5:00 PM ET UFC flyweight Rachael Ostovich, who fights on Jan. 19 in Brooklyn, told ESPN on Monday that she is comfortable with Greg Hardy competing on the same card. “Nobody’s story is the same, nobody’s situation is the same,” Ostovich said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “I have nothing to do with Greg Hardy.
Month: January 2019
4:56 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — There will be no immediate changes to the four-team format of the College Football Playoff, as university presidents and conference commissioners decided at a joint annual meeting on Monday morning at the Fairmont Hotel that they were in “unanimous agreement that the playoff has been a tremendous success.”
4:58 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will not be participating in the NHL’s All Star game, opting to rest. Price, 31, is the second high-profile player who will sit out. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin also informed the league he would not participate in the festivities, despite being elected by the
4:19 PM ET Malika AndrewsESPN MINNEAPOLIS — Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose apologized Monday for saying that his doubters should “kill yourself.” How should Minnesota build around Karl-Anthony Towns now? The Minnesota Timberwolves have fired team president and head coach Tom Thibodeau, league sources told ESPN on Sunday. 1 Related Rose, who was telling coach impassioned
4:28 PM ET USC offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, who has emerged as one of the most coveted candidates for NFL jobs, is expected to interview for head-coaching positions with multiple teams, sources confirmed to ESPN. USC initially had been blocking NFL teams from interviewing Kingsbury, who joined the Trojans’ staff last month after being fired
8:29 AM ET A FEW MONTHS BACK, Blake Griffin announced he was quitting comedy, his favorite extracurricular activity away from basketball, to pursue music as his next sideline. This declaration was the premise of the four-part mockumentary-ish “Comedy by Blake” digital series for Funny or Die. After Jeff Ross broke the news with a smirk
3:28 PM ET Kicker Cody Parkey has been getting roasted for missing the potentially game-winning field goal in the Chicago Bears‘ playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Turns out he wasn’t totally to blame. The NFL officially changed the 43-yard miss to a block by Eagles defensive tackle Treyvon Hester on Monday. The lineman barely
3:01 PM ET Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins announced Monday that he will enter the 2019 NFL draft. The Ohio State quarterback is headed to the NFL. Here’s what he does well, and where he could land. Haskins is considered the clear-cut top quarterback in the 2019 draft class since Oregon’s Justin Herbert decided to
3:09 PM ET Ohio State is replacing defensive coordinator Greg Schiano with a pair of new defensive coaches, one of them a longtime assistant from rival Michigan. Former Wolverine defensive line coach Greg Mattison and former San Francisco 49ers assistant Jeff Hafley will join the Buckeyes as co-defensive coordinators, the school announced Monday afternoon. The
3:01 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free agent reliever Kelvin Herrera and the Chicago White Sox agreed on a two-year, $18 million contract that includes a vesting option for a third season, league sources familiar with the deal