5:49 PM ET Wisconsin is hiring North Carolina offensive coordinator Phil Longo for the same role, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, confirming reports. Longo has been the Tar Heels’ offensive playcaller for the past four seasons, and worked with productive quarterbacks Sam Howell and Drake Maye, who had 4,115 pass yards and 35 touchdowns this
At around 1pm at Multan’s Ramada Hotel, a handful of England players (those who weren’t off to play golf with head coach Brendon McCullum) were milling around as a group of Pakistan players were getting a tune-up at the onsite barber. Meanwhile, Ben Stokes was holding court. It was, for all intents and purposes, a
5:28 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On Oct. 22, the day before the Carolina Panthers‘ home game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-year-old defensive end Henry Anderson was at home with his wife when his legs and arms went numb and his speech became blurred. “It was a stroke, so it’s basically like a blood
4:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — One day after the Los Angeles Rams claimed quarterback Baker Mayfield off waivers, coach Sean McVay said the team was still working through the quarterback’s status for the Rams’ Week 14 game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night. During his news conference on Wednesday, McVay said Mayfield
5:34 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Jared Goff didn’t bat an eye following Wednesday’s practice session as he delivered a bold claim in front of his locker room stall. “I feel like I am playing the best football of my career right now,” the Detroit Lions quarterback said. Goff later clarified that
4:26 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Wednesday that quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will not need surgery on his broken left foot and will have a much shorter rehabilitation than was feared after Garoppolo suffered the injury on Sunday. But Shanahan stopped short of suggesting Garoppolo’s return is a
4:24 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Pat Hughes, the longtime radio voice of the Chicago Cubs, won the Hall of Fame’s 2023 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting on Wednesday. The 67-year-old Hughes is the third Cubs broadcaster to receive the award, joining Jack Brickhouse in 1983 and Harry Caray in
12:40 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN On Wednesday night, the top seed in the Eastern Conference plays the top seed in the Western Conference. Is this a preview for the next NBA Finals? Are we likely to see the Boston Celtics face the Phoenix Suns again in June? And, more importantly, does it make sense to
1:21 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis will not play in Wednesday night’s game against the Raptors in Toronto. James is dealing with left ankle soreness, according to the team, and will miss his first game since sitting out more than two weeks in November with a strained left adductor.
4:02 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Suns star Chris Paul is expected to play for the first time in a month when Phoenix hosts the Boston Celtics Wednesday night. Paul, who has been out since Nov. 7 when he suffered a heel injury that forced him to leave a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, is listed