1:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Nashville Predators coach John Hynes $25,000 for inappropriate conduct at the end of a 4-1 loss to Washington. The league announced the fine Thursday. Hynes was assessed a game misconduct at the end of Tuesday night’s loss in Nashville. It was the Predators’
2:37 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Beginning Thursday, fans of the NBA and cool memorabilia will have a new collection to pick from. Pop culture collectible company Funko is releasing new NBA trading cards, along with a new NBA SLAM Magazine collection. Funko is partnering with Panini, the NBA’s exclusive trading card partner, to release new
1:16 PM ET The Denver Broncos have hired Los Angeles Rams secondary coach and passing game coordinator Ejiro Evero as their defensive coordinator on new head coach Nathaniel Hackett’s coaching staff, the team announced Thursday. Evero was a college teammate of Hackett’s at UC Davis. This season was the 41-year-old Evero’s fifth with the Rams
11:45 AM ET Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh will receive a base salary of $7.05 million this fall and up to $7.6 million in the final year of his new contract, which runs through the 2026 season, according to a copy obtained by ESPN on Thursday. Harbaugh, 58, signed the five-year deal following his most successful
12:45 PM GMT A consortium of investors including a South African World Cup-winning captain, Francois Pienaar, has completed a £32 million ($43.47m) takeover of Saracens, the English Premiership club announced. Saracens, five-time Premiership champions, were relegated at the end of the 2019-20 season as punishment for multiple salary cap breaches. But they won promotion back
5:57 AM ET Formula One is braced for disputes over teams’ interpretations of this season’s new rules, but will now have the power to crack down swiftly on any outfit trying to use loopholes to circumvent them, the sport’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said. The series is set for its most radical regulatory overhaul in
10:33 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As Daytona Speedweeks (OK, it’s actually Speedweek now) have reached full speed leading into Thursday night’s dual 150-mile qualifying races, everyone in the Cup Series garage seems to agree that NASCAR’s newly christened rides, the so-called Next Gen machines, were needed. OK, they agree for the most part.
11:12 AM ET Associated Press MEXICO, Maine — A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died. She was 106. Myrtle Milledge, of the town of Mexico, was well into her 40s when the Patriots became a franchise in the old American Football League in 1960. The Patriots honored
8:13 AM ET Ferrari has launched the car it hopes can return to the front of the Formula One grid as a championship contender in 2022. Ferrari’s new car, the F1-75, retains the team’s iconic red colours but has gone back to a more 1990s look with black front and rear wings. Ferrari On the
10:22 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Toledo has found a new athletic director, as sources told ESPN the school is expected to hire Washington State deputy athletic director and COO Bryan Blair as the school’s next athletic director. In Blair, 37, Toledo is tabbing one of the country’s top young administrators. He brings extensive experience from