6:25 PM ET Indiana Pacers assistant coach Bill Bayno has resigned his job, citing mental health issues, sources told ESPN on Monday. Bayno, 58, began a leave of absence two weeks ago and worked through terms of a departure with the organization in recent days. Bayno has privately described a need to step away from
5:26 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Larson loaded his motorhome and drove to Daytona International Speedway by himself, alone for some seven hours to prepare for his return to NASCAR competition. The excitement of a new season settled his nerves and he felt optimistic about his future. After serving a six-month
5:26 PM GMT Italy’s injured centre Marco Zanon will miss the Six Nations game against England on Saturday, the Italian Rugby Federation said on Monday, while Pierre Bruno and Andrea Lovotti have been added to the squad. Zanon started at outside centre in the Azzurri’s 50-10 opening day loss to France but was replaced after
4:33 PM ET The NHL is extending the postponements for the Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils as those teams recover from COVID-19 outbreaks among players. The league announced Monday that two additional Sabres games (Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 against the Capitals); three more Devils games (Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 against
2:47 PM ET Maryland linebacker Chance Campbell announced on Monday that has committed to transferring to Ole Miss. Campbell was named All-Big Ten honorable mention last season after ranking second in the conference with 11 tackles per game. A junior, Campbell is on track to graduate in May and would be immediately eligible at Ole
3:06 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Anton Khudobin was back at practice with the Dallas Stars on Monday, a day after their starting goaltender wasn’t in uniform for a game as discipline for being late to a weekend practice. Khudobin said he was late to practice Saturday after not sleeping well throughout the
12:45 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN The Chicago Bulls were hit with another injury blow after an MRI confirmed that forward Lauri Markkanen will miss two to four weeks with a sprained shoulder. The Bulls announced the injury Monday, saying that Markkanen has a sprained right acromioclavicular joint. He originally injured the joint at the top
2:13 PM ET While the Chicago Cubs continue an internal investigation into former executive Jared Porter’s misconduct with a female reporter, the team is planning on making changes to its hiring process. Speaking publicly for the first time since Porter was fired last month as the New York Mets‘ general manager, Cubs president of baseball
11:46 AM ET This weekend’s action didn’t disappoint across Europe as Manchester City rolled to a big win at Liverpool to effectively end the Premier League title race. (The Reds are no strangers to comebacks, but this one would be their most unlikely yet.) Elsewhere, Juventus turn back the clock in beating AS Roma, Man
10:10 PM ET NFL NationESPN Now that Super Bowl LV is in the books and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the champions, we can move on from a challenging 2020 season and look forward to 2021. That’s exactly what we’re looking to do with these way-too-early NFL Power Rankings. How does our panel view Tom
1:23 PM ET It’s bizarre to think the world No. 1 player entering the year’s first Grand Slam hadn’t played a competitive match in almost 11 months before last week, but these are strange times. While many others were following a considerably pared-down WTA tour around the world last year, Ashleigh Barty made a decision
Ishant Sharma became the third Indian bowler to pick 300 Test wickets.© PTI Ishant Sharma dismissed Dan Lawrence on Day 4 of the ongoing first Test between India and England in Chennai to claim his 300th wicket in the longest format of the game on Monday. Wishes started pouring in from all corners for Ishant
England bowling coach Jon Lewis on Monday defended his batsmen’s approach in the post-tea session on the fourth day of the opening Test against India, saying accelerating wasn’t easy on a “tricky” Chepauk pitch. England set India a world record chase of 420 after being bowled out for 178 in their second innings. The hosts
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has signed a new one-year contract with Mercedes for the 2021 season. The 36-year-old’s previous deal lapsed in 2020 but he will now race for Mercedes for a ninth season. Hamilton became the sport’s most successful driver ever in 2020, breaking Michael Schumacher’s all-time win record and drawing level
8:14 AM ET There’s no boxing division creating more buzz than lightweight, headed by four young stars — Teofimo Lopez, Gervonta “Tank” Davis, Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney. Of that group, Lopez has the biggest win to date and the most belts. Lopez is still enjoying the fruits of his massive victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko
7:25 AM ET The 2021 recruiting cycle is mostly finished with all but three ESPN 300 prospects committed. The player rankings are subjective, but they give us a good look at what these college football programs could be adding to their roster. The class rankings give us a look at the totality of a class
7:26 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and his challenger, Gilbert Burns, step into the Octagon on Saturday night, they will be kicking off an unprecedented run of title bouts. From this weekend’s UFC 258 event through UFC 260 six weeks later, there will be six fights in which a belt
7:00 AM ET Now that Trevor Bauer is heading to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Marcell Ozuna is returning to the Atlanta Braves, and Nelson Cruz is going back to the Minnesota Twins, all of this winter’s top 10 free agents are finally off the board. But there are still some good players available the week