1:48 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants are set to hire Mike Kafka from the Kansas City Chiefs to be their offensive coordinator under new head coach Brian Daboll, a source confirmed to ESPN. Kafka was the Chiefs’ quarterbacks coach/pass game coordinator the past two seasons. He has been an assistant
1:41 PM ET Associated Press VIENNA — Dominic Thiem, the 2020 US Open champion, has delayed his comeback because of a hurt hand and now plans to make his return at Indian Wells in March. Thiem hasn’t played in a tournament since June because of a wrist injury and was unable to defend his title
12:35 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles running back Boston Scott has a new title to add to his résumé: professional gamer. On Wednesday, Scott was signed by esports vertical Dignitas, becoming the first two-sport NFL and Rocket League pro. Scott, 26, has the status of Grand Champion in Rocket League, putting him in the
12:29 PM ET Tom Brady will officially end his NFL career as a member of the 99 Club. The Madden NFL video game has officially elevated him to the 99 Club for the second time this season — he was also moved there in October when he set the NFL’s all-time passing yardage mark. Now,
11:44 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Days after former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a potential class-action lawsuit against the NFL and three teams this week alleging discrimination in his interviews and his firing in Miami, Steelers owner and president Art Rooney II acknowledged that the league still has work to do in hiring minority
1:14 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Broncos president of football operations John Elway called allegations about him included in Brian Flores’ lawsuit against the league and three teams “false and defamatory.” The Broncos interviewed Flores for the team’s head-coaching job in 2019. Elway released a lengthy statement Thursday in response to Flores’ potential class-action lawsuit
12:29 PM GMT Injury-hit defending champions Wales have handed wing Josh Adams his first international start at outside centre, while Ireland’s Mack Hansen will make his international debut in the Six Nations opener in Dublin on Saturday. Wales are missing a total of 680 caps through injury and look particularly thin among the centres, prompting
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The clock started ticking on March 26, 2021, when the San Francisco 49ers traded with the Miami Dolphins for the No. 3 pick in the NFL draft. It sped up when the Niners used that pick on quarterback Trey Lance on April 29. And now, despite quarterback Jimmy
11:48 AM GMT Tom Curry has been named as England captain for their opening Six Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday. Curry takes over from the injured Courtney Lawes, while Joe Marchant has returned to the side on the left wing after completing COVID-19 isolation protocols. 2 Related Curry, 23, is the youngest
11:29 AM ET Former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko enlisted in Ukraine’s reserve army in Kyiv on Wednesday, saying that love for his country compelled him to defend it. Ukraine has been bracing for a possible military offensive after Russia assembled tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s borders in recent weeks, though Moscow says