11:45 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Steve Smith can finally set aside the bitterness from being released by the Carolina Panthers in March 2014. The organization announced Monday that their all-time leading wide receiver would be a part of the 2019 Hall of Honor. Smith joins quarterback Jake Delhomme, tight end Wesley Walls and offensive
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10:00 AM ET Jordan Hicks has thrown the three fastest pitches in major league baseball this year. And the next three after that. And the next three after that. In fact, the St. Louis Cardinals‘ closer has unleashed every one of the 20 hardest offerings in the bigs this season. Not too shabby for a
11:36 AM ET A steady rain and one of the craziest Kentucky Derby finishes of all time didn’t dampen the betting enthusiasm from the public. Per Churchill Downs, the Derby set an all-time record for handle with $165.5 million on wagering from all-sources, up 10 percent from last year’s record handle of $149.9 million. That
11:47 AM BST Veteran Australia prop Sekope Kepu will join London Irish for the next Gallagher Premiership season, the club has announced. The Wallabies front row, who has won 103 senior international caps, will leave Super Rugby’s New South Wales Waratahs where he has spent more than 11 years of his career. He enjoyed a
9:50 PM ET Emily Kaplan Chris Peters Close ESPN staff writer Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. As each NHL team is eliminated from the postseason,
10:51 AM ET HOUSTON — Last summer, while the basketball world reacted with shock, awe and frustration when the Golden State Warriors signed DeMarcus Cousins, it was easy to miss just what sort of gamble was being taken. Not just a wager that Cousins would get and stay healthy — ultimately, he wasn’t able to
10:29 AM BST Queensland Reds second-rower Harry Hockings has been suspended for three weeks after being found guilty of stomping on the head of a Sunwolves’ player. Hockings was red carded for the offence in the 76th minute of the Super Rugby game that saw six cards brandished by referee Angus Gardner. The Reds won
1:22 PM ET I wrote this last week, ahead of the UFC Fight Night between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Al Iaquinta, and I’ll write it again now: Business might be picking up at 155 pounds. The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: exclusive live UFC events, weigh-ins and more;
10:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Here’s one of the great contradictions in baseball: Modern reliever usage, most of us would agree, has made the game more static, more anonymous, more dawdling — generally speaking, more boring. But
9:34 AM ET ESPN News Services STAMFORD, Conn — The XFL today announced multi-year agreements with ESPN and FOX Sports to televise XFL games starting with its inaugural 2020 season. XFL games will air weekly on broadcast TV (ABC and FOX) complemented by games on cable (ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 and FS2). The XFL TV schedule