10:23 AM ET Alexander Steen, who won a Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019, has announced his retirement due to a back injury suffered last season. Steen ends a 15-year NHL career that began with the Toronto Maple Leafs and ended with over 11 seasons in St. Louis, including the title-winning run
10:13 AM ET Purdue coach Jeff Brohm announced Thursday that defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Bob Diaco will not return to the Boilermakers next season. Diaco was hired to replace Nick Holt last December after serving as Louisiana Tech defensive coordinator for one season, and as Oklahoma linebackers coach for the 2018 season. Diaco was
8:45 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Promoters Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren have agreed world title belts could be dropped in order to make Tyson Fury versus Anthony Joshua a
9:25 AM ET Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander hopes to pitch at some point during the 2021 season despite his recent Tommy John surgery, according to general manager James Click. Click said during an interview Wednesday with MLB Network that Verlander “has every intention of trying to come back next year” but admitted he thinks
7:07 AM ET For what feels like centuries, we have debated perhaps the greatest mystery in the known universe: What would happen if (gasp!) Notre Dame ever joined a conference? We finally have our answer. College football did not spin off its axis when the best-known independent football program in the country joined a conference
9:01 AM ET New York Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett has tested positive for the coronavirus and will not call plays for Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns. The Giants announced in a statement Thursday that Garrett “will continue to work remotely,” but that tight ends coach Freddie Kitchens will call plays on offense Sunday.
3:35 PM ET With every passing season, the modern NBA edges towards a certain … sameness. Meaning: statistical flatness. The devolution of traditional, role-based statistical differentiation. With every 3-pointer canned by some 7-footer – or double-double posted by a point guard – the lines sorting categorical production by position are blurred. And in time, those
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Here’s when Aaron Rodgers knew he had a chance for this type of a season (and no, it wasn’t on the night of April 23 when the Green Bay Packers traded up to take quarterback Jordan Love): It was an August afternoon when few even noticed or realized
7:15 AM ET As the NHL inches closer to the 2020-21 season, the rest of the hockey world has been in flux. With many North American junior leagues either not yet started or frequently interrupted by postponements or cancellations, and European pro leagues doing all they can to complete seasons, tracking prospects has never been
7:27 AM ET David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Harry Lyles Jr. It’s championship week, whatever that means in this wild year. Did Oregon win its division? No, but the Ducks are playing for a Pac-12 championship. Did Ohio State play enough