5:26 PM ET Former Michigan State recruiting director Curtis Blackwell filed a new lawsuit in state court this week alleging more recruiting violations and wrongdoing committed by the football program under former head coach Mark Dantonio. Blackwell says in the lawsuit that the Spartans illegally and secretly taped the practices of an opposing team. Blackwell
5:33 PM ET UCF athletics director Danny White has signed a new five-year contract, with an annual one-year rollover clause, the school announced Tuesday. White’s base salary will be $1,081,500 and will increase by 5 percent every year on the rollover date. If he leaves before May 11, 2021, he or his new employer would
7:00 AM ET Last week, I ranked the top 100 prospects in baseball heading into the 2020 season. Now it’s time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, starting with the American League. A quick refresher on a key term you’ll see throughout the team lists: I use something called Future Value, shortened to FV
Mar 4, 2020 LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers have been at the top of the West all season, and now they’re closing in on the Milwaukee Bucks for the best record in the league. The LA Clippers, meanwhile, have favored load management over wins all season but still have a small lead over
7:00 AM ET NHL senior director of player safety Patrick Burke joined the ESPN on Ice podcast this week. Here’s a transcript of the conversation with Emily Kaplan and Greg Wyshynski, which spans a variety of topics, including Evander Kane‘s criticism of the NHL’s discipline process, why Nathan MacKinnon gets to pick and choose his
7:00 AM ET When Dominik Kubalik arrived in Chicago for Blackhawks training camp in September, he was far from a lock to make the roster. Kubalik, 24, was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round in 2013. Every summer, the Kings checked on Kubalik to see how he was doing in Europe.
4:34 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto strained an oblique muscle on his right side, and it’s too early to determine whether he will be able to play in New York’s opener against the World Series champion Washington Nationals on March 26. Conforto was injured Saturday
4:52 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Michael Kopech didn’t have any trouble getting back up to speed after 18 months away from the mound. “Yeah, I might have been a little geeked,” the Chicago White Sox right-hander said Tuesday. Kopech threw 11 pitches against the Texas Rangers in Cactus League play — and
4:57 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez missed batting practice Tuesday because he has the flu and will be reevaluated later this week. Manager Aaron Boone said Sanchez, sidelined since the weekend by a sore back, was examined by team doctors. “He had the fever last night, ”
4:27 PM ET The Cleveland Cavaliers and coach J.B. Bickerstaff have agreed to a multiyear contract, the team announced Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed, but sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Bickerstaff agreed to a four-year deal that will take him through the 2023-24 season. Bickerstaff took over as head coach last month after Cleveland