7:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — One month ago, Ben Simmons took — and made — his second 3-pointer of the season in a blowout win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Wells Fargo Center. After the game, Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown declared that he wanted his point guard to take at least one
Month: January 2020
7:30 PM ET Associated Press MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Team Penske has overhauled the crew chief assignments for all three of its Cup Series teams. Joey Logano, the 2018 NASCAR champion, will be paired with Paul Wolfe; 2012 champ Brad Keselowski has Jeremy Bullins, and Ryan Blaney was assigned Todd Gordon. Keselowski and Wolfe had been
6:39 PM ET The Nashville Predators fired head coach Peter Laviolette and assistant coach Kevin McCarthy on Monday, with the team outside the playoff picture after 41 games. No interim coach or new head coach was immediately named. The Predators face the Boston Bruins at home on Tuesday night. The news comes after general manager
6:30 PM ET No. 1-ranked Brooks Koepka is set to return to competitive golf next week for the first time in nearly three months after dealing with a knee injury that kept him out of the Presidents Cup. Koepka’s agent, Blake Smith of Hambric Sports, said in an email Monday that Koepka will return at
11:20 PM GMT Ross Taylor was overcome by emotion after becoming New Zealand’s highest Test run-scorer as he recalled a conversation at the start of his career with mentor Martin Crowe. Taylor moved to the top of the New Zealand list, overtaking Stephen Fleming’s tally of 7172, when he lofted Nathan Lyon down the ground
6:07 PM ET The Cincinnati Reds have signed Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama to a three-year, $21 million contract. The Reds, who announced the contract Monday, reportedly agreed to the deal with Akiyama last week. Akiyama, 31, needed to travel from Japan to Cincinnati and take a physical before the Reds announced the deal, according to
5:36 PM ET The Washington Nationals and first baseman Eric Thames are in agreement on a one-year, $4 million contract, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Thames, 33, batted .247 last season with 25 home runs and 61 RBIs for the Brewers. The left-handed-hitting Thames will likely share time at first
5:18 PM ET ESPN News Services BLACKSBURG, Va. — Virginia Tech running back Deshawn McClease says he’s leaving school early to enter the NFL draft. McClease made the announcement Monday on Twitter in which he thanked the coaching staff for playing “a major role in my transition from a boy to the man I am
5:00 PM ET Jade Roper-Tolbert, a past contestant on the reality TV series “The Bachelor,” won a $1 million fantasy football contest over the weekend, but controversy ensued shortly after and an investigation has been launched. Tolbert, who is in her first season regularly playing fantasy sports, entered the maximum 150 lineups into the DraftKings’
4:44 PM ET Featherweight world titleholder Gary Russell Jr. will come out of his annual hibernation to take on mandatory challenger Tugstsogt “King Tug” Nyambayar on Feb. 8, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Monday. The fight, which will headline a “Showtime Championship Boxing” tripleheader (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET), will take place at the PPL Center