8:44 PM ET Antonio Brown is countersuing Britney Taylor for defamation and interference with his NFL contracts and endorsements, according to documents obtained by ESPN. Brown, the subject of an NFL investigation over Taylor’s claims of rape and sexual assault, is denying the accusations against him and requesting a jury trial. Taylor had served Brown
8:30 PM ET The Jacoby Ellsbury and Greg Bird eras in New York are officially over. The Yankees on Wednesday gave up on Ellsbury, cutting the oft-injured outfielder with more than $26 million left in his $153 million, seven-year contract. Ellsbury, who has not played since 2017, was released to clear a 40-man roster spot
8:30 AM ET The College Football Playoff selection committee’s top seven teams remained the same in its third ranking of the season, but there’s always something to debate. (Minnesota fans would like to know why Penn State is ranked ahead of the Golden Gophers in spite of a head-to-head victory and the same 9-1 record.
6:38 PM ET Starting last Sunday, dozens of high school football players around the country posted messages about receiving “offers” from Florida Gulf Coast University. There’s only one problem: FGCU doesn’t have an intercollegiate football team. It only has a club team. On Wednesday, FGCU officials said in a statement that they had been notified
6:12 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday after a 9-10-4 start to the 2019-20 season. It marks the third time since the start of the 2011-12 season that the Leafs have made an in-season coaching change, this one coming amid a five-game losing streak. Babcock was a splashy
5:00 PM ET Three fighters who competed in the PFL playoffs last month failed drug tests and are facing discipline from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). Glaico Franca and Luis Rafael Laurentino both tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol and Ramsey Nijem tested positive for marijuana, NSAC chief assistant Jeff Mullen told ESPN
4:44 PM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired coach Mike Babcock on Wednesday amid a 9-10-4 start to the season and announced Sheldon Keefe as his replacement. Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan made the announcement. The Maple Leafs are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, the team’s longest losing
4:30 PM ET Junior middleweight world titlist Jaime Munguia, who all along planned to move up in weight in 2020, will do so for his next fight. Munguia, one of boxing’s most crowd-pleasing battlers, will move up to the 160-pound middleweight division to fight Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan, a fellow brawler but prohibitive underdog, in a
4:23 PM ET South Carolina president Robert Caslen issued a statement on Wednesday in which he clarified his remarks from earlier this week that suggested the Gamecocks were at least exploring whether to buy out football coach Will Muschamp’s contract. In his latest comments, Caslen said he and South Carolina athletics director Ray Tanner supported
4:16 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Traded to the Dallas Cowboys on Oct. 26 by the New England Patriots, Michael Bennett harbors no ill will toward the team he will face Sunday at Gillette Stadium. “It’s never personal in the NFL,” Bennett said Wednesday. “It’s always business.” In fact, he called Patriots coach Bill Belichick