1:21 PM ET BILOXI, Miss. — This year’s national championship game between Clemson and Alabama was winding down on the dozens of TVs scattered throughout the new hybrid sportsbook/bar at Beau Rivage, a high-end casino resort on the Gulf Coast. It was late, closing in on 11 p.m., on a Monday night. The crowd had
11:45 AM GMT Injuries to key players forced Scotland coach Gregor Townsend to select seven uncapped players in his 39-man squad for the Six Nations on Wednesday. Townsend has cast his net wide after 19 players under consideration were unavailable for selection, including experienced loose-forward John Barclay, lock Richie Gray and both first-choice hookers Fraser
11:26 AM ET LONDON — The NBA is preparing to double down on policing its players, teams and staff amid the expansion of legalized sports gambling in the United States, deputy commissioner Mark Tatum told ESPN. Speaking in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, Tatum, who is also the NBA’s chief operating officer, revealed that moves
11:12 AM ET Hall of Fame coach R.C. Slocum, the winningest head coach in Texas A&M history, will join the 13-member College Football Playoff selection committee this spring, along with Arkansas State athletic director Terry Mohajir, and Ray Odierno, a former chief of staff of the U.S. Army. The new members will each serve a
10:56 AM ET Associated Press STORRS, Conn. — UConn has hired Lou Spanos, a coach with experience in both college and the NFL, to fix its historically bad defense. Coach Randy Edsall announced Wednesday that Spanos has been hired as defensive coordinator, replacing Billy Crocker, who was fired after the Huskies’ 1-11 season. He takes
11:13 AM ET The Buffalo Bills on Wednesday re-signed veteran linebacker Lorenzo Alexander to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Alexander, 35, was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in March but had expressed his desire to play one more NFL season in Buffalo. Alexander played in all 16 games
12:09 PM ET UFC flyweight champion Henry Cejudo defends his belt for the first time Saturday in Brooklyn, New York, against bantamweight titleholder TJ Dillashaw. Cejudo earned the opportunity by shocking the world and dethroning Demetrious Johnson in August. The UFC is now on ESPN and ESPN+. Subscribe to ESPN+ to get: Exclusive live UFC
10:11 AM ET Shane Lowry shot a 10-under-par 62 to equal the course record and take a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Wednesday. Ireland’s Lowry shot 10 birdies and didn’t record a single birdie during his round, equaling the record at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club set
9:31 AM ET Stephen Curry had a pretty great weekend. Against Chicago on Friday, he passed Jason Terry to become the third-most prolific 3-point shooter ever. Then Sunday he made 11 3-points shots as the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks. It was the seventh time in his career that Curry has made at
11:00 AM ET In the midst of another remarkably slow market, a few folks on the players’ side whisper a dreaded word — collusion — but more seem to mention another one. Granular. Every standard operating procedure is being reassessed and re-evaluated, as if all front offices have adopted the mantra once used by former