9:22 PM ET Former Texas coach Fred Akers, who was tasked with replacing the legendary Darrell Royal as the head coach of the Longhorns, died Monday, the school announced. He was 82. After serving as an assistant to Royal from 1966 to 1975, Akers got his first head-coaching job at Wyoming. After going 8-4 and
Month: December 2020
2:18 AM GMT Alex Malcolm Captain Mitchell Marsh Coach Adam Voges Squad Ashton Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Joe Clarke (Eng), Cameron Gannon, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Liam Livingstone (Eng), Mitchell Marsh, Colin Munro (NZ), Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Jason Roy (Eng), Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam
3:14 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Last season, one of the most scrutinized things about a much-scrutinized Philadelphia 76ers team was which position Ben Simmons was playing. He began the season, as he had the prior two, as the team’s point guard. When the Sixers arrived inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort
6:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green and No. 2 overall draft pick James Wiseman missed Day 1 of the team’s training camp Monday. Coach Steve Kerr didn’t specify why the two were absent but did say they were the only two players not to take the court. Kerr said
8:53 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers dropped a lot of things Monday night at Heinz Field, culminating with the biggest drop of all: their undefeated season and an opportunity to clinch their first playoff berth since 2017. The Steelers fell to the Washington Football Team 23-17, blowing a 14-point lead that was the
8:27 PM ET Denver Nuggets guard Monte Morris has agreed to a three-year, $27 million contract extension, his agent, Ron Shade of Octagon, told ESPN on Monday night. Morris, who could’ve become an unrestricted free agent next summer, is yet another draft and development success story of Denver president of basketball operations Tim Connelly’s and
8:01 PM ET Golden State Warriors star guard Stephen Curry says the possibility of signing an extension with the organization is “on the table” and reiterated that he is hopeful he eventually will retire from the only professional team he has ever known. When asked if he plans to sign a contract extension, Curry, 32,
8:00 PM ET Associated Press Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes said the Demon Deacons’ men’s basketball game against VMI on Dec. 21 is “not going to happen” as the program deals with coronavirus issues. During his weekly radio show, Forbes said the program had a “significant increase” in positive COVID-19 tests over the past week.
7:14 PM ET UNLV quarterback Max Gilliam has apologized for a less than above-board moment while appearing on the reality TV show “Below Deck” earlier this year. Gilliam, a senior from Thousand Oaks, California, apologized on Twitter for eating sushi off a nude model during an episode that aired last month and was reportedly filmed
7:33 PM ET The NFL suspended two players for stepping on opponents in two separate games on Sunday. Tennessee Titans defensive end Teair Tart and Cincinnati Bengals safety Shawn Williams were suspended for one game without pay for violations of unnecessary roughness and unsportsmanlike conduct rules, the league announced on Monday. Tart was deemed to
6:42 PM ET The shadow of his Hall of Fame father looms large, but Shane Beamer embraces that shadow and said Monday during his introductory news conference as South Carolina‘s head coach that his father, Frank Beamer, would be around the Gamecocks’ program often. To this day, Shane Beamer still relies on his father’s advice,
6:36 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers couldn’t find the end zone on four plays from the 1-yard line on Monday, but it only took James Washington one play from the 50-yard line to get there on the next drive. Starting their sixth drive of the evening from midfield, the Steelers found the end
7:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James says that the most satisfying part of the two-year, $85 million contract extension he signed with the Los Angeles Lakers last week isn’t the money. It isn’t the fact that it assures him 20 seasons in the NBA. It isn’t the pride in knowing he’s worked hard
5:58 PM ET PFL lightweight champion Kayla Harrison will get a second fight in 2020 after all, as she has booked a 155-pound contest against Jozette Cotton at Titan FC 66 on Dec. 17. Harrison (8-0) is still under exclusive contract with PFL, but was given permission to fight outside the organization because of the
6:27 PM ET Popular women’s flyweight fighter Rachael Ostovich is the latest victim of UFC’s planned cuts, the promotion confirmed on Monday. UFC president Dana White said Saturday following UFC Fight Night that they would be making “serious cuts” — about 60 fighters would be released before the first of the year. The UFC released
5:10 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew II says he pleaded with head coach Doug Marrone to put him back on the field after he was medically cleared from a thumb injury late last month. Yet Marrone opted to go with veteran Mike Glennon against the Cleveland Browns, and he’s still sticking
5:01 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN In a memo sent to teams by the NBA Monday morning, the league laid out resting policies for the 2020-21 regular season — including granting significant flexibility to teams resting players in non-nationally televised games, particularly at the start of the season. The memo, which was obtained by ESPN, says
4:12 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was officially activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday, putting him on course to start Tuesday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. Sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Sunday that Jackson was expected to start after he completed his 10-day quarantine. The reigning
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