[ad_1] Getty Images The Brooklyn Nets are hiring Sacramento Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez as their next head coach, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Fernandez, just 41 years old, was one of the NBA’s fastest-rising assistants. After a six-year stint under Michael Malone with the Denver Nuggets, Fernandez joined the Kings as their associate head coach … Read more
[ad_1] Stephon Gilmore is the latest former New England Patriot to speak out against Apple TV’s documentary about the organization’s Super Bowl run. Fittingly called “The Dynasty,” the documentary explores the rise of the Patriots, who won six Super Bowls in a 20-year span behind Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. It gives a behind-the-scenes look … Read more
[ad_1] Pete Thamel, ESPNApr 13, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Hines Ward has agreed to become Arizona State’s next wide receivers coach, sources told ESPN. The deal is expected to be finalized in the near future, sources said, bringing the Super Bowl XL MVP and two-time Super Bowl champion to the Arizona State coaching staff. Ward … Read more
[ad_1] In a stunning reversal, defending Southern Section Division 1 football champion Santa Ana Mater Dei is replacing Frank McManus as football coach after one season. McManus won a Division 1 title last season after succeeding Mater Dei coaching legend Bruce Rollinson and was heralded as being “the right person to succeed Rollinson” by Mater … Read more
[ad_1] Mark Pope is returning to Kentucky. The former college basketball player, who was the captain of the Wildcats’ 1996 national championship team, has been named the basketball program’s new head coach. Pope replaces John Calipari, who recently departed Lexington to take the head coaching job at Arkansas. The school announced Pope’s hiring in a … Read more
[ad_1] Kentucky is set to hire BYU coach Mark Pope to become its next men’s basketball coach, sources told CBS Sports. The two sides quickly engaged on Thursday afternoon, in the hours after Baylor’s Scott Drew and UConn’s Dan Hurley both turned down Kentucky’s overtures. Barring an unforeseen event that changes plans, Kentucky is pacing … Read more
[ad_1] Officially, UCLA’s mantra under DeShaun Foster is discipline, respect and enthusiasm. Unofficially, a new slogan is emerging, one that will sound familiar to those who followed Pete Carroll across town. Always compete. “He just wants it all the time,” new Bruins defensive coordinator Ikaika Malloe said of his boss’ get-after-it mind-set. “Like, he never … Read more
[ad_1] Baylor coach Scott Drew opted to pass on Kentucky’s offer on Thursday after conferring with his family, sources told CBS Sports. It’s the second major opening Drew has turned down this cycle; he was Louisville’s top choice in March but decided to stay with the Bears after the school privately rallied a significant uptick … Read more
[ad_1] The United Football League is off to a roaring start and the Michigan Panthers kicker has been behind some of the top highlights from the first two weeks of the season. Jake Bates nailed a 62-yard field goal in the Panthers’ Week 2 loss to the Birmingham Stallions. It came a week after he … Read more
[ad_1] Alexa Philippou, ESPNApr 9, 2024, 10:52 PM ET Close Covers 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 Enquirer Tara VanDerveer, the NCAA’s winningest basketball coach with … Read more