4:49 PM ET The New Jersey Devils fired coach John Hynes after a disastrous start to the season. The Devils are 9-13-4. Their 22 points are second-fewest in the NHL, and they have the fourth-worst record over the past two seasons at 40-54-14. Hynes, who was hired in 2015, finished his Devils stint with a
Month: December 2019
8:00 AM GMT The Nelson Mandela Bay Giants completed the highest successful chase of this year’s Mzansi Super League against the Tshwane Spartans at St George’s Park to join the Paarl Rocks on 23 points at the top of the table. Ben Dunk‘s unbeaten 99 off 54 balls anchored the Giants’ effort and his fifth-wicket
4:16 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina starting quarterback Ryan Hilinski will have surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. A release from the school Tuesday stated that a surgery date for the 6-foot-3 freshman starter has not yet been scheduled, but he is expected to be fully healthy
1:32 PM ET Alistair Overeem is a Netherlands-based heavyweight with a kickboxing background. Jairzinho Rozenstruik is a Netherlands-based heavyweight with a kickboxing background. Their fight careers, however, are at very different places. Overeem, a 39-year-old veteran of 63 professional MMA fights who is a former champion in the Strikeforce, Dream and K-1 promotions, faces relative
3:53 PM ET Colorado wide receiver Laviska Shenault Jr. is headed to the NFL draft. Shenault announced Tuesday that he will skip his final season at Colorado to enter the draft. ESPN’s Mel Kiper ranks Shenault as the No. 12 overall prospect and No. 3 wide receiver — behind Alabama’s Jerry Jeudy and Oklahoma’s CeeDee
3:56 PM ET NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods twice turned down offers to play in the controversial Saudi International tournament on the European Tour, but he defended Phil Mickelson‘s decision to play the event early next year. Woods, who begins play in the Hero World Challenge on Wednesday at Albany Golf Club, was offered in
7:30 AM ET After three-quarters of the 2019 season, the NFL’s top rookies are a mix of those helping push along playoff hopefuls and those lifting up the wait-until-next-year crowd. We asked six ESPN writers and analysts to once again rank the top 10 rookies to this point in the season. We tabulated the results,
3:16 PM ET Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper on Tuesday fired head coach Ron Rivera two days after an embarrassing 29-21 home loss to the two-win Washington Redskins. It was the Panthers’ third home loss this season to a team with a losing record. Secondary coach Perry Fewell has been named interim head coach. Offensive
2:17 PM ET Carmelo Anthony says he was prepared to walk away from the NBA if the Portland Trail Blazers hadn’t called and offered him a roster spot last month. “I was preparin’ myself,” Anthony told ESPN’s Rachel Nichols in a conversation that aired on Tuesday. “And I had prepared myself to kinda just walk
2:34 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — With the evidence mounting in his mind that a break was necessary, Washington Huskies coach Chris Petersen decided just a couple of days before the Apple Cup that he was going to step away. Outside of his wife, no one knew of Petersen’s decision that eventually led to