6:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Boise State‘s Bryan Harsin is set to become the next head football coach at Auburn, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. He replaces Gus Malzahn, who was fired earlier this month after eight seasons with the Tigers. The 44-year-old Harsin is 69-19 with three Mountain West titles in
6:17 PM ET Associated Press The NBA is still looking at scenarios that could allow teams to play in Europe and China again next season, deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said Tuesday. Tatum also said the NBA’s season-opening doubleheader Tuesday night would be shown in China on Tencent, a league streaming partner. But the coronavirus pandemic
3:43 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons said he isn’t worried about his name coming up in trade rumors involving Houston Rockets star James Harden. “No,” Simmons said after Tuesday’s practice. “I come in every day, take it a day at a time, ready to work. I’m with my teammates. … Every
3:15 PM ET Paul Pierce, Doug Collins, Michael Cooper and Lauren Jackson headline the group of first-time nominees for the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, announced Tuesday on ESPN’s The Jump. Also joining the first-time group is Howard Garfinkel, Lou Henson, Val Ackerman and Yolanda Griffith, to go with popular returning candidates
3:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — When ABC announcer Mike Breen called the closing seconds of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ NBA Finals-clinching victory in October, he proclaimed, “Banner No. 17 will soon hang in the rafters.” He was right about the hanging part. What Breen didn’t know was that when the Lakers open up the
5:32 PM ET When it comes to Lionel Messi, you could be excused for thinking that there are no more records left to break but the Barcelona great has set a big one — and it was one he almost missed altogether. With his 65th minute strike against Real Valladolid on Dec. 22, Messi scored
6:23 PM ET It says everything about the crisis at Arsenal these days that a teenager can make his first start in nine months, touch the ball 11 times and come off injured after 49 minutes yet still be their best player by some distance. Gabriel Martinelli was the brief flicker of light on another
6:11 PM ET Baylor is shaking up its offensive staff, parting ways with offensive coordinator Larry Fedora and passing game coordinator Jorge Munoz, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Bears finished next-to-last in the Big 12 in scoring this year, averaging 23.3 points per game. They were also ninth in the league in yards per play
5:24 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals signed winger Conor Sheary to a $735,000, one-year contract Tuesday, giving them additional forward depth going into training camp and the 56-game 2021 season. Sheary played for Buffalo and Pittsburgh last season, finishing with 10 goals and 13 assists in 63 games. He could
12:13 PM ET When whispers began circulating at the end of the summer that a number of high-profile United States women’s national team players would be making their way to England, there was curiosity on both sides of the Atlantic as to what this might mean for the global game. Several players had done stints