EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThe league-worst Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday after three seasons.Anders Sorensen, coach of the AHL Rockford IceHogs, was named interim head coach and will assume duties immediately. The Blackhawks have also made Mark Eaton, their assistant general manager overseeing player development, the interim coach in Rockford.Sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan that Sorensen will coach the…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsBill Belichick has interviewed with North Carolina officials about the Tar Heels' head-coach opening, sources confirmed to ESPN's Chris Low on Thursday.Belichick, 72, has been out of football since leaving the New England Patriots after 24 seasons and six titles in January.He interviewed for several NFL head-coaching jobs last offseason. This season, while not coaching, he's joined the…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- George Russell has escalated his war of words with Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, claiming the Dutchman said "he was going to purposefully go out of his way to crash into me and 'put me on my f---ing head in the wall.'"Verstappen lost pole position in Qatar a week ago when he…

EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsFORT WORTH, Texas -- Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark clearly expressed his displeasure about the College Football Playoff rankings while insisting Wednesday that his conference's champion should get a first-round bye over any Group of 5 champion.Arizona State and Iowa State, the 10-2 teams that will play in the Big 12 championship game Saturday, are outside the top…