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If you’re surprised that Michael Malone will be the next coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels, that’s understandable. Unlike Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan, another candidate for the job, and unlike Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens, who wasn’t interested in it, Malone isn’t one of the names that is typically tossed around when a major college program has a coaching vacancy. He has worked in college basketball before, having served an assistant coach at Oakland, Providence and Manhattan and the director of basketball administration at Virginia, but that seven-year stretch ended when he joined the New York Knicks’ coaching…

President Trump revealed many of the dramatic details on how the U.S. military scrambled to rescue two members of fighter jet that was shot down deep inside Iran.

David SchoenfieldApr 6, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseCovers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995Multiple AuthorsWe’re back with our third annual MLB Watchability Index — and it couldn’t come at a better time.MLB is coming off a smashing success of a postseason with maybe the greatest World Series ever played and the highest ratings in years. The World Baseball Classic helped build momentum and excitement heading into this campaign. Two of the biggest stars in the history of the game in Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge continue to do miraculous things for the two…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! High-level sources have informed Fox News that during rescue efforts in Iran after a U.S. fighter jet was shot down, the commander of U.S. Central Command directed an attack against an underground Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters.While the airman rescue was going on, CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper directed a strike on an IRGC headquarters in an underground facility near Tehran — it was done with B2 bombers, using Massive Ordnance Penetrators, the same weapon used last year in Operation Midnight Hammer, according to the sources. Fox News is told the headquarters…

CARACAS, Venezuela — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Delcy Rodríguez remained Venezuela’s acting president on Monday, exceeding the 90-day limit on her temporary role set by the country’s high court following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro in January.However, it’s unclear how much longer she will keep the post as lawmakers have not taken a public vote to extend her term past last Friday’s deadline. According to the court order, Maduro is still officially Venezuela’s president and his “forced” absence resulting from a “kidnapping” makes it temporarily impossible for him to fulfill his duties.Under Venezuela’s constitution, according to an article referenced…

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Patrick Reed has played golf all around the world, often out of choice, now out of necessity.Necessity so that he can start playing closer to home again.One of the early and polarizing defectors to LIV Golf a few years ago, the 2018 Masters champion made the similarly difficult decision to leave the lucrative, Saudi-backed tour earlier this year and return to the PGA Tour. But under the terms of his reinstatement, Reed cannot play in its events until after Aug. 25, which means most of this season will be spent on the European tour.AdvertisementWhere he already…

KHASAB, Oman — At the border crossing into Oman from the United Arab Emirates, jagged limestone cliffs give way to turquoise waters stretching into the distance. The shores of Iran are 45 minutes away by speedboat; the Strait of Hormuz even closer.

Monday’s bombshell news that North Carolina is hiring former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone as its next men’s basketball coach sent shockwaves throughout basketball. Malone, who was fired in Denver after the 2024-25 season, will be returning to college basketball for the first time since he was an assistant for Manhattan from 1999 to 2001.While he hasn’t been part of the college game in the past quarter-century, Malone does have something that no other candidate for the UNC job can claim. He’s got an NBA championship ring as a head coach. Malone — with the help of MVP Nikola Jokic —…

President Trump speaks as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (center) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine look on during a news conference at the White House on April 6. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly. President Trump repeated threats to Iran during during his Monday press conference, including against Iran’s civilian infrastructure if a deal to end the war is not reached by Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET. Negotiations, he said, must include an open Strait of Hormuz. “Every bridge…

North Carolina’s search for its next head coach has landed in an unexpected place, as the Tar Heels intend to hire longtime NBA coach Michael Malone as the school’s next head coach, sources told ESPN.Malone is an NBA champion from his time with the Denver Nuggets and won 510 games in 12 seasons as a head coach. He’s one of the most respected tacticians in the NBA and has spent the last 10-plus months as an ESPN analyst.Malone will inherit a Tar Heels team that has been seeking a head coaching replacement for nearly two weeks since firing Hubert Davis.Editor’s…