2:29 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has hired former Oakland Raiders assistant Derrick Ansley as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. Volunteers coach Jeremy Pruitt announced the hire Friday and said Ansley would make all defensive calls. Pruitt handled the defensive calls last year while Kevin Sherrer served as defensive coordinator. Sherrer
2:43 PM ET Featherweight world titleholder Leo Santa Cruz has enjoyed a great deal of success. He’s won world titles in three weight classes, had major fights with Abner Mares and Carl Frampton — each of whom Santa Cruz faced twice — and he’s made several million dollars over the course of his career. But
12:02 PM ET Steve KimESPN Technically, while the main event on Saturday night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles is the WBA featherweight title tilt between Leo Santa Cruz and Rafael Rivera, it is the co-feature between welterweights John Molina Jr. and Omar Figueroa Jr. that could steal the show. If you go by
12:26 PM ET ESPN staff Ferrari admits Sebastian Vettel will get priority treatment in the opening portion of the 2019 Formula One season if there are particular situations which require it. Ferrari was criticised for its application of team orders last year, having hesitated at several key moments — it dithered on ordering Kimi Raikkonen
3:02 PM ET Nikita Kucherov is scoring at a historic pace. The last time a player had at least 92 points through the first 58 games of a season was way back during the 1996-97 campaign, when Mario Lemieux had 94 points at this same point. Hockey Reference has game data available from 1987 to
1:00 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It is late Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway. The air is cool and the beer is cold. But the temperatures of the men consuming those beverages are running plenty hot. Not too far away, in the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series garage, teams are busy packing up
9:21 AM GMT CAPE TOWN – South Africa international front rower Steven Kitshoff will miss at least the first month of Super Rugby after suffering a hamstring injury in preparation for this year’s competition. The injury, suffered in a warm-up game last week, has proven more severe than first anticipated, said Stormers coach Robbie Fleck
9:48 AM GMT England will miss the leadership of prop Mako Vunipola, who has been ruled out of the side’s remaining Six Nations Championship campaign, forwards coach Steve Borthwick has said. England, who lead the table with 10 points, lost Vunipola to an ankle ligament injury in their 44-8 victory over France. The 28-year-old had
10:00 AM ET With the trade deadline looming on Feb. 25, there are a handful of teams who have made a mad rush back into the playoff race by catching fire since the start of 2019. The question facing each team: Should they believe in their recent hot streaks or be cautious about letting a
Feb 14, 2019 Without question, Miami had one of the most disappointing seasons of any team in 2018, dropping from its preseason top-10 perch and eventually suffering a disastrous loss to Wisconsin in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl to close at 7-6. A few days later, coach Mark Richt delivered a stunner: He was stepping