10:40 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders are hiring New York Giants assistant head coach Patrick Graham as their defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Graham, 43, joins newly hired head coach Josh McDaniels in Las Vegas after spending the past two seasons as the Giants’ defensive coordinator under Joe Judge. Graham replaces Gus Bradley,
8:20 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid was upset in the fastest skater skills competition for the second straight NHL All-Star Weekend, as the heavy favorite was beaten by St. Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou on Friday night. Kyrou finished with a time of 13.55 seconds. McDavid, the last skater in
8:53 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Former NHL enforcer Chris Nilan says he was fired from a Montreal sports radio station for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter posted to social media Thursday advising listeners of his departure from TSN 690, the 63-year-old Nilan said a request for an exemption was
8:58 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Even for being located next to the ocean, the iconic finishing hole at Pebble Beach is short for par 5s by modern standards. That didn’t keep Seamus Power, who has plenty of pop, from taking an iron off the tee and playing it as a three-shot
8:09 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the San Francisco 49ers await word on the potential loss of one key member of their coaching staff, they made a significant addition Friday. The Niners are hiring former Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn to their recently opened assistant head coach position, league sources told ESPN’s Adam
7:12 PM ET The rivalry between Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes is just getting started. Peña, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, and Nunes, the woman whom Peña beat for the title, will coach against one another on the 30th season of The Ultimate Fighter reality series, it was announced Friday. Peña and Nunes will then
7:57 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Leona Maguire and Marina Alex shared the lead Friday in the LPGA Drive On Championship after another windy round at Crown Colony. Maguire birdied the par-5 18th for a 7-under 65, and Alex closed with birdies on the par-4 eighth and par-5 ninth for a 66.
12:33 PM ET Max Holloway has been medically cleared to resume training and has offered to serve as a backup for the featherweight division’s next title fight, sources close to Holloway told ESPN. The former champion received medical clearance on Thursday, sources said. Holloway, of Waianae, Hawai’i, was briefly scheduled to challenge Alexander Volkanovski for
7:34 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts are hiring Gus Bradley as defensive coordinator, a source confirmed. Bradley replaces Matt Eberflus, who is now the head coach of the Chicago Bears. Bradley is taking over a defense in Indianapolis that’s led by linebacker Darius Leonard and defensive lineman DeForest Buckner. The Colts finished second in
2:45 PM ET While Major League Baseball continues to insist that federal mediation is the best route to “break the deadlock,” the MLB Players Association on Friday rejected MLB’s request for a mediator to negotiate between the parties for a new collective bargaining agreement. “Two months after implementing their lockout, and just two days after