7:49 PM ET Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is honored to have been chosen as an NHL All-Star this season. But family, and self-care, come first. “I have to be kind of selfish here, thinking about how much hockey we played last year, and a short summer and thinking about playing until June again,” said
Month: January 2020
7:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian has been suspended two games for his attack on Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk during Saturday night’s game, the NHL announced. Kassian took offense to a hit from Tkachuk late in the second period and threw off his gloves and started punching the Flames
7:01 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears are hiring veteran assistant Bill Lazor as offensive coordinator, league sources confirmed to ESPN. The move was first reported by NFL Network. Lazor, 47, previously held the title of offensive coordinator for the Miami Dolphins (2014-15) and Cincinnati Bengals (2017-18). Lazor additionally coached quarterbacks for the Bengals
7:14 PM ET KANSAS CITY — Charles Penn wasn’t planning on going to the Kansas City Chiefs‘ divisional-round playoff game against the Houston Texans this past Sunday. Dating to the Chiefs’ collapse to the Indianapolis Colts in the 2013 wild-card game, the superfan didn’t have a great track record watching Chiefs games in public. He
7:09 PM ET Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard, who led the FBS in rushing this season, is returning to the Cowboys backfield for the 2020 season. Hubbard announced his decision Monday afternoon in a video posted to his Twitter page, alongside the caption: “Life is good.” Life is good 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/EIIpkJoAgl — Chuba Hubbard
6:56 PM ET Australian Open tennis organisers have been forced to delay the start of the qualifying tournament and suspend practice after hazardous smoke from Victoria’s bushfires blanketed Melbourne Park. The new start time on the opening day of qualifying for next week’s grand slam event will be 11am. The EPA rated Melbourne’s air quality
6:09 PM ET ESPN News Services Kevin Stefanski has been handed a five-year contract to take over as the 18th full-time Cleveland Browns coach, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Vikings offensive coordinator was officially hired by Cleveland on Monday as the 10th head coach since the Browns’ 1999 expansion return, which to this
9:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN It was an early morning at the beginning of 2019, and Michael Seals had just completed his customary run. The hard-hitting light heavyweight hadn’t fought since September 2018 and had no fights scheduled. Yet he was still dutifully hitting the pavement each day, hoping that a call would come with
6:26 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It will likely be a painful film session, but a thorough review of what happened to the Green Bay Packers in their season-worst 37-8 loss at the San Francisco 49ers will be a necessary task for coach Matt LaFleur. It’s on his early-week to-do list before Sunday’s NFC
5:58 PM ET One of the National Hockey League’s most exciting innovations was introducing 3-on-3 overtime play, with its manic offensive pace and unpredictability. That format has actually inspired a new 3-on-3 professional hockey league called 3ICE, debuting in North America in 2021. “Three-on-three hockey has proven to be incredibly exciting display of speed, skill