12:33 PM ET North Carolina football coach Mack Brown has received a raise and a one-year contract extension, the school announced Wednesday. Brown, entering his fourth season with the Tar Heels, is now scheduled to make a total of $5 million per season through January 2027, up from $3.5 million in his previous contract. The
Month: February 2022
11:24 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya was hired by Major League Baseball on Wednesday as a consultant for amateur scouting. He will advise the baseball operations department on both domestic and international scouting initiatives. Minaya will report to Morgan Sword, the executive vice president of
7:56 AM ET WBO middleweight titleholder Savannah Marshall is putting her belt on the line March 12 against Femke Hermans in Newcastle, England. It will be the third defense of the title for Marshall, 30, who last fought Oct. 16, 2021, against Lolita Muzeya, knocking her out in the second round. The fight between Marshall
9:17 AM ET NFL NationESPN The Dallas Rangers? It almost happened. That was franchise owner Clint Murchison Jr.’s first choice back in 1959, but a minor league baseball team already had that name. Murchison settled instead on Cowboys, changing the course of one of the world’s most valuable and recognizable brands in sports. But team
10:23 AM ET MOBILE, Ala. — New York Jets offensive lineman Cameron Clark, who missed the season after suffering a spinal cord injury in training camp, is ending his football career, his agent told ESPN. “Based on the advice of Dr. Andrew Hecht, a prominent orthopedic surgeon at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, Cameron
10:20 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is having surgery on his left ankle Wednesday, league sources confirmed to ESPN. Hurts is expected to recover in time for the Eagles’ offseason training program in April, sources said. The NFL Network was first to report Hurts’ scheduled surgery. 2 Related Hurts suffered a high-ankle
11:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The day after announcing his lawsuit against the NFL, New York Giants, Miami Dolphins and Denver Broncos, Brian Flores elaborated on his allegations of racial discrimination and unethical practices. Specifically pertaining to his time with the Dolphins, Flores, the team’s former coach, said owner Stephen Ross explicitly offered him $100,000
9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA Tour continues Thursday at the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The tournament will feature a unique setup with three different golf courses. The Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and Monterey Peninsula Country Club will host the first three rounds of action before finishing up
How did a 28-year-old find himself at the center of the boxing world promoting the likes of Claressa Shields, Amir Khan vs. Kell Brook and Josh Taylor in a single month? Ben Shalom’s young career as a boxing promoter has traveled a long way in a short amount of time. Shalom seized an opportunity when
News Fast bowler has announced that the tour of India in 2022 will be his swansong Suranga Lakmal will retire from all forms of international cricket after Sri Lanka’s tour of India in 2022. The 34-year old fast bowler did his best work in Test cricket, picking up 168 wickets from 68 matches. One-hundred and