12:45 PM ET Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas running back Pooka Williams has been granted diversion in a domestic battery case. The Kansas City Star reports Williams appeared in court Wednesday. If he successfully completes diversion, the domestic battery charge would be kept off his record. An affidavit alleges that Williams punched an 18-year-old
Month: January 2019
1:06 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The U.S. Tennis Association says former top-10 player Mardy Fish is the country’s new Davis Cup captain. Fish’s appointment to succeed Jim Courier was announced Wednesday. Courier stepped down in September. The 37-year-old Fish won six titles in singles and eight in doubles as a player,
12:08 PM ET The Denver Broncos have reached an agreement with Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio to become the team’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Dan Graziano. Fangio will receive a four-year contract that includes a team option for a fifth year, a source said. The 60-year-old Fangio interviewed for
12:32 PM ET The Cleveland Browns will hire Freddie Kitchens to be the 18th coach in team history on Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. Kitchens earned the job with his work as interim offensive coordinator the final eight games of the 2018 season. That and his relationship with and development of Baker Mayfield were
12:14 PM ET Former Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress, who had recently been hired by the Alliance of American Football, abruptly resigned from his post as head coach of the Atlanta Legends. The Legends, meanwhile, named Kevin Coyle as their new coach to replace Childress. Five hirings have been made in the 2019 cycle, but
11:27 AM ET Associated Press New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the National Football League didn’t violate state consumer fraud laws with its ticketing policies for the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium, a decision that likely will spell defeat for a federal lawsuit that seeks potentially millions of dollars in damages. The case
3:01 AM ET The New York Jets are moving closer to naming their next head coach, as the first round of interviews is over — or so it appears. The next step is to determine which candidate can lead the franchise out of the Todd Bowles abyss and return it to relevancy. Big job, big
2:11 PM ET Steve KimESPN With an increasing number of networks and online platforms investing millions in boxing, the business of the sport has never been so robust and vibrant. It’s also never been as divided as it is at this very moment. There are more ways to watch fights and view boxing content than
1:17 AM ET Michael C. Wright FRISCO, Texas — As Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett rattled off the rundown of attributes, you wouldn’t know which running back he was describing looking ahead to Saturday’s divisional showdown featuring Todd Gurley and Ezekiel Elliott. “He has everything you want in a running back,” Garrett said. “He’s quick,
10:33 AM ET ESPN News Services A former LSU offensive lineman was shot while duck hunting in Mississippi last month and lost his leg, according to his friend, who says the dog did it. Micah Heckford told The Clarion Ledger that he and several others were on a duck-hunting trip near Eagle Lake on Dec.