver Parris Campbell is signing a one-year deal with the New York Giants, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Campbell’s deal is worth up to $6.7 million in maximum value, a source told ESPN. The Giants desperately needed to bolster the wide receiver position for newly re-signed quarterback Daniel Jones.
11:35 AM ET Ed Pinckney stepped away from his scouting duties at the Big East tournament last week to go back in time 40 years. The Villanova legend picked up the phone to talk about Jim Boeheim, a kingpin in the glory days of the Big East Conference who had just ended his reign as
1:50 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Mets star closer Edwin Diaz is expected to miss the entire 2023 season because of a knee injury suffered at the World Baseball Classic. The Mets announced that Diaz has a “full-thickness” tear of the patellar tendon in his right knee and will undergo surgery Thursday afternoon.
Carlos Sainz says his Ferrari team are in a “bad situation” at the start of the Formula 1 season. Ferrari lagged behind Red Bull at the season-opening race in Bahrain. Sainz’s team-mate Charles Leclerc starts this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with a 10-place grid penalty because of reliability problems. He said the start to
1:05 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. — Rick Pitino, Iona‘s 70-year-old Hall of Fame coach, sat at the dais in a place he was tremendously familiar with — the NCAA tournament — and said something that might surprise some people. He would like to coach for another 10 years. “Well, I’m physically fit and mentally I
12:49 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Jalen Ramsey has a simple response to any skeptic who says he’s past his prime — watch the tape. The Miami Dolphins‘ cornerback held an introductory news conference at the team facility Thursday, one day after his trade from the Los Angeles Rams was made official. A three-time