3:16 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks coach Dallas Eakins will not be behind the bench for Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning after testing positive for COVID-19. Assistant coach Mike Stothers will run things in Eakins’ absence. Eakins is the third member of Anaheim’s coaching staff in the NHL’s
3:47 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Los Angeles Rams are ruling out left tackle Andrew Whitworth and safety Taylor Rapp for Sunday’s divisional-round game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coach Sean McVay said Friday. Whitworth hurt his right knee on the opening play of the Rams’ 34-11 wild-card win over the Arizona Cardinals on Monday
3:20 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay will play in Sunday’s AFC divisional-round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills, coach Andy Reid said. Gay pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Johnson County, Kansas, District Court to a misdemeanor charge of criminal property damage of less than $1,000. He had
1:49 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — A highly anticipated battle between the two top heavyweights in the world — who also happen to be former teammates — is now official. Francis Ngannou weighed in at 257 pounds and Ciryl Gane was 247 pounds Friday morning. The two giants will compete to unify the UFC heavyweight
2:27 PM ET The Carolina Panthers plan to hire Ben McAdoo as the team’s offensive coordinator, a league source told ESPN’s David Newton. McAdoo would replace Joe Brady, who was fired as the team’s offensive coordinator with five games left in the season. Senior offensive assistant Jeff Nixon took over the offensive coordinator duties for
2:22 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Asked if he has made a decision on Mike McCarthy’s future as Dallas Cowboys head coach, owner and general manager Jerry Jones deferred while speaking to 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Friday. “I’m not going to get into any conversations that I’ve had with anybody relative to anything
1:25 PM ET Scott Jamieson maintained his one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi after carding a two-over-par 74 on Friday, while Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa kept themselves in contention to make it through to the weekend. Overnight leader Jamieson entered round two at 9 under but moved
12:18 PM ET Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin is set to promote assistant head coach/linebackers coach Jeff Schmedding to defensive coordinator with Derek Mason planning to leave for other coaching opportunities, sources confirmed to ESPN. Schmedding came with Harsin from Boise State, where Schmedding was Harsin’s defensive coordinator during the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Mason,
11:52 AM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — New LSU Tigers football coach Brian Kelly has completed the addition of eight transfer players, including defensive backs Greg Brooks and Joe Foucha, who both started at Arkansas. The transfers also include two starters from Louisiana‘s Sun Belt Conference championship team: defensive back Mekhi Garner and
8:25 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Standing on the court as her ever-so-slight lead slipped away and now just one point away from entering a third-set tiebreak, Naomi Osaka prepared for Amanda Anisimova‘s next serve during their third-round match at the Australian Open on Friday. Osaka, the tournament’s defending champ, had looked frustrated as she walked