9:00 AM ET The days are dwindling in 2019. The new year means new opportunities, a clean slate and renewed hope in the NHL. This week’s Power Rankings focus on the hopes and aspirations of teams in 2020, on the ice and off the ice. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections
8:30 PM ET Stanford quarterback K.J. Costello has entered the transfer portal after the Cardinal’s disappointing 4-8 season, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Tom VanHaaren. Costello will be a graduate transfer. Beginning the season as the starter, Costello completed 102 of 167 passes for 1,038 yards and six touchdowns. He was intercepted three times, finishing
7:31 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — Oakland Raiders right tackle Trent Brown, named to his first Pro Bowl on Tuesday night, is headed to season-ending injured reserve with the pectoral injury that kept him out of the Raiders’ past two games, coach Jon Gruden said Wednesday. Gruden also said that rookie running back Josh Jacobs,
7:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Boston will pay a Red Sox record $13.4 million luxury tax after failing to make the playoffs and the New York Yankees finished with a $6.7 million bill, likely a fraction of what they will pay next year. Three teams owe tax, according to end of year
7:24 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota center Karl-Anthony Towns missed the Timberwolves’ game Wednesday night against the New Orleans Pelicans because of a left knee sprain. Coach Ryan Saunders called Towns “day-to-day” with the injury. Minnesota hasn’t played since a 124-117 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Dec. 13 when Towns had
8:12 PM ET NFL NationESPN We’re down to the penultimate week of the 2019 NFL season. Sure, there are some fans out there who can’t wait until they can begin focusing on draft prep, with their teams well out of the playoff mix. But for the rest — and for those still alive in the
7:26 PM ET LSU running back and leading rusher Clyde Edwards-Helaire missed practice Wednesday as he deals with a hamstring injury, coach Ed Orgeron told reporters. Orgeron said it was a non-contact injury that Edwards-Helaire suffered Tuesday, but the extent of the injury isn’t clear yet as the medical staff continues to perform tests. “We’re
5:54 PM ET Calgary Flames assistant general manager Chris Snow, who famously made the transition from beat writer to data-driven NHL front office executive, has been diagnosed with ALS. In a letter posted to the Flames’ website, Kelsie Snow wrote that her husband has been enrolled in “a clinical trial for the most encouraging ALS
9:19 AM ET Daniel Jacobs spent the better part of two months training in Atlanta preparing for his super middleweight debut against fellow former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., knowing that it was possible Chavez wouldn’t ultimately be in the ring with him on Friday night. Due to Chavez’s refusal to take a random
2:32 PM ET Former four-division world titleholder Mikey Garcia will return to the ring to face former two-division titlist Jessie Vargas, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made official on Wednesday. The fight had been rumored for weeks and then it became clearer it would happen on Sunday when Garcia announced on his 32nd birthday that