6:16 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The 9-1 New England Patriots host the 6-4 Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in a matchup of two of the NFL’s marquee franchises, and quarterback Tom Brady had something to get off his chest. “I’ve really not liked the Cowboys since coming out of the womb,” he said Wednesday with
6:12 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday after a 9-10-4 start to the 2019-20 season. It marks the third time since the start of the 2011-12 season that the Leafs have made an in-season coaching change, this one coming amid a five-game losing streak. Babcock was a splashy
5:23 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers have waived big man Pau Gasol, he told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Gasol, 39, has been unable to successfully rehab his left foot following surgery. Gasol and the Blazers are working on details of a coaching role for the future Hall of Famer, who has two championships
10:20 PM GMT Andrew McGlashanDeputy editor, ESPNcricinfo Close Deputy Editor Andrew arrived at ESPNcricinfo via Manchester and Cape Town, after finding the assistant editor at a weak moment as he watched England’s batting collapse in the Newlands Test. Andrew began his cricket writing as a freelance covering Lancashire during 2004 when they were relegated in
5:00 PM ET Three fighters who competed in the PFL playoffs last month failed drug tests and are facing discipline from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). Glaico Franca and Luis Rafael Laurentino both tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol and Ramsey Nijem tested positive for marijuana, NSAC chief assistant Jeff Mullen told ESPN
4:58 PM ET The one-game suspension for Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi was upheld by appeals officer James Thrash on Wednesday, the NFL announced. Thrash, however, rescinded Ogujobi’s fine of $10,527. 1 Related Ogunjobi had been disciplined for shoving Mason Rudolph from behind during last Thursday night’s game after Browns teammate Myles Garrett had
4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday amid a 9-10-4 start to the season and announced Sheldon Keefe as his replacement. Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan made the announcement. The Maple Leafs are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, the team’s longest losing
4:30 PM ET Junior middleweight world titlist Jaime Munguia, who all along planned to move up in weight in 2020, will do so for his next fight. Munguia, one of boxing’s most crowd-pleasing battlers, will move up to the 160-pound middleweight division to fight Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan, a fellow brawler but prohibitive underdog, in a
4:23 PM ET South Carolina president Robert Caslen issued a statement on Wednesday in which he clarified his remarks from earlier this week that suggested the Gamecocks were at least exploring whether to buy out football coach Will Muschamp’s contract. In his latest comments, Caslen said he and South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner supported
4:16 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Traded to the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 26 by the New England Patriots, Michael Bennett harbors no ill will toward the team he will face Sunday at Gillette Stadium. “It’s never personal in the NFL,” Bennett said Wednesday. “It’s always business.” In fact, he called Patriots coach Bill Belichick