8:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Player X is in the NHL. After home games, he has a routine. Typically, he’ll meet a few teammates at a local restaurant for a late dinner. He likes to order steak after games — medium rare, with a side salad and mashed potatoes. Then he’ll go home. Player X
3:54 PM ET LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska finished 4-8 in 2018 to equal its 2017 mark for the most losses in a season at the school since 1957. The Cornhuskers lose five of their top six tacklers from last season, plus Stanley Morgan Jr., the most productive receiver in program history, and 1,000-yard rusher Devine
3:19 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former two-time champion Paulie Malignaggi has signed an exclusive two-year deal to join Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, with his first appearance scheduled for June. Malignaggi, 38, had announced his retirement from the ring in March 2017 after an eighth-round loss to Sam Eggington. Currently, Malignaggi serves as a color commentator
Mar 5, 2019 Scotland have dropped captain Greig Laidlaw to the bench for their Six Nations match with Wales on Saturday. Scrum-half Laidlaw has been omitted in favour of Ali Price for the game at Murrayfield as Scotland look to get their campaign back on track following successive losses to Ireland and France. Joe Cokanasiga
2:17 PM ET Multiple teams approached the Chicago Bears at the NFL scouting combine last week to discuss a potential trade for running back Jordan Howard, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. The Bears are in the market for a kicker, and on Wednesday, they signed free agent Chris Blewitt. They will release
4:17 PM ET Curtis Millender looks back at his journey and realizes how fortunate he is. Yes, he worked for this. He pushed for this. Everything he did over the past seven years had been for this. But still, the welterweight wouldn’t be where he is now — in the UFC, an actual contender —
1:34 PM ET Associated Press WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Soeren Friemel is the new U.S. Open tournament referee, and Jake Garner has been selected to succeed him as the chief umpire for the American tennis major. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the appointments Thursday. Friemel takes over for Brian Earley, who retired after 26 years
1:46 PM ET Shaw University junior Amir Hinton told ESPN that he will declare for the 2019 NBA draft and hire an agent, forgoing his final season of collegiate eligibility. “I think the timing is perfect for me,” he said. “I will be hiring an agent. I am ready. I am going to try and
12:18 PM ET After Kamaru Usman dominated Tyron Woodley and dethroned Woodley as UFC welterweight champion at UFC 235, it would be natural to imagine Woodley’s family wouldn’t be thrilled to run into Usman or even harbor anger towards him. The opposite was true on Saturday night, as Woodley’s mother Deborah embraced the man who
11:28 AM ET Detroit Red Wings defenseman Mike Green will miss the rest of the season because of a lingering virus that has sapped his energy, the team said Thursday. Green, 33, missed the beginning of the season because of the virus, which was attacking his liver. After the latest flare-up, he saw a specialist