1:41 PM GMT Johnny Sexton has signed a contract extension with the Irish Rugby Football Union which will see him play rugby in Ireland up to the end of the 2020/21 season. The IRFU announced Tuesday that Leinster fly-half Sexton, who was recently named 2018 World Rugby player of the year, had extended his stay.
Dec 11, 2018 ESPN staff Pote Human has been appointed head coach of the Bulls’ Super Rugby team, replacing John Mitchell after the New Zealander departed the Pretoria-based franchise in September to take up a position as England’s defence coach. Human’s appointment for the 2019 season was something of a shock even though he had
1:34 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded pitcher Ivan Nova to the Chicago White Sox, sources confirmed to ESPN. The deal, which was first reported Tuesday by The Athletic, is pending a review of medical records. It is unclear what Pittsburgh acquired in the trade. Nova, 31, went 9-9 with a 4.19 ERA in
Dec 11, 2018 ESPN staff Rassie Erasmus will step down as Springboks coach after the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan. Erasmus made the announcement in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with SuperSport commentator Matt Pearce, in which he reflected on his first year in charge as both head coach of the Boks and Director
11:33 AM ET McLaren’s new driver signing Carlos Sainz compared notes with former McLaren F1 driver Fernando Alonso after testing this year’s McLaren car. Sainz has joined the team following the departure of compatriot and good friend Alonso, who quit F1 at the end of the 2018 season following four unsuccessful seasons with McLaren. The
10:11 AM ET Former NBA All-Star Shareef Abdur-Rahim has been named president of the G League, replacing Malcolm Turner, who is leaving to become athletics director at Vanderbilt University. Abdur-Rahim, who turns 42 Tuesday, has been serving as the NBA’s vice president of basketball operations. The No. 3 overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft
9:00 AM ET As we get ready to hit bowl season, let’s take a look at the best of the regular season in each Power 5 conference. In addition to all-conference teams, we roll out awards for Player of the Year, Coach of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Note: The positional breakdowns vary
10:02 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks fired Joel Quenneville on Nov. 6, and have gone 3-11-2 under the guidance of Jeremy Colliton. While the bitter cold of winter sets in, we offer up some optimism: What’s a reason for hope for Blackhawks fans right now? Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer: The hope for Blackhawks fans
8:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes‘ use of the no-look pass started innocently enough. He was fooling around with it in college at Texas Tech and eventually worked his way up to a competition with one of the backup quarterbacks. Mahomes found out he was good at looking one way and getting
Methodology Who was truly elite in 2018? Our Dominant 20 answers that by pitting the year’s best against their top rivals with cold, hard math. We started by grading athletes by the strongest performance measures available in their sport over their most recently completed season (except F1 numbers, which are through Nov. 11, and NFL