4:50 PM ET Roberto Firmino scored for Liverpool in their Champions League win against Inter Milan. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah scored as Liverpool recorded an important 2-0 win against Inter Milan in their Champions League round-of-16 first leg at San Siro on Wednesday. Inter had the better of the first-half chances, with
11:20 PM ET UCLA is nearing an agreement to make veteran college and NFL assistant Bill McGovern as its next defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. McGovern, who worked for Bruins coach Chip Kelly with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2013 to 2015, spent last season as inside linebackers coach for the Chicago Bears. He spent
8:38 PM ET UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has been forced out of a main event slot against Islam Makhachev on Feb. 26 due to injury, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Dariush (21-4-1) was scheduled to face Makhachev (21-1) in a 155-pound bout that might have produced a future title challenger, but withdrew Tuesday after
10:35 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints will retain longtime offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. under new head coach Dennis Allen, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The news was first reported by NFL Network. The Saints considered external candidates, including reported interviews with former Washington head coach Jay Gruden and current
9:57 PM ET Another former head coach is joining Nick Saban’s staff at Alabama. Former Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, who was the New York Giants‘ tight ends coach this past season, has been hired to serve as offensive analyst for the Crimson Tide, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Dooley was Tennessee’s head coach from
6:27 PM ET If Matt Harvey can find a team willing to sign him, he could immediately be suspended for at least 60 days for saying that he provided opioids to Tyler Skaggs on several occasions, a Major League Baseball official told ESPN on Wednesday. Harvey’s admission in federal court Tuesday qualifies as distribution under
6:57 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Negotiations aimed at ending Major League Baseball’s lockout will resume Thursday. The players’ association notified management Wednesday that it is ready to respond to the offer MLB made last weekend, proposals that were received coolly by the union. Baseball’s ninth work stoppage, its first since 1995, enters
8:04 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — The trial of Eric Kay, the former Los Angeles Angels communications director charged with the 2019 death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, is headed to the jury. The defense rested Wednesday after presenting a brief case, and closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday morning. After that, 10 women and
6:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Rory McIlroy is tired of talking about the proposed Saudi-backed Super Golf League, which may or may not strip the PGA Tour of a handful of its best players. “Not-so-super league,” McIlroy said, under his breath, when asked during a news conference at Riviera Country Club on Wednesday about
6:49 PM ET ESPN News Services IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ken O’Keefe will move from quarterbacks coach to an off-the-field role with the Iowa Hawkeyes, football coach Kirk Ferentz announced Wednesday. O’Keefe was a member of Ferentz’s first staff at Iowa, serving as offensive coordinator from 1999 to 2011 as well as receivers coach (1999)