10:09 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The NHL will create a platform for whistleblowers and an annual training program on diversity and inclusion in response to recent abuse scandals in its coaching community, commissioner Gary Bettman announced at the league’s Board of Governors meeting in Pebble Beach on Monday. “Our message is unequivocal: We
8:01 PM ET Just a few days after Top Rank announced that former middleweight world titlist Rob Brant would face former super middleweight world title challenger Habib “Wild Hurricane” Ahmed in the co-feature of its Jan. 11 ESPN card, Brant withdrew Monday because of torn biceps. With Brant out and the fight off, Top Rank
7:20 PM ET Steve KimESPN Anthony Joshua owns three of the four major heavyweight titles and isn’t ready to let any of them go. Joshua has mandatory defenses to fulfill for his IBF and WBO belts after evening up the score on Andy Ruiz this past weekend in Saudi Arabia. Currently the IBF mandatory challenger
7:10 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was limited in Monday’s practice with a quad injury. Jackson, the frontrunner for the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award, leads the league with 28 touchdown passes and tops all quarterbacks with 1,017 yards rushing. He has never been sidelined since taking over as
5:42 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Nobody has finished second to Tiger Woods more than Ernie Els, a testament to the South African’s stature in the game over the years as well as the frustration he faced in trying to beat the game’s top player. Els now has a different task in trying to bring
5:50 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cole Pearn, considered one of the top crew chiefs in NASCAR, is leaving the sport to spend more time with his family. Pearn won the 2017 NASCAR championship with Martin Truex Jr. and guided Truex to the title race in four of their five years together, including
3:50 PM ET Well, the hot stove is officially lit. An eye-popping $245 million deal for ace Stephen Strasburg to return to the Nationals got the fun started on the first day of baseball’s winter meetings in San Diego. As the defending champions bring back their World Series MVP, we asked ESPN.com’s Bradford Doolittle, Sam
4:39 PM ET Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny will miss the rest of the season after suffering a left ACL injury in Sunday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Rams, coach Pete Carroll said Monday afternoon. Carroll said he has not heard about the MRI results but that the doctors “could tell it’s a
4:28 PM ET The South Carolina Board of Trustees is scheduled to approve a contract on Tuesday for former Colorado State coach Mike Bobo to become the Gamecocks‘ new offensive coordinator, according to an agenda for the meeting. Bobo stepped down as the Rams‘ coach last week after compiling a 28-35 record in five seasons.
4:27 PM ET The NBA announced Monday that it has denied the Houston Rockets‘ protest of their 135-133, double-overtime loss to the San Antonio Spurs last week. At issue was a James Harden breakaway dunk with 7:50 remaining that would have given the Rockets a 104-89 lead. The ball whipped through the net and back