2:29 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has hired former Oakland Raiders assistant Derrick Ansley as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the hire Friday and said Ansley would make all defensive calls. Pruitt handled the defensive calls last year while Kevin Sherrer served as defensive coordinator. Sherrer
Month: February 2019
2:43 PM ET Featherweight world titleholder Leo Santa Cruz has enjoyed a great deal of success. He’s won world titles in three weight classes, had major fights with Abner Mares and Carl Frampton — each of whom Santa Cruz faced twice — and he’s made several million dollars over the course of his career. But
12:02 PM ET Steve KimESPN Technically, while the main event on Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles is the WBA featherweight title tilt between Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera, it is the co-feature between welterweights John Molina Jr. and Omar Figueroa Jr. that could steal the show. If you go by
3:33 PM ET The San Antonio Spurs, while continuing to hang on to the vestiges of their golden era by boasting the NBA’s longest active playoff streak at 21 straight seasons, are also familiar with a new normal: the postseason bubble. As the seventh-place team in the Western Conference entering the All-Star break, they sit
1:22 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Switch-hitting, versatile infielder Yangervis Solarte has reached agreement on a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants. He will provide infield depth for manager Bruce Bochy. Solarte played every infield position last season for the Blue Jays, making 83 starts at third base and 28 at
1:43 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers beat pitcher Michael Fulmer on Friday in the final salary arbitration case this year, leaving players with a 6-4 final record in decisions. Fulmer was awarded a raise from $575,200 to $2.8 million by Matt Goldberg, Robert Herzog and Elizabeth Neumeier, who heard
9:59 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The broken record of Manny Machado and Bryce Harper’s free agency took another spin on the turntable Thursday. First, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that Padres general manager A.J. Preller had flown
2:45 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — The Oakland Athletics added depth to their outfield mix by signing outfielder Robbie Grossman to a one-year, $2 million contract Friday. Nick Martini, Stephen Piscotty, and Ramon Laureano are projected to get the majority of playing time in the A’s outfield. Oakland manager Bob Melvin said the
12:44 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge says the 6-year-old daughter of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez missed a 2014 deadline to opt out of a $1 billion concussion settlement and can’t separately sue the league over his diagnosis of a degenerative brain disease. Yet Hernandez’s death in 2017 came too
12:26 PM ET ESPN staff Ferrari admits Sebastian Vettel will get priority treatment in the opening portion of the 2019 Formula One season if there are particular situations which require it. Ferrari was criticised for its application of team orders last year, having hesitated at several key moments — it dithered on ordering Kimi Raikkonen