8:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Jimmy Johnson, who coached the Dallas Cowboys to two Super Bowl championships in the 1990s, has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Hall announced his selection Sunday night as part of a centennial class that was chosen Wednesday by a special committee. Former Pittsburgh Steelers
8:15 PM ET Free-agent left-hander Alex Wood has agreed to a one-year, $4 million deal to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported. “We back,” Wood tweeted after news of the deal broke, adding the hashtag “ComebackSZN.” We back @Dodgers #ComebackSZN — Alex Wood (@Awood45) January 13, 2020 Wood, who turned 29
6:00 PM ET Only in college football could a national title game pitting two teams that have each won two titles in this century feel fresh and exciting, but here we are. After three Alabama-Clemson title games in the past four years, with an Alabama-Clemson semifinal in 2017, we now get a battle of Tigers.
9:22 AM ET What has changed in the NBA Power Rankings this week? Our experts rank the best teams in the league, from No. 1 to No. 30, with the Utah Jazz rising and the Brooklyn Nets sliding. Throughout the regular season, our panel (ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, Andre’ Snellings, Royce Young and Bobby Marks, and
6:37 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Kansas City Chiefs fell behind by 24 points in the second quarter to the Houston Texans on Sunday, Patrick Mahomes gathered his offensive teammates for a message. He urged them to go and do something special. “Obviously, I knew as a team everything kind of had
6:37 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With less than 11 minutes remaining in the second quarter on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs already faced a monumental challenge: Only three teams had ever overcome a larger deficit to win a playoff game. Before the first half was over, the Chiefs had a lead over the
6:23 PM ET The New Jersey Devils fired general manager Ray Shero on Sunday prior to their 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning. Assistant GM Tom Fitzgerald will serve as the interim GM, and he will “receive support” from Hall of Fame goaltender Martin Brodeur, who is serving as an adviser to hockey operations,
6:07 PM ET Patrick Graham is leaving his role as the Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator to take the same role with the New York Giants, a source told ESPN. The Dolphins are planning to promote defensive pass game coordinator/cornerback coach Josh Boyer to defensive coordinator with Graham leaving. In plucking Graham from Miami, new Giants
5:46 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — Before the Raptors faced the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at Scotiabank Arena, Raptors coach Nick Nurse was concerned about Pascal Siakam needing to shake off several weeks’ worth of rust in his first game back from a groin injury. “I think it’ll be a challenge, to be
5:46 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have seemingly spent all season scrambling to survive while dealing with one injury after another to their core rotation of players. That, however, is finally starting to change. Pascal Siakam (groin) and Norman Powell (shoulder) both returned from injury Sunday against the San Antonio Spurs.