Month: December 2020

5:18 PM ET Stanford is declining bowl opportunities this season after spending the past few weeks of the regular season away from campus, the team announced Sunday. The Cardinal, who spent the past two weeks in Washington and Oregon to play games there, are set to travel Monday to Santa Barbara, California, to begin preparation
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5:35 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Jamal Adams has set the NFL’s record for most sacks in a single season by a defensive back. The Seattle Seahawks‘ All-Pro strong safety was credited with a sack on a play in which he chased New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold out of bounds for a 1-yard
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3:57 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Pierre Lacroix, the astute executive who was the architect of two Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup championship teams, has died. He was 72. The Avalanche confirmed his death Sunday. No cause of death was given. Lacroix was a driving force behind turning the Avalanche into a perennial power after
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2:11 PM ET Former UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton plans to transfer to Florida State, he told ESPN on Sunday. Milton, who has been unable to play for the past two years while rehabbing a devastating right leg injury, said he chose the Seminoles because “it’s a great opportunity to play at the biggest level on
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4:31 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs ran their streak of AFC West championships to five in defeating the Miami Dolphins 33-27 on Sunday. The Chiefs last week clinched a playoff berth by beating the Denver Broncos. Their next regular-season goal is to secure the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed and the first-round postseason bye.
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2:52 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — The latest U.S. Women’s Open on the calendar will last one more day because of relentless rain that drenched Champions Golf Club and forced the USGA to suspend the final round until Monday. Hinako Shibuno of Japan, who had a one-shot lead as she goes for a second
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2:20 PM ET Associated Press The first top-10 shakeup in more than a month pushed Coastal Carolina to No. 9 in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday. Alabama was a unanimous No. 1, followed by Notre Dame, Ohio State, Clemson and Texas A&M as those teams held their spots for a sixth straight
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3:00 PM ET Adam TeicherESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Tyreek Hill‘s first catch of the game for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday was a big one against the Miami Dolphins. Hill caught
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2:30 PM ET Auburn fired head football coach Gus Malzahn, the school announced Sunday. The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-4 record after beating Mississippi State 24-10 on Saturday. “After evaluating the state of the Auburn football program, we’ve decided that it was time to
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12:33 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Lovie Smith is out as Illinois‘ head football coach after five seasons,
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12:28 PM ET Minnesota Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph has been ruled out against Tampa Bay on Sunday, ending a streak of consecutive games played that dates back to 2014. Rudolph, who missed practice this week with a foot injury, last missed a game on Dec. 21, 2014, at Miami. His regular-season streak ends at
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12:42 PM ET CHICAGO — Jimmy Collins, who coached Illinois-Chicago men’s basketball to the NCAA tournament three times in 14 seasons, died Sunday morning, the school announced. He was 74. Collins led UIC to a 218-208 record from 1996 to 2010. The Flames posted four 20-win seasons and made the program’s only NCAA tournament appearances
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1:20 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Sue Donohoe, former director of both the women’s and men’s NCAA Division I basketball tournaments, has died Sunday after a brief
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