11:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The Los Angeles Angels have reached an agreement with Joe Maddon to make him their next manager, the team announced Wednesday. Maddon is expected to receive a three-year contract in the $12 million to $15 million range, a source told ESPN. He will be formally introduced by the Angels
8:00 AM ET No. 12 Oregon isn’t out of the College Football Playoff race — but it will be if it can’t beat Washington on Saturday in what is arguably the most impactful game of Week 8. Since a season-opening loss to Auburn, a 27-21 nail-biter, the Ducks have fallen out of the national spotlight,
10:51 AM ET The Big 12 issued a $25,000 fine and a public reprimand to Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt on Wednesday after he released a statement about an officiating error in the Red Raiders’ loss at Baylor on Saturday. Hocutt said in a statement Sunday that the Big 12 had acknowledged an officiating
11:14 PM ET By his own admission, UFC debutant Ben Sosoli hates working on his major weakness – getting off his back when under fire in the Octagon. The 29-year-old has been called up to fight controversial American knockout artist Greg Hardy in Boston on October 19, a dramatic change of fortunes after Sosoli recently
10:34 AM ET Brooks Koepka is the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world. Rory McIlroy is No. 2. In September, McIlroy edged Koepka for the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour Player of the Year honors after a surprising vote by Tour members — after McIlroy beat Koepka in the final round of the season-ending
10:17 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Astros manager AJ Hinch has heard the chatter — that Rays starter Tyler Glasnow was offering a sneak peek on his off-speed deliveries, that Houston had a poker-worthy tell on Yankees hard throwers James Paxton and Luis Severino. All that pitch-tipping paranoia? “I think it’s kind
9:37 AM ET Oakland Raiders offensive tackle Trent Brown has been accused of multiple acts of domestic violence against his girlfriend as part of a lawsuit filed earlier this week. In the lawsuit, filed in Alameda County (California) Superior Court, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN, the woman accused Brown of slapping, punching
9:33 AM BST TOKYO — The frustration and hope in United States coach Gary Gold’s voice was evident in equal parts throughout the 2019 Rugby World Cup. His Eagles, who on Sunday signed off in Japan with a 31-19 loss to Tonga, resulting in a second straight 0-4 record at rugby’s global showpiece, had performed
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Molly Crosby was in the perfect spot to watch her husband’s final kick on Monday night, the one that gave the Green Bay Packers their improbable last-second win over the Detroit Lions. Molly sat high above the south end zone at Lambeau Field. She watched Mason’s 23-yard field
9:02 AM ET Tiger Woods manages to keep busy. Since last playing a competitive round of golf two months ago, he has been seen at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, a Stanford-UCF college football game in Orlando and a golf course design project in Missouri. There also was a fundraiser for his