3:50 PM ET Well, the hot stove is officially lit. An eye-popping $245 million deal for ace Stephen Strasburg to return to the Nationals got the fun started on the first day of baseball’s winter meetings in San Diego. As the defending champions bring back their World Series MVP, we asked ESPN.com’s Bradford Doolittle, Sam
Month: December 2019
4:39 PM ET Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny will miss the rest of the season after suffering a left ACL injury in Sunday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams, coach Pete Carroll said Monday afternoon. Carroll said he has not heard about the MRI results but that the doctors “could tell it’s a
4:40 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Speaking to minor league baseball’s executives about a controversial proposal to contract 42 teams, MILB president and CEO Pat O’Conner delivered a blistering rebuke of the plan. “We cannot allow ourselves to be splintered for this next deal,” O’Conner said. “No one’s future is safe, unless all of your
4:28 PM ET The South Carolina Board of Trustees is scheduled to approve a contract on Tuesday for former Colorado State coach Mike Bobo to become the Gamecocks‘ new offensive coordinator, according to an agenda for the meeting. Bobo stepped down as the Rams‘ coach last week after compiling a 28-35 record in five seasons.
4:27 PM ET The NBA announced Monday that it has denied the Houston Rockets‘ protest of their 135-133, double-overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs last week. At issue was a James Harden breakaway dunk with 7:50 remaining that would have given the Rockets a 104-89 lead. The ball whipped through the net and back
4:08 PM ET Penn State offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne is expected to be named Old Dominion’s next head coach, sources told ESPN. Rahne emerged last week as the leading candidate for the Old Dominion job. He spent the past two seasons as Penn State’s offensive coordinator and has served on coach James Franklin’s staffs at
8:11 AM ET BY THE TIME David Fizdale met with his bosses after a 37-point loss to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday, his trademark wood-grain glasses did little to hide the toll coaching the New York Knicks for the past 19 months had taken on him. His eyes looked weary. His beard had grown bushy
7:00 AM ET (Editor’s note: Friday is the 10th anniversary of the Saints’ Super Bowl XLIV win. This story was originally published on Dec. 10, 2019.) The gutsiest play in Super Bowl history was supposed to be a fake punt. “Ambush” — the New Orleans Saints‘ onside kick to start the second half of Super
3:47 PM ET OXFORD, Miss. — It was a long road back, even by Lane Kiffin’s own admission, but he’s once again an SEC head coach and ready to take his shot at some of the top teams in college football. Kiffin was introduced Monday as Ole Miss’ head coach and said he was eager
3:34 PM ET The New England Patriots acknowledged that their production crew inappropriately filmed the field and sideline during Sunday’s game between the Bengals and Browns in Cleveland and accepted full responsibility in a statement released Monday night. The crew was credentialed by the Browns to shoot video for a Patriots web series called “Do