10:00 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Imagine you’re Patrick Mahomes. You’ve just won your first Super Bowl title and respective Super Bowl MVP
9:49 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Dozens of students dressed in blue excitedly welcomed Hank Aaron to their Atlanta college campus Wednesday as the school named a building for the baseball icon on his 86th birthday. Atlanta Technical College renamed a building for the former Atlanta Braves slugger, christening it the Henry Louis
9:30 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill has joined TCU‘s staff as a special assistant to coach Gary Patterson. The two Kansas natives are longtime friends, and Kill was the best man in Patterson’s wedding. Kill will be in charge of the Horned Frogs offense, but won’t be
10:15 AM ET Peter Tripi is a passionate Buffalo Sabres fan, something increasingly rare for the moribund franchise. The kind of fan who shouts “Buffalo’s on the rise!” because it fires up other people, and because it’s what he inherently believed about his team. His family used to have season tickets before the resale market
8:21 AM ET I want to be clear about something right off the bat: I think a lot of people are sleeping on Dominick Reyes this weekend. I think of Jon Jones‘ past three opponents (Alexander Gustafsson, Anthony Smith and Thiago Santos), Reyes has the best shot to unseat Jones. In fact, I’m getting a
8:00 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Detroit Pistons guard Derrick Rose has dropped out of the Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend in Chicago for reasons that are “injury-related,” a source tells ESPN’s Eric Woodyard. The 2011 MVP was scheduled to compete in front of his hometown crowd during the All-Star Showcase on February 15 in the
8:31 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to a deal to send Andre Iguodala to the Miami Heat, a league source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Iguodala agreed to the trade, and he has also agreed to a two-year, $30 million extension with Miami, sources said. Justise Winslow is also part of the package headed
8:38 PM ET Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado will bring three hallowed football numbers out of retirement at the growing requests from recruits. Byron “Whizzer” White’s No. 24, Joe Romig’s No. 67 and Bobby Anderson’s No. 11 will all be worn again. The family of White, who died in 2002, along with Romig and
7:06 PM ET Associated Press Books created by Kobe Bryant’s content company soared in popularity in the days following the basketball legend’s death in a helicopter crash. A trio of the books created by Bryant’s Granity Studios will occupy the top three spots on the Middle Grade Hardcover portion of The New York Times’ best-seller
7:55 PM ET College football’s February signing period might have only had 26 ESPN 300 recruits who remained unsigned, but there was still plenty that happened throughout Wednesday. A few teams didn’t have room to make any movement, including Clemson and Ohio State, but quite a few programs were able to land commitments, flip prospects