Month: February 2020

9:30 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill has joined TCU‘s staff as a special assistant to coach Gary Patterson. The two Kansas natives are longtime friends, and Kill was the best man in Patterson’s wedding. Kill will be in charge of the Horned Frogs offense, but won’t be
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7:55 PM ET College football’s February signing period might have only had 26 ESPN 300 recruits who remained unsigned, but there was still plenty that happened throughout Wednesday. A few teams didn’t have room to make any movement, including Clemson and Ohio State, but quite a few programs were able to land commitments, flip prospects
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5:01 PM ET Pat Narduzzi emphatically said Wednesday he plans to stay at Pittsburgh, and wants any speculation tying him to the opening at Michigan State to be squashed. Narduzzi reiterated his commitment to the Panthers on national signing day, saying, “I came here to get a job done. We couldn’t be in a better
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5:24 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Temperatures in the 20s and wind chills in the teens didn’t prevent a huge turnout for the first Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade in 50 years. Chiefs radio broadcaster Mitch Holthus, the master of ceremonies for the post-parade rally at Kansas City’s Union Station, said more than one
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1:44 PM GMT England and Bath winger Anthony Watson will not be fit for his side’s Calcutta Cup match against Scotland on Saturday, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Wednesday. Watson suffered a calf injury before England’s opening game at the weekend and played no part in the side’s 24-17 defeat to France. –
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3:26 PM GMT Rugby’s Super League has said it accepts that Australian Israel Folau has been legally registered as Catalan Dragons player but says it has taken steps to be able to intervene in controversial signings. Former rugby union player Folau had his contract with Rugby Australia torn up in May for posting a meme
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2:16 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — New Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry said Wednesday that he’s already met with both running back Kareem Hunt and wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. regarding their recent offseason incidents that drew headlines. Hunt was pulled over Jan. 21 by police, who found small amounts of marijuana in a
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1:20 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Phil Mickelson is still not exempt for the U.S. Open and says he won’t accept a special invitation. The U.S. Open is the one major keeping Mickelson from the career Grand Slam and no other major has given him more grief. His six runner-up finishes, most
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12:36 PM ET Former junior welterweight world titleholder Johnny Bumphus died Monday due to cardiac arrest in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington. He was 59. Bumphus, nicknamed “Bump City,” was a skillful southpaw who boxed professionally from 1980 to 1987 but whose career was cut short by drug addiction. Bumphus, who lived for many years
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The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation says it did investigate alleged links between Astana’s Jakob Fuglsang and Lance Armstrong’s former medic but opted against disciplinary proceedings. Fuglsang denied meeting banned doctor Michele Ferrari after a leaked CADF report appeared in Danish outlets Politiken and DR and Norway’s VG. The report alleged fellow Astana rider Alexey Lutsenko also
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5:39 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya‘s son Avishek became the youngest president of the Cricket Association Bengal (CAB) at the age of 38, after being elected unopposed on Wednesday. BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s elder brother Snehasish Ganguly, a former Bengal batsman, is the new joint-secretary, a post that was vacated by
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