11:07 PM ET Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze was released from the hospital Wednesday after undergoing back surgery last week but will not return to his office for another few days, the school announced Thursday. Freeze had surgery last Friday at the University of Virginia Medical Center after a potentially life-threatening strand of staph infection
11:00 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — K.J. Wright shields his eyes from the mid-afternoon sun and squints into an iPhone, where an unmemorable but noteworthy play from late in the Seattle Seahawks‘ 2018 season is cued up. It’s one fellow linebacker Bobby Wagner would like to have back, and there weren’t many of
10:27 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has been home for nearly a week in Detroit as he continues to recover from a stroke suffered in May. Gilbert, 57, had spent the past two months in a rehabilitation center in Chicago. On Thursday, Quicken Loans CEO Jay Farner provided a brief
10:25 PM ET Washington Redskins tight end Jordan Reed was being evaluated for a concussion during Thursday’s preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons, a troubling sign for both Reed and the Redskins given his history. Reed, who has suffered at least five documented concussions since entering college — three since joining the NFL in 2013
9:41 PM ET Associated Press AURORA, Ontario — Annie Park shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead in the opening round of the CP Women’s Open. Defending champion Brooke Henderson and fellow Canadian Anne-Catherine Tanguay were one shot back along with top-ranked Jin Young Ko, Pajaree Anannarukarn and Nicole Broch Larsen.
6:13 PM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim Andy Ruiz Jr, the first Mexican-American heavyweight world titleholder will face Anthony Joshua for the second time on Dec. 7 in Saudi Arabia.
5:46 PM ET A video of Conor McGregor punching an older man inside a Dublin bar surfaced online last week, and seeing the video was “like a dagger into my heart,” McGregor told Ariel Helwani in an exclusive interview with ESPN on Thursday. In the interview, McGregor expressed regret for his actions in April, when
8:46 PM ET WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Due to holes in the end zones of IG Field, where goalposts for the Canadian Football League’s bigger field are usually planted, the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers played on a shorter field Thursday night. Lengthy conversations among NFL, Packers and Raiders officials ended with the decision that
8:38 PM ET Cam Newton‘s surgically repaired shoulder has been the focus for much of the Carolina Panthers‘ preseason, but the focus turned to the franchise quarterback’s left foot and ankle after a first-quarter sack in Thursday night’s 10-3 preseason loss at New England. Team medical staff examined Newton’s left foot on the sideline after
8:38 PM ET Cam Newton‘s surgically repaired shoulder has been the focus for much of the Carolina Panthers‘ preseason, but the focus turned to the franchise quarterback’s left foot and ankle after a first-quarter sack in Thursday night’s preseason game at New England. Team medical staff examined Newton’s left foot on the sideline after the