12:50 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Chet Holmgren, the No. 1-ranked
The PGA Tour is reportedly making some changes to its health and safety procedures based on players’ vaccination status. According to a memo obtained by the Associated Press, the PGA Tour is planning to drop COVID-19 testing requirements for any player who has been fully vaccinated. Those who have not been vaccinated will have to
Getty Images The college football coaching industry is as pressure-packed as any in the American sports world. Whether it’s the pressure to build a national championship-caliber program, bring a team back from the abyss or clean up a program marred by scandal, the business can be (and often is) a 24/7/365 grind that demands more
1:27 PM ET Indiana and Notre Dame have scheduled a home-and-home series in football for 2030 and 2031, marking the first time the in-state teams will meet since 1991. The Hoosiers and Fighting Irish will open the 2030 season at Notre Dame Stadium on Aug. 31 and then meet Sept. 27, 2031, in Bloomington. The
12:41 PM ET The PGA Tour is strongly encouraging its players and caddies to get the COVID-19 vaccines, sending a memo on Monday that outlined how it will eventually stop on-site testing while also attempting to debunk some of the myths associated with the shots. In the memo obtained by ESPN, the Tour said while
Getty Images Nobody on the PGA Tour has more wins this season than a 47-year-old man who failed to win during the entire 2010s and is maybe most famous for dashing one of the great stories in sports history 12 years ago at the Open Championship. Stewart Cink tied Bryson DeChambeau with his second victory
12:51 PM ET NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have signed first-round pick Alexander Holtz to a three-year, entry-level contract starting next season. Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald announced Monday that Holtz also signed an American Hockey League amateur try-out agreement for the remainder of the 2020-21 season. He will join Binghamton after finishing
Gonzaga fell short of winning the NCAA Tournament when it lost in the title game to Baylor earlier this month, but the Zags may have taken a step Monday toward competing for next season’s championship by landing a commitment from Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 recruit in the nation for the Class of 2021. Holmgren,
Getty Images UFC president Dana White vowed that the promotion would not return to live crowds during the COVID-19 pandemic unless the event could be held at full capacity. He got his wish and UFC 261 will feature a full crowd at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 24. The event sold
11:53 AM ET Associated Press BRUSSELS — Belgian Olympians traveling to Japan for the Tokyo Games were promised priority treatment for COVID-19 vaccines on Monday. The Belgian Olympic Committee said its 177 Olympic and 55 Paralympic athletes will get vaccine shots while most of the adult population of their age must still wait. The Olympics
12:05 PM ET Red Bull team boss Christian Horner predicted great races ahead for Sergio Perez despite the Mexican failing to score from his first front row start in Formula One on Sunday. The 31-year-old driver, now a veteran of 193 races, finished 12th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola while Dutch team
Chris Evert, an 18-time Grand Slam champion, goes One on One with 10 former year-end No.1 player, Simona Halep. Subscribe to WTA on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WTA Like WTA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WTA Follow WTA on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WTA More Videos: http://www.wtatennis.com
Before teaming with Alex Bowman in 2018, Greg Ives spent the first three years of his career as a NASCAR Cup Series crew chief working with Dale Earnhardt Jr. It was a lesson about Richmond with Earnhardt that Ives used to help guide Bowman to Sunday’s win. “Going back to something I learned with Dale
Chet Holmgren, the No. 1 high school basketball player in the country, is headed to Gonzaga. Holmgren is the highest-rated recruit Mark Few has landed in his 22 years as head coach. The 7-foot-1 center chose the Zags over Minnesota, Ohio State, Michigan, North Carolina, Memphis, Georgetown and the G League. Holmgren averaged 20.6 points,
USATSI Notre Dame and Indiana announced Monday that the two schools have agreed to a home-and-home series. The first of the two meetings between the intra-state rivals will take place on Aug. 31, 2030 at Notre Dame, with the second coming on Sept. 27, 2031 at Indiana. The two games will mark the first two
10:02 AM ET A North Texas football signee was among three people shot and killed at an apartment complex in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, the Elgin (Texas) Independent School District confirmed in a statement. Willie Simmons III, a senior at Elgin High School, signed with the Mean Green in December and was set to join
It’s hard to call Stewart-Haas Racing one of the best teams in NASCAR right now. Kevin Harvick is, once again, in the top 10 in the points standings. But at 8th, he’s having a year that’s considered below average based on the lofty standards he’s set since joining the team in 2014. He’s finished outside
7:00 AM ET Fight week for UFC 261 has arrived, and with a card of this magnitude, the stakes could not be much higher. Three title fights could reshape the trajectory of the welterweight, strawweight and women’s flyweight divisions overnight. If Jorge Masvidal defeats Kamaru Usman, they would be 1-1 in title fights. That could