6:28 PM ET Wayne Gretzky said he hopes he is the first person to shake Alex Ovechkin‘s hand if Ovechkin breaks his all-time goals record. “I’m rooting for him as hard as anybody,” Gretzky told NBC Sports on Monday, in his first joint interview with Ovechkin. “I think it will be a great, wonderful day
Month: April 2020
5:56 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Former Baltimore Colts linebacker Mike Curtis has died at the age of 77. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay made the announcement on social media Monday. Curtis was born March 27, 1943, in Rockville, Maryland. He played at Duke University before being the 14th overall pick as a fullback by the
6:25 PM ET Raiders coach Jon Gruden made a virtual appearance at the University of Tennessee last Friday, but wasn’t trying to get any “grumors” started or angling for a coaching job. Similar to Peyton Manning a few weeks ago, Gruden made a surprise appearance online in an Introduction to Statistics class at UT and
5:30 PM ET UFC fighter Lyman Good tested positive for the coronavirus last month, he told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview Monday. He is the first UFC athlete to publicly acknowledge having tested positive for the virus. Good, 34, said he is now feeling “100%” and is in full recovery. The New Jersey
5:12 PM ET As Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly watched ESPN’s Michael Jordan docuseries “The Last Dance” on Sunday, his mind kept coming back to one person: Derek Jeter. A baseball lifer, Mattingly has had a front-row seat to the rise of Jeter from a fresh-faced rookie to a world champion to a baseball franchise
5:04 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN It turns out “The Last Dance” was almost about a different season. In an interview with ESPN 104.5 Baton Rouge’s Off The Bench morning show on Monday, Tim Floyd said he was flown to Seattle to talk with Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf about replacing Phil Jackson after the 1995-96
5:00 PM ET Nearly every NFL player wore a top-rated helmet last season in annual rankings conducted with the NFL Players Association, according to a report distributed this month to owners. The milestone culminates a three-year project to push players toward better-performing helmets — and to ban players from using poorly performing or outdated models
7:00 AM ET Success as a college football player doesn’t always translate to stardom in the NFL. Over the years, we’ve seen many top NFL prospects’ careers fizzle out, including Heisman Trophy winners like Matt Leinart, Robert Griffin III and Troy Smith. Here are the college football stars we’re most surprised didn’t make it at
Apr 20, 2020 John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features PHILADELPHIA — Marvin Spratley has been a grill cook for nearly two years, working concession stands during the home games for Philadelphia’s Flyers, 76ers
9:11 AM ET The Professional Fighters League pulled the plug on its 2020 regular season and playoffs because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume in the spring of 2021. That’s a big deal for the fight promotion and its athletes spread across six weight classes. The fighters will no longer get to
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