12:26 PM ET Former longtime NBA player Rasheed Wallace has been hired as the boy’s basketball coach at Jordan High School in Durham, North Carolina. Wallace, who was introduced at a news conference at the school Friday morning, served as an assistant coach during the 2013-14 season for the Detroit Pistons. He said he had
Month: March 2019
12:40 PM ET The Detroit Lions released veteran guard T.J. Lang on Friday with one year left on his contract — ending a question that had lingered throughout the offseason. Lions general manager Bob Quinn said at the NFL scouting combine last week that the team was still deciding on what to do with the
12:08 PM ET Dan Jenkins is gone, and everyone who loves college football, golf and the crisply struck one-liner will raise a glass. Preferably of J&B. If you don’t know the work of Jenkins, who died Thursday night in his beloved Fort Worth, Texas, at age 89, you are in for a treat. He didn’t
12:07 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Baseball’s potential future will be showcased in the independent Atlantic League this year, and it includes robot umpires, a 62-foot, 6-inch distance between the pitcher’s mound and home plate, and no infield
11:54 AM ET The Professional Fighters League unveiled its roster for the women’s lightweight division on Friday. The weight class will have eight competitors squaring off in hopes of winning $1 million at the end of the season. Kayla Harrison, an undefeated MMA prospect who is also a two-time United States Olympic Judo gold medalist,
1:32 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars released five players on Friday, headlined by defensive tackle Malik Jackson, a move that will save the team $30 million. In addition to Jackson, the Jaguars also released safety Tashaun Gipson, running back Carlos Hyde, right tackle Jermey Parnell and long snapper Carson Tinker. The moves
10:56 AM ET Former heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos (14 KOs) and contender Derrick Lewis (18 KOs) have a combined 32 knockouts entering their matchup in the main event of a UFC Fight Night at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday. It is the UFC’s first-ever live event in the state of Kansas.
11:40 AM ET The New York Giants have agreed to a trade that will send outside linebacker Olivier Vernon to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for right guard Kevin Zeitler, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Vernon led the Giants last season with 7 sacks and 21 quarterback hits in 11 games. That
11:38 AM GMT Former Springboks utility back Patrick Lambie has admitted that he played through what he suspected could be a serious concussion in his final few games with Racing 92 in France, a knock which ultimately ended his career. Lambie announced his retirement from rugby in January, 10 months after what turned out to
4:18 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL’s general managers met in Boca Raton, Florida, this week, and if nothing else it reminded us that the league’s in a pretty good place these days. Scoring is up. Fighting and suspensions are down. When the only big rule adjustment is getting players to leave the ice when