7:21 PM ET Former Oklahoma quarterback Tanner Mordecai announced Tuesday that he is transferring to SMU. Mordecai, who spent the last two seasons as the Sooners’ backup quarterback, announced his commitment via Twitter. Let’s Ride! #PonyUp pic.twitter.com/jyR9TVYG8c — Tanner Mordecai (@t_mordecai) December 22, 2020 Mordecai, a redshirt sophomore this season, will have three years of
Month: December 2020
6:11 PM ET Baylor is shaking up its offensive staff, parting ways with offensive coordinator Larry Fedora and passing game coordinator Jorge Munoz, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Bears finished next-to-last in the Big 12 in scoring this year, averaging 23.3 points per game. They were also ninth in the league in yards per play
6:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Boise State‘s Bryan Harsin is set to become the next head football coach at Auburn, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. He replaces Gus Malzahn, who was fired earlier this month after eight seasons with the Tigers. The 44-year-old Harsin is 69-19 with three Mountain West titles in
6:17 PM ET Associated Press The NBA is still looking at scenarios that could allow teams to play in Europe and China again next season, deputy commissioner Mark Tatum said Tuesday. Tatum also said the NBA’s season-opening doubleheader Tuesday night would be shown in China on Tencent, a league streaming partner. But the coronavirus pandemic
6:33 PM ET Pittsburgh Panthers forward Justin Champagnie, one of the most productive basketball players in the country, will miss the next six to eight weeks after suffering a knee injury in practice over the weekend. Panthers guard Au’Diese Toney also suffered a right ankle injury in practice and is considered day-to-day. He is out
5:09 PM ET Michigan has dismissed defensive coordinator Don Brown, a source confirmed to ESPN. The move was first reported by The Athletic. Michigan finished the season 2-4 and the defense ranked 87th in yards allowed per game, 59th in yards allowed per play, and was in the bottom tier in rush and pass yards
4:04 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Whether or not he wanted to make a change at quarterback, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has no choice but to turn to third stringer C.J. Beathard for Saturday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. That’s because Beathard is the only remaining healthy quarterback option on the active
3:48 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have fined multiple players who attended the grand opening of quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s new restaurant franchise, sources told ESPN. Watson, a minority owner of the cheesesteak franchise Lefty’s, hosted the grand opening on Dec. 15. Despite the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols prohibiting more than three players from gathering,
12:20 PM ET Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Next year’s football game between service-academy rivals Air Force and Navy has been moved to Sept. 11 in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the academies announced Tuesday. The game was originally scheduled for Oct. 2. “We will use this nationally televised opportunity
3:43 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons said he isn’t worried about his name coming up in trade rumors involving Houston Rockets star James Harden. “No,” Simmons said after Tuesday’s practice. “I come in every day, take it a day at a time, ready to work. I’m with my teammates. … Every
2:35 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies are expected to name Sam Fuld as their general manager, ESPN has confirmed. The promotion would be the latest in a front-office overhaul for the Phillies, who reassigned former GM Matt Klentak in October and named Dave Dombrowski their new president of baseball operations earlier this month. Fuld, 39,
2:38 PM ET South Carolina will not play in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl on Saturday against UAB because of COVID-19 issues, the school announced Tuesday. There has yet to be a decision on the status of the game. “Between members of the coaching staff and student-athletes, COVID and contact tracing has taken a
3:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — When ABC announcer Mike Breen called the closing seconds of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ NBA Finals-clinching victory in October, he proclaimed, “Banner No. 17 will soon hang in the rafters.” He was right about the hanging part. What Breen didn’t know was that when the Lakers open up the
3:15 PM ET Paul Pierce, Doug Collins, Michael Cooper and Lauren Jackson headline the group of first-time nominees for the 2021 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class, announced Tuesday on ESPN’s The Jump. Also joining the first-time group is Howard Garfinkel, Lou Henson, Val Ackerman and Yolanda Griffith, to go with popular returning candidates
1:57 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady got some good news Tuesday — he’ll have starting left tackle Donovan Smith back this week against the Detroit Lions. Smith was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list last week, not due to a positive test, but because he was notified that a family
2:25 PM ET The New York Mets have avoided salary arbitration with Noah Syndergaard, agreeing to a one-year deal worth $9.7 million, sources confirm to ESPN. The deal was first reported Tuesday by USA Today Sports. Syndergaard, 28 missed the coronavirus-shortened 2020 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his pitching elbow last March. The
1:50 PM ET LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger is expected to retire, a source told ESPN on Tuesday. The news comes amid an overhaul of the coaching staff under head coach Ed Orgeron. Passing game coordinator Scott Linehan is not expected to return next season, according to a source. On Monday, LSU announced that defensive
1:28 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After another opponent cited JuJu Smith-Schuster‘s pregame dances on their logos as motivation, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he would have a conversation with his wide receiver. “I am aware of it,” Tomlin said Tuesday. “And I do plan to talk to JuJu. But we’re professionals. I doubt any of
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