12:45 PM ET NFL NationESPN Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly stunned the NFL on Tuesday night when he announced his retirement at the age of 28. Kuechly was the 2013 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, and he was named first-team All-Pro five times. His 1,092 tackles over his eight-year career were the most since
Month: January 2020
12:45 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Serena Williams will be part of the U.S. team for its Fed Cup qualifier against Latvia, the U.S. Tennis Association said Wednesday. It will be the first time Williams has participated in the Fed Cup since 2018. Williams has played in 10 previous Fed Cup competitions,
12:48 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Roger Penske announced Wednesday that this year’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race will be run on the track’s road course for the first time. The Cup Series race, scheduled for July 5, will remain on the track’s 2 1/2-mile oval. The decision was approved by
12:30 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers goalie Carter Hart will be out two to three weeks with a right lower abdominal strain, the team announced Wednesday. In his second season with the Flyers, Hart has appeared in 32 games and has a 15-11-3 record, a 2.61 goals-against average and .905 save percentage. Hart had started five
12:09 PM ET Iowa junior offensive tackle Tristan Wirfs announced Tuesday on social media that he will enter the NFL draft. He was the second impact player for the Hawkeyes to declare for the draft on Tuesday as defensive end A.J. Epenesa had announced he was declaring earlier in the day. Wirfs made his announcement
11:40 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Today was a good day for hip-hop legend Ice Cube. After countless calls and months of planning, plotting and strategizing, his Big3 basketball league has announced major changes for the upcoming season — continuing to bring innovation to professional 3-on-3 hoops. The league is now officially recognizing that athletes are
11:15 AM GMT Wayne Pivac handed a surprise Six Nations call-up to Saracens centre Nick Tompkins on Wednesday, while 18-year-old Gloucester wing Louis Rees-Zammit was also included in the Wales squad for the first time. With an injury crisis plaguing Pivac’s midfield, the New Zealander turned to former England under-20 international Tompkins, 24, in the
10:48 AM ET In an NHL season filled with shocking coaching changes, add another to the list: The Vegas Golden Knights have fired Gerard Gallant and hired former San Jose coach Peter DeBoer, whom the Sharks fired last month. The Knights also fired assistant Mike Kelly. “In order for our team to reach its full
10:42 AM ET Oregon is expected to hire former Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead as offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Moorhead, fired Jan. 3 at Mississippi State after just two seasons as coach, will replace Marcus Arroyo, who left Oregon’s staff to become head coach at UNLV. Stadium first reported Oregon’s expected hire of Moorhead.
10:21 AM GMT Stuart Hogg was named Scotland captain on Wednesday as coach Gregor Townsend announced his 38-man squad for the Six Nations. The Exeter Chiefs full-back, 27, takes over from Stuart McInally, who captained Scotland to a group-stage exit at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan and is also included in Townsend’s squad.