12:51 PM ET Potential No. 1 NBA draft pick LaMelo Ball and his manager Jermaine Jackson have purchased his Australian NBL team, the Illawarra Hawks, Jackson told ESPN on Thursday. “We own the team,” Jackson said. “It’s a done deal.” Ball arrived in Australia in August as part of the league’s Next Stars program and
12:13 PM ET Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry signed his $10.2 million franchise tender on Thursday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Dianna Russini. The two sides are still committed to working on a long-term deal before the July 15 deadline for franchised players to sign extensions. On Wednesday, Titans general manager Jon Robinson
7:00 AM ET A month ago, when the world still felt predictable and baseball important, Dusty Baker and AJ Hinch were two sides of a damaged coin. The Houston Astros were the disgrace of baseball, a once extremely valuable currency in sharp decline. The Astros fired Hinch, who was without objection serving the yearlong suspension
1:00 PM ET Professional wrestling fanatics come in all ages, demographics and occupations. One of them is the general manager of the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs. Kyle Dubas hasn’t been shy about his affinity for the squared circle, posing with WWE superstars like Becky Lynch as well as legends like Ric Flair during SummerSlam in
12:02 PM ET Associated Press Athletic directors at the nation’s biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a survey released Thursday by LEAD1, an association of athletic directors from 130 major college football schools, 63% forecast a worst-case scenario in which their revenues decrease by
9:08 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has brought the boxing world to a halt. Nearly all events worldwide are off through at least early May, and more cancellations and postponements are expected to be announced in the coming days. So for a year-round sport that never has an offseason, this is a first. During this
10:00 AM ET The New York Jets desperately need an edge rusher. Now there’s a copy/paste sentence that has been used every year since 2006, the year John Abraham was traded to the Atlanta Falcons. A couple of high-profile pass-rushers in this year’s free-agent class, Jadeveon Clowney and Yannick Ngakoue, are still without a team,
8:08 AM ET AUDUBON, N.J. — On a quiet street outside of Philadelphia, there’s a modest, two-story house where the Flacco family raised six children, most notably a former Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl MVP, and now another NFL draft prospect. When the front door opens, there’s a face that resembles Joe Flacco. The welcoming voice
8:28 AM ET Associated Press The Senior PGA Championship in Michigan has been canceled. The PGA of America says it based its decision on Michigan’s stay-at-home order that was enacted March 23. The Senior PGA in Benton Harbor, Michigan, was to be played May 21-24. It will be held next year at Southern Hills in
8:04 AM ET Former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow will fulfill their one-season suspensions for the team’s sign-stealing scandal even if no baseball is played in 2020, sources told ESPN’s Buster Olney on Thursday. Hinch and Luhnow were given the one-year bans and subsequently fired in January following an