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12:20 PM ET Phoenix Suns coach Monty Williams has been voted as the National Basketball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The league’s 30 head coaches vote on the award, which was named in honor of late NBCA executive director, Michael Goldberg. Williams resurrected the Suns’ floundering franchise, leading Phoenix

6:36 AM ET When Tim DeRuyter arrived at Texas A&M as the Aggies’ new defensive coordinator in 2010, he had an unusual idea. He wanted his pass-rusher, a hybrid linebacker/defensive end, to have a bit of an edge to him out there on, well, the edge. He looked to Batman for inspiration. “I think it

9:30 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — As he stepped toward the blocking sled Friday, the sound of metal on metal made a screeching noise Micah Parsons has been used to hearing ever since he started playing football, but it had been a long time since he heard it. “Last time I hit a sled?” the

7:00 AM ET Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University When word began circulating Thursday that the Pac-12 was set to hire George Kliavkoff as its new commissioner,

1:49 AM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager broke his right hand in the fifth inning of Saturday’s win when he was hit by Miami Marlins left-hander Ross Detwiler. X-rays after the game revealed the injury, the Dodgers announced. The news hits a Dodgers team already

7:38 AM ET The first night of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs set the bar high for the postseason. We had drama, with the Washington Capitals losing their starting goalie in the first period. We had intensity, as the Capitals and Boston Bruins had a spirited affair. Finally, we had a surprise, as the Caps

4:58 PM ET Associated Press DOVER, Del. — Austin Cindric saved his car from a serious spin early in the race and dominated late Saturday at Dover International Speedway and won his third Xfinity Series race of the season. The 22-year-old Cindric showed flashes throughout his career on the one-mile concrete track that he could

5:05 PM ET ESPN News Services Medina Spirit has passed three rounds of prerace drug testing and been cleared to run in the Preakness on Saturday. Maryland racing officials said Friday tests on the Kentucky Derby winner and fellow Bob Baffert-trained Concert Tour came back with nothing that would cause them to be scratched from

1:48 PM ET There’s a word Christian Pulisic reaches for instinctively when contemplating Saturday’s FA Cup Final: redemption. Chelsea will contest the Wembley showpiece against Leicester City — stream LIVE on ESPN, May 15, 12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+ — a little over nine months on from losing last season’s rescheduled final to Arsenal, a match

10:54 AM BST The 2021 British & Irish Lions schedule has been revised to keep matches either in Johannesburg or Cape Town, with organisers admitting the new-look fixture list has been put together on the basis matches “will take place behind closed doors.” The eight-match schedule sees the tour start in Johannesburg and Pretoria, before

7:43 AM ET UFC 262 headliner Charles Oliveira has come a long way from being told by a doctor he would never walk again, and that he would require the use of a wheelchair because of illnesses he contracted at the age of 7. On Saturday night in a packed Toyota Center in Houston, Oliveira

7:59 AM ET Canelo Alvarez once again showed why he’s almost unbeatable by making Billy Joe Saunders quit in his corner after eight rounds. Is Alvarez the current best fighter in the world? There’s a good argument to be made for the super middleweight unified champion. A former great, Floyd Mayweather, killed two birds with

8:00 AM ET Coming off last week’s Wells Fargo Championship (won by Rory McIlroy, who was picked by betting deputy editor David Bearman to win at 18-1), the PGA Tour heads to McKinney, Texas, for the AT&T Byron Nelson for a tuneup before the PGA Championship. This year’s event is moving to TPC at Craig

10:39 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 After missing five weeks with a hamstring injury, Brooklyn Nets star James Harden‘s return is expected to be a

4:49 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Rafael Nadal joined the growing number of tennis players expressing doubts about competing in the Tokyo Olympics. Third-ranked Nadal, in Rome for the Italian Open, said Tuesday that his status for the Tokyo Games is uncertain. “I don’t know yet. Honestly, I can’t give you a clear answer

7:11 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Aaron Rodgers‘ trickle-down effect has begun, and the first player it could impact is All-Pro receiver Davante Adams. Adams is in the final year of his contract and if his quarterback is done in Green Bay, then it could complicate things for Adams in Wisconsin. “Potentially, potentially;