1:18 PM ET Iowa senior center Luka Garza highlights the list of 50 preseason candidates for the 2021 Wooden Award that was announced Tuesday. Garza, one of five finalists for the 2020 award and the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year, leads an Iowa team that is ranked No. 3 in the current AP
Month: December 2020
12:47 PM ET Sarah Fuller is expected to continue as Vanderbilt’s place-kicker on Saturday against Georgia. Last weekend Fuller became the first woman to participate in a Power 5 football game when she delivered the second-half kickoff against Missouri — a designed squib kick that was downed without a return at the 35-yard line. Fuller
11:19 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Three Denver Broncos quarterbacks, including starter Drew Lock, can return to practice and the team’s facility Wednesday after each tested negative Tuesday for COVID-19, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles, who is on the practice squad, were deemed high-risk close contacts to Jeff Driskel,
12:48 PM ET Villanova and Virginia will face off in the Holiday Hoops Classic on Dec. 19 at Madison Square Garden, it was announced Tuesday. The game between the last two men’s basketball national champions will be the first college basketball game at MSG since the Big East tournament was canceled due to coronavirus back
12:33 PM ET Associated Press Oklahoma plans to open its men’s basketball season on Thursday against Texas-San Antonio after a weeklong delay. Oklahoma was scheduled to play the Roadrunners last Wednesday, but the Sooners paused team activities after a spike in COVID-19 cases. Oklahoma’s game against Central Florida scheduled for last Saturday was postponed, and
10:16 AM ET It seems that Tiger Woods‘ son Charlie has been lobbying his father for some time to play in the tournament that lets major champions compete as a team with a family member. And it also seems that Charlie has been itching to get a piece of Justin Thomas, too. Woods and his
11:55 AM ET The Boston Red Sox agreed to a one-year, $8.3 million deal for the 2021 season with left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez on Tuesday, a source confirmed to ESPN. Rodriguez, 27, had been eligible for arbitration. Tuesday is the deadline for teams to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players. He did not pitch last season after
11:18 AM ET Cleveland Browns safety Ronnie Harrison could miss the rest of the regular season with a shoulder injury he suffered Sunday, a source told ESPN. Harrison is expected to be out 4-6 weeks, though there’s hope he could return before the playoffs, should the 8-3 Browns advance to the postseason. Harrison injured the
10:55 AM ET Lithuanian guard/forward Deividas Sirvydis has agreed to a three-year contract with the Detroit Pistons, agents Michael Tellem of CAA Sports and Marius Rutkauskas told ESPN. Sirvydis, 20, is well regarded for his 3-point shooting and floor spacing. Sirvydis, the 37th overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft, played the 2019-20 season with
10:34 AM ET Colorado men’s basketball has paused team activities due to COVID-19 issues, therefore postponing the team’s Pac-12 opener against Arizona scheduled for Wednesday. “We have temporarily paused our men’s basketball operations due to positive cases of COVID-19 within the program,” Colorado athletic director Rick George said. “This includes the postponement of Wednesday’s game
8:45 AM ET Welcome back to our weekly Heisman Watch for the 2020 college football season. Throughout the season, ESPN.com writers will vote on their top Heisman Trophy candidates. To get the final rankings, we use the following methodology: 14 voters, five votes each. Points system: five points for first-place votes, four points for second-place
8:57 AM ET Alexander Volkanovski is tracking towards his second UFC featherweight world title defense, yet there is a greater goal bubbling away under the surface for the 32-year-old Australian: a move up to lightweight. Volkanovski couldn’t care less if that’s something fans aren’t taking seriously. In fact he’s ready to use it as further
Romain Grosjean says he “saw death coming” in his fiery crash in the Bahrain Grand Prix and fought to get out “for his children”. The French Haas driver suffered burns to the back of his hands after crashing at 137mph and sustaining an impact of 53G on the first lap of Sunday’s race. Grosjean is
9:17 AM ET The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, which has been played every year since its inception in 1935, has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. An official announcement is expected on Tuesday. Stadium first reported the Sun Bowl’s pending announcement. The game was scheduled for the
9:37 AM ET Ohio State coach Ryan Day, one of several people within the Buckeyes program who tested positive for COVID-19 last week, won’t be out of isolation in time to coach in Saturday’s game at Michigan State if the Buckeyes are able to play, a school spokesman confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Monday is
8:58 AM ET Aside from the questionable result of a draw, the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. exhibition was a little more entertaining than what was anticipated. And when Tyson said before the fight that this wasn’t a one-off, he appeared to be telling the truth. In a postfight news conference, Tyson, 54, said he wants
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — As Sunday’s game wore on, it was starting to become clear that the New England Patriots had figured out a way to slow down the Arizona Cardinals‘ high-octane offense and — especially — quarterback Kyler Murray. But the Patriots aren’t the only ones who have picked the lock on
8:10 AM ET Boston Celtics guard Kemba Walker received a stem cell injection in his left knee and is out until at least the first week of January, the team said Tuesday. Walker received the injection after consultation with multiple specialists in early October and was put on a 12-week strengthening program. The Celtics said