1:46 PM ET Northwestern has fired defensive coordinator Jim O’Neil and two other assistants following a 1-11 season that marked its worst since 1989, the school announced Tuesday. Longtime defensive line coach Marty Long and wide receivers coach Dennis Springer are also out. “Our entire football family is grateful for what these three men brought
5:14 PM ET NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets swingman Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) and Yuta Watanabe (right hamstring strain) will not play Wednesday against the Washington Wizards, the team announced Tuesday. Wednesday’s contest will mark the seventh game that Simmons has missed this season because of the ongoing knee problem. He left Monday’s 109-102
Nov 29, 2022 Doug Armstrong is in his 12th year running the St. Louis Blues, making him the second-longest-tenured general manager in the NHL. While he’s not sure what to make of his team this season, he knows one thing. “I’ve never been part of a group that’s had such a diversity in play and
6:14 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Daniel Dubois has said he believes Saturday’s fight against Kevin Lerena can be his launchpad into the “big league” of world heavyweight title boxing.
11:15 PM ET Former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer is expected to become the next head football coach at UAB, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday night. Although a deal hasn’t been formalized, the sides are expected to come to terms in the upcoming days, sources said. Dilfer, 50, the head coach at Lipscomb Academy
10:59 PM ET Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin scored two goals in the first period of Tuesday night’s 5-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks, setting another NHL record along the way. Ovechkin’s tallies were the 402nd and 403rd on the road in his 18-year career, passing Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky for the most on
3:47 AM ET LOS ANGELES — After the Lakers failed to protect a 17-point lead with less than 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter on Monday, eventually losing 116-115 on a buzzer-beating 3 by Indiana Pacers rookie Andrew Nembhard, first-year coach Darvin Ham took the blame. “That falls on me,” Ham said of L.A.’s
47.3 overs India 219 (Washington 51, Iyer 49, Mitchell 3-25, Milne 3-57) vs New Zealand New Zealand’s seamers exploited whatever help there was in the surface and the conditions to dismiss India for 219 in the first innings of the decisive final ODI at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. Kane Williamson used 42 overs of seam
6:30 AM ET NFL Nation reporters Welcome to Week 13 of the NFL regular season — we are now two-thirds of the way through. Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — has evaluated how teams are stacking up through 12 weeks. After the Jacksonville Jaguars took
7:51 PM ET DOHA, Qatar — On Monday, United States men’s national team manager Gregg Berhalter was asked to be, among other things, an economist, a customs agent, an expert on military policy and a United Nations ambassador. On Tuesday, he finally got to be what he most wanted: a coach who has taken his