10:41 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired defenseman Jan Rutta in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. NHL-leading Tampa Bay also got a 2019 seventh-round draft pick from Chicago in exchange for defenseman Slater Koekkoek and a fifth-round selection in this year’s draft. The 28-year-old Rutta had 2
Month: January 2019
9:58 PM ET CHICAGO — The Bears named former Indianapolis Colts head coach Chuck Pagano defensive coordinator on Friday night. Pagano replaces veteran defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who became the head coach of the Denver Broncos on Thursday. “We are excited to add Chuck to our staff as defensive coordinator,” Bears head coach Matt Nagy
2:36 AM ET NEW YORK — Unless you’re in Indianapolis, you probably aren’t paying close attention to the Indiana Pacers. And Victor Oladipo is just fine with that. “I really don’t care,” Oladipo said in an on-court interview Friday following the Pacers’ 121-106 win over the New York Knicks. “We’re just going to keep earning
8:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Chez Reavie had a round to remember Friday at the Sony Open. Reavie holed out from the fairway three times for eagle, all on par 4s, a feat that hadn’t been accomplished since the PGA Tour first started tracking hole-by-hole records in 1983. Reavie opened on the par-4 10th
8:25 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Temple University athletic director Patrick Kraft smiled and let out a little laugh when he took the podium to introduce the school’s newest head football coach, Rod Carey. “I feel like Bill Murray in ‘Groundhog Day,'” Kraft said Friday. It was just 29 days ago that Kraft and
7:58 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers new assistant head coach and run-game coordinator Harold Goodwin didn’t mince words Friday when asked about his disappointment over the firing of Steve Wilks by the Arizona Cardinals after one season and over the lack of minority hires. “That hurt a little bit,” Goodwin said. “He’s
7:35 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — 76ers center Joel Embiid sat out Friday night against Atlanta because of a sore left ankle. Embiid hurt his ankle in a loss at Washington on Wednesday night. Embiid was one of the final players to leave the court during warm-ups and shot long jumpers wearing “Trust the
6:59 PM ET The Miami Dolphins concluded their interview process for a new head coach Friday — and the candidate they intend and hope to hire is Brian Flores, ESPN’s Jeff Darlington reports. Flores, currently linebackers coach of the New England Patriots, was the first person Miami interviewed (on Jan. 4) in the wake of
6:40 PM ET Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Hurts, who entered the NCAA transfer portal earlier this week, is visiting Maryland on Friday and will also visit Miami this weekend, a source confirmed to ESPN. Alabama quarterbacks coach Dan Enos is headed to Miami, where he will join Manny Diaz’s staff as the Hurricanes’ new
6:25 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Former USC running backs coach Todd McNair, who spent the past seven years fighting the NCAA over the Reggie Bush scandal and lost, will return to coaching in 2018 as the running backs coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday. McNair’s hiring was