12:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The Blues made immediate changes to Craig Berube’s coaching staff after missing the playoffs, firing assistants Craig MacTavish and Mike Van Ryn. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the moves Friday, less than 24 hours after the end of the Blues’ regular season. Berube figures to return for
8:59 AM ET Associated Press MONACO — American Taylor Fritz upset two-time defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semifinals Friday. Second-seeded Tsitsipas was on a 12-match winning streak on the French Cote d’Azur, where he claimed his two Masters 1000 titles. “I stuck to the strategy of pulling the
Surrey 153 for 4 (Pope 48*, Abbas 2-39) trail Hampshire 254 (Brown 95, Lawes 4-58) by 101 runs If you’re plugged into the internet, you have probably already come across this story told by Cameron Ponsonby on the latest edition of the Wisden Cricket Podcast. If not, here we go. Last weekend, Manchester City were
1:40 PM ET The NBA Board of Governors has approved the ownership share purchase of the Milwaukee Bucks by Dee and Jimmy Haslam from team co-owner Marc Lasry, it was announced Friday. The Haslams, who own the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, had reached an agreement to purchase approximately 25% of the Bucks from Lasry fr $3.5
12:12 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — More than 60 years ago, a historic Black church was forced to give up its sanctuary — and compensated for what it says was a fraction of the value — to an urban renewal project that wiped out the heart of an African American neighborhood known as the
10:11 AM ET I recently attended the world premiere of the movie “Sweetwater” with my wife, Ann, children Joe and Chamy and her husband, Michael. We thought it would be great, we hoped it would be great, and it exceeded our expectations. Everett Osborne, the actor who plays Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, is outstanding. Jeremy Piven
11:11 AM ET Ian DarkeESPN.com writer Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer voices.
6:00 AM ET NFL scouts can rank anything. Best diner in Boone, North Carolina? Check. Favorite hotel in Moscow, Idaho? Check. Best game film set up in the Big 12? Check. That’s what decades of travel will do. But ask scouts, general managers and coaches to narrow down the best draft prospect they’ve ever seen
10:31 AM ET Former Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Bud Dupree is signing a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday. Dupree, 30, played 430 defensive snaps for the Titans last season, posting 9 quarterback hits, 6 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks and 1 forced fumble in
9:56 AM ET Veteran defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, a six-time Pro Bowl selection who spent nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, announced Friday that he’s retiring from the NFL. McCoy made the announcement on social media with a video that included an image of him hanging up his cleats with a simple “Thank you”