9:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 1:38 PM ET Peter RosenbergESPN It took just 36 hours of 2019 for the WWE Universe to be absolutely rocked with a huge loss. “Mean” Gene Okerlund passed

8:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady prepares for his 38th career playoff game, several of his younger teammates reminisced this week

8:04 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:46 PM ET The West Virginia Mountaineers have hired Troy‘s Neal Brown to a six-year deal to be their new football coach, sources told ESPN on Friday. The

8:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 11:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Wysh List publishes every Friday. Oy, these kids today in the NHL. There’s just … so many of them. At least it

8:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:27 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Changes on the Pittsburgh Steelers staff have begun. The team announced it’s moving on from outside linebackers coach Joey Porter, who held the

9:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 1:26 PM ET Mechelle VoepelespnW.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and

7:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: On that note, fights between the best fighters from the Top Rank and Premier Boxing Champions stables. Make some trades if necessary but stop depriving the fighters and

7:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 11:56 AM ET Former Georgia quarterback Justin Fields is visiting Ohio State this weekend and all indications are that he plans on joining the Buckeyes and enrolling in

8:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:53 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Patrick Mahomes and three other Kansas City Chiefs players made The Associated Press 2018 NFL All-Pro Team on Friday. They

7:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 11:53 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Patrick Mahomes and three other Kansas City Chiefs players made The Associated Press 2018 NFL All-Pro Team on Friday. They

7:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 11:40 AM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Drake senior guard Nick Norton will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury. The Bulldogs

7:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 11:46 AM ET Goodbye, 2018. It’s been real. Thanks for the memories. We’ll never forget you, and stuff. Hello, 2019! There’s something intoxicating about that fresh calendar smell,

6:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 9:00 AM ET In the old days, when mid-majors didn’t have to be perfect and the NCAA bracket wasn’t bloated with mediocre power conference teams, a decent at-large

6:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 11:01 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Jeff Borzello

6:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 10:56 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays, who ranked next to last in the majors in attendance last season, are eliminating more than 10,000 seats in an effort

6:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 9:00 AM ET Joel AndersonESPN The narrative took shape from the moment Jalen Hurts hopped to his feet in the end zone in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, pounding his chest

5:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 9:04 AM ET After suffering through some of the lackluster pairings of December, we’re set to enter the first stacked weekend of the conference slate in college basketball.

5:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 9:00 AM ET Duke is the story in college basketball this season. The Blue Devils are always a key storyline, but this year is different. They have three

5:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 9:00 AM ET Let’s roll into 2019: 1. The Pacers, rock solid Thaddeus Young‘s blue-collar handsiness has come to symbolize the gritty, underappreciated Pacers, but Bojan Bogdanovic might

7:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:00 AM ET Over the past six weeks we’ve heard a lot about bowl games. We’ve heard there are too many. We’ve heard they mean less in the

4:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 8:30 AM ET SPRINTING BACK AND forth between the court, weight room and visitors locker room at Staples Center on a mid-November evening, Todd Forcier keeps time. The

5:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:06 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — As the Dallas Cowboys wind down their preparation for Saturday’s wild-card matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, it is appropriate to remember the

4:03 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:00 AM ET HOUSTON — A simple truth is staring the Houston Texans in the face this week. To secure the franchise’s fourth playoff win, the Texans have

4:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 12:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — It was about this time a year ago when Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck returned from his six-week stay in the Netherlands where

4:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 11:36 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Around the time the Seattle Seahawks reconvened for training camp this past summer, Frank Clark spoke in front of the

6:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 7:43 AM ET Sam Khan Jr. HOUSTON — The University of Houston’s pursuit of Dana Holgorsen began with a call to Jake Spavital. When the newly minted Texas

3:02 am | January 4, 2019 | Go to Source | Author: 7:30 AM ET The NFL playoffs have arrived. We’re previewing wild-card weekend with a rundown for each game from Dan Graziano, score predictions from our Nation reporters and