‘We’re wired to go after it every year’: Patrick Mahomes
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Kansas City Chiefs and general manager Brett Veach expected skepticism about their plan for the 2022 season after they traded a premier wide receiver in Tyreek Hill and assembled a post-draft depth chart that included six defensive rookies in significant positions.But they were puzzled by suggestions that after four straight AFC…
Let’s get this party started: Chiefs, Eagles arrive in Phoenix
PHOENIX — The festivities for Super Bowl LVII can begin.The participating teams arrived at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport on Sunday afternoon, with the Kansas City Chiefs arriving first and the Philadelphia Eagles about 45 minutes later.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedBoth planes stopped on the tarmac with their respective team flags dangling outside from the cockpit window. Players…
Inside the swagger, intimidation and excellence of the Ravens’ first
Editor’s note: The next installment in ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, “Bullies of Baltimore,” is set to debut Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET. The film will be made available on ESPN+ immediately after its premiere. This piece originally ran in 2021, on the 20th anniversary of the Ravens’ first Super Bowl title. Since the piece…
Sources: Nets trading star guard Irving to Mavs
The Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday.The Mavericks are sending Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, an unprotected 2029 first-round pick and second-round picks in 2027 and 2029 to the Nets in exchange for Irving and Markieff Morris, sources said.The Nets plan to offer the picks…
Panthers reach deal with Evero to be new DC
The Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms with Ejiro Evero to make him the team’s defensive coordinator on new head coach Frank Reich’s staff.Evero, 42, was the Denver Broncos’ defensive coordinator last season. The team and new coach Sean Payton agreed to let him out of his contract so he could pursue other jobs.Evero had…
‘Great game’: No. 1 S. Carolina tops No. 5 UConn
2:54 PM ETAlexa PhilippouESPN CloseCovers women’s college basketball and the WNBA Previously covered UConn and the WNBA Connecticut Sun for the Hartford Courant Stanford graduate and Baltimore native with further experience at the Dallas Morning News, Seattle Times and Cincinnati EnquirerHARTFORD, Conn. — No. 1 South Carolina secured the program’s first victory in Connecticut over…
NBA bans some from FedExForum after probe
The NBA said it investigated a postgame incident after the Memphis Grizzlies’ home game against the Indiana Pacers on Jan. 29 and banned some from attending games at the FedExForum after its probe.The Athletic reported that acquaintances of the Grizzlies’ Ja Morant confronted members of the Pacers’ traveling party near Indiana’s bus in the FedExForum’s…
Truex Jr. wins in NASCAR’s return to LA Coliseum
LOS ANGELES — Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for its season-opening exhibition race — a sloppy Sunday night extravaganza in which the Wiz Khalifa halftime show might have been the most entertaining part of the event.Truex took the lead with 25 laps to go in the Busch Light…
Flag football a hit with players at new Pro Bowl
8:38 PM ETStephen HolderESPN LAS VEGAS — No one was going to mistake this for a serious football game. Not with celebrities Snoop Dogg (AFC) and Pete Davidson (NFC) serving as honorary team captains.But the revamped Pro Bowl Games resulted in greater intensity than recent years and the first NFC victory since the AFC vs.…
Way-too-early tennis rankings and predictions for the rest of 2023
The Australian Open basically serves two primary purposes: Entertain us and set the table for the rest of the tennis season.Following a delightful two-week run that saw Aryna Sabalenka’s first Slam title, plus some shocking mid-tournament plot twists, early-tournament Andy Murray heroics, strong showings from American males and — oh yeah, Novak Djokovic’s 22nd Slam…