2:14 PM ET Associated Press DOHA, Qatar — Andy Murray saved five match points to beat Jiri Lehecka 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (6) on Friday and advance to the final of the Qatar Open. The 35-year-old Murray reached his first ATP Tour final since June and will face former No. 1 Daniil Medvedev. “He’s a legend,”
5:04 PM ET Florida State athletic director Michael Alford told his board of trustees on Friday that “something has to change” when it comes to closing the growing revenue gap with other conferences — a sign that one of the biggest brands in the league is unhappy with the current structure. In a phone interview
4:50 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs went back to the future with their promotion of Matt Nagy as offensive coordinator. The team announced the move on Friday, one week after former offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s departure. Bieniemy was the offensive coordinator for the past five seasons before taking a similar
3:56 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” San Diego Padres star Manny Machado committed the first pitch-clock violation in a spring-training game, getting docked a strike because he was not set and facing the pitcher in the batter’s box
4:23 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs stayed within the organization for their new offensive coordinator, promoting Matt Nagy into the spot as a replacement for Eric Bieniemy. Nagy, 44, was the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator on Andy Reid’s staff in 2016 and 2017, their last two seasons with Alex Smith as starting quarterback.
2:23 PM ET TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats maintains that he believes the university and his program have done the right thing in continuing to allow star freshman forward Brandon Miller to play after his name appeared in connection with a January shooting. “We’ve been taking it very seriously from Day
11:58 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek stayed undefeated against Coco Gauff, beating the American teenager 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to reach the final at the Dubai Championships. The three-time Grand Slam champion improved to 6-0 against the 18-year-old Gauff, and each victory has been in straight sets. The
Islamabad United 220 for 6 (Azam 97, Asif 42, Smith 2-41) beat Quetta Gladiators 157 all out (Hafeez 48, Sarfaraz 41, Farooqi 3-28) by 63 runs It was a contest between an elite PSL team, and, frankly, a PSL has-been. Quetta Gladiators have been the poorest side of this league since they lifted their only
9:07 AM ET Liverpool must “change things” in order to find stability and consistency in the midst of a trying season, coach Jurgen Klopp said ahead of their Premier League game at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Klopp’s side are eighth in the Premier League table on 35 points, and have been eliminated from the Carabao
1:07 PM ET The Atlanta Hawks and Quin Snyder are progressing in talks on a deal to make him the franchise’s next coach and a resolution could be reached within days, sources told ESPN on Friday. Since firing coach Nate McMillan on Tuesday, the Hawks have made Snyder the full focus of the coaching search,
12:50 PM ET Steve Alexander Now that the NBA is back in action it’s time to take a look at the latest Risers and Fallers in the world of fantasy basketball. We’re going to focus on what happened in Thursday night’s return to action, as well as what went down just prior to the break.
9:25 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN OSCAR DE LA HOYA walked into Jake Paul’s locker room ahead of Paul’s third professional bout, a matchup with former UFC fighter Ben Askren in Atlanta in April 2021. The Hall of Famer, who starred on the biggest stage in boxing as the face of the fight game throughout the
8:44 AM ET The UFC schedule is about to enter a monster stretch, with marquee pay-per-view events in Las Vegas and London within the next three weeks. UFC 285, March 4: Jon Jones at heavyweight, finally. UFC 286, March 18: Leon Edwards–Kamaru Usman trilogy bout — in London! There are other fantastic fights on those
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The NHL trade deadline for the 2022-23 season is March 3 at 3 p.m. ET. While the final day is always a furious onslaught of trades, there have already been some major deals, including Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders, Vladimir Tarasenko to the New York Rangers and Ryan
7:10 AM ET ESPN staff The trade deadline for the 2022-23 NHL is 3 p.m. ET on March 3. Some stars have already been traded — including two 2023 All-Stars — with some impactful players remaining on the list of those potentially being moved. After discussions with folks inside the game, reporters Ryan S. Clark,
8:00 AM ET IT WAS ALMOST a year ago that author Alan Shipnuck published Phil Mickelson’s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian monarchy’s history of human rights abuses and alleged involvement in the death of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. Mickelson, who was allegedly recruiting players to LIV Golf, told Shipnuck
George Russell says he does not expect Mercedes to be competing for victory at the start of the Formula 1 season in Bahrain next week. Russell said he believed Red Bull were the team to beat on the evidence of the first two days of pre-season testing. He said: “We definitely believe eventually we will
7:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In the twilight of the Denver Broncos‘ final Sunday of the 2022 season, quarterback Russell Wilson stood in front of the media contingent trying to make sense of his worst season as a pro. What happened to the nine-time Pro Bowler who had led the Seattle Seahawks to a