7:10 AM ET PITTSBURGH — His top playmaker is skipping meetings and sabotaging games and sparking trade scenarios. His other top playmaker bagged the entire season. His team dropped four games in six weeks by seven points or less. Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stood in front of a podium on Wednesday as a man
2:49 PM ET Texas wide receiver Collin Johnson is returning to the Longhorns for the 2019 season, he tweeted Thursday. “The best is yet to come,” he said in making the announcement, adding that returning for his senior year will allow him to accomplish two goals: to get his degree and to help Texas win
2:36 PM ET For the second consecutive game, Clemson will officially be without three players, including starting defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence, for the College Football Playoff National Championship game against Alabama. B samples of NCAA drug tests of the three last week showed trace amounts of ostarine, which is a banned substance. “Clemson will not
2:15 PM ET Four-time MVP LeBron James leads all players in fan voting for the NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday. Other top vote-getters in the Western Conference include Dallas Mavericks rookie Luka Doncic, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose and Golden State Warriors teammates Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo
6:57 AM ET The Christmas holiday marks the midpoint of the baseball offseason. In fact, given an initial spring training reporting date of Feb. 13 for pitchers and catchers, the recent Dec. 25 respite neatly splits the hot stove season perfectly in two. We’re a week past that now, so we are officially on the
1:54 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Free-agent reliever David Robertson has agreed with the Philadelphia Phillies on a two-year, $23 million contract that includes a third-year club option, a source familiar with the agreement told ESPN. The 33-year-old
2:31 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN NEW YORK — Sidney Crosby has heard all the taunts, chirps and mockery a hockey player can hear during his career. The biggest star in the NHL, he’s also perhaps its most derided: from Washington Capitals fans showing up to games with pacifiers to signs in Philadelphia challenging his manhood.
2:00 PM ET The Under Armour All-America Game airs tonight at 6 ET on ESPN 2, and the top prospects from across the country have been practicing all week to prepare for it. The recruits have competed with each other in one-on-ones, dance contests and skills challenges to prove they are the best of the
Jan 3, 2019 Steve KimESPN There’s already a full slate of fights on the boxing schedule as the calendar turns to 2019, but just how many of them are the ones fans are truly yearning for? The reality is that most contemporary matchups are ones that are made out of convenience more than public demand.
1:34 PM GMT Billy Vunipola’s chances of making England’s Six Nations squad have been given a boost after club side Saracens announced his return to action following a broken arm. The No. 8 has been selected in the starting XV for the Gallagher Premiership champions’ Friday night trip to Sale Sharks . Teammate Liam Williams