Mar 1, 2020 Alabama has moved quickly in replacing longtime strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran by reaching an agreement with Indiana‘s David Ballou, it was announced Tuesday. Cochran, who had been Alabama’s strength coach under Nick Saban since Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, left last week to join Georgia’s staff as its special
7:31 AM ET Israel Adesanya will defend his middleweight championship against Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Saturday night. But before they take center stage in Las Vegas, both main-event participants are set to join Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. It’s the first title defense for Adesanya (18-0), while Romero has lost three of
5:34 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN NEW ORLEANS — Just as the New Orleans Pelicans were becoming the healthiest they’d been all season, another injury popped up. This time, the team will be without guard JJ Redick, who left Friday night’s game against Cleveland with a left hamstring strain. An MRI over the weekend confirmed the
5:59 PM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and his wife, Kelly, are about to become parents again. Kelly announced on Instagram on Sunday they are expecting “Baby Stafford #4” this summer. The Staffords had twin daughters Chandler and Sawyer in 2017 and a third daughter, Hunter, in 2018. Kelly Stafford wrote in an Instagram
5:13 PM ET Alabama has moved quickly in replacing longtime head strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran by reaching an agreement with Indiana‘s David Ballou, sources told ESPN. Cochran, who had been Alabama’s strength coach under Nick Saban since Saban arrived in Tuscaloosa in 2007, left last week to join Georgia’s staff in an on-the-field
5:13 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Utah‘s Javelin Guidry stole the show in the 40s among the defensive backs at the scouting combine Sunday with an official clocking of 4.29 seconds. He was the only cornerback to run a sub-4.3 time. According to ESPN’s Stats and Information, Guidry’s time was just .01 off the fastest by
4:53 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State’s Jeff Okudah, who is considered the best cornerback available in this year’s NFL draft, was temporarily sidelined from combine workouts Sunday after landing hard leaping for a ball during position drills. Okudah, who had already run an official 4.48 40-yard dash in the workout, jumped for a pass
4:03 PM ET Guard Jordan McRae has agreed to a contract buyout with the Denver Nuggets, clearing the way for him to join the Phoenix Suns, league sources told ESPN. Phoenix could claim him in the waivers process, allowing it to use his Bird rights to re-sign him to a new deal this summer. If
4:29 PM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo reeled off 41 points, 20 rebounds and six assists — in just 35 minutes — in Sunday’s 93-85 win over the Charlotte Hornets. It was the fewest minutes played in a 40-20-5 game in NBA history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The previous
7:00 AM ET As a season of high turnover for NHL coaches heads down the final stretch — seven head coaches have been fired thus far, and one resigned — one person who has a front seat to the hiring process is calling for reform in how NHL teams go about their searches. Neil Glasberg,