Month: January 2021

5:46 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — LSU is working to finalize a deal that would make New Orleans Saints defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen its next defensive coordinator, a source confirmed to ESPN. However, the agreement has not become official yet since his contract with the Saints could bar such a move. 1 Related Nielsen
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5:08 PM ET Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving bought a house for the family of George Floyd, according to former NBA player Stephen Jackson. Jackson, who was a close friend of the late Floyd, revealed on “The Rematch” podcast that Irving, along with other celebrities have reached out to help Floyd’s family. “Kyrie Irving bought
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3:55 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets center Pierre-Luc Dubois has requested a trade from the team, which is why interest around the league was piqued when he didn’t take a regular shift during the second period of the team’s 3-2 win over Detroit on Monday afternoon. Coach John Tortorella denied he “benched” the 22-year-old scorer.
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4:05 PM ET Oklahoma‘s football program picked up a key addition Monday when the Sooners landed former Tennessee tackle Wanya Morris as a transfer. Morris, a five-star prospect from Loganville, Georgia, was the No. 9 overall prospect in the 2018 ESPN 300. He played in 22 games and made 19 starts in two seasons for
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3:55 PM ET ESPN News Services Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard CJ McCollum‘s sprained left foot will be reevaluated in a week, coach Terry Stotts said Monday. McCollum left the Blazers’ 112-106 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday at halftime because of the injury. Stotts said after the game that X-rays ruled out a
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3:01 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday he didn’t know whether Patrick Mahomes would clear the NFL’s concussion protocol in time to play in next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. But Reid indicated Mahomes may have felt well enough to have returned to Sunday’s divisional round game. After
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3:27 PM ET Nick Kyrgios joined former Davis Cup player Sam Groth in criticising Novak Djokovic after the Serbian world No. 1 reportedly wrote to Australian Open organisers asking them to ease quarantine restrictions for players. Passengers who arrived on three charter flights have been placed into hard quarantine, including more than 70 players who
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3:00 PM GMT South Africa are open to “all options” to play the British & Irish Lions and are willing to travel to the United Kingdom to make sure the series goes ahead, director of rugby Rassie Erasmus said on Monday. The Lions are scheduled to tour South Africa for eight matches between July 3
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2:00 PM ET Every week, we’ll mine the waiver wire for lesser-rostered assets to help your squad, whether you favor dynasty or the redraft format, and we’ll also toss in some tips for DFS players out there. Finally, we will look at some former go-to fantasy assets who may be overvalued – in the short-
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1:58 PM ET NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving will not play against the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, marking the seventh consecutive game he will miss as he continues to ramp up his on-court activity. As Irving inches closer to returning to game action, his debut alongside James Harden and Kevin Durant could come on
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1:34 PM ET Chris Sale is under contract for four more years with the Boston Red Sox — plus an option for 2025 — and with the team hoping that he can contribute throughout the length of the contract, the pace for his return from Tommy John surgery is expected to be deliberate, according to
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11:33 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers said goodbye to two of their top assistants last week but are keeping two more with a couple of in-house promotions that had been in the works for a while. With former defensive coordinator Robert Saleh and passing game coordinator Mike LaFleur headed to
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12:28 PM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Tennessee has fired head football coach Jeremy Pruitt after a
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12:57 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson tweeted on Monday, asking fans who planned a protest on his behalf to cancel the event “for the sake of public safety.” “Although I am humbled I ask that whoever is organizing the march cancel for the sake of public safety,” Watson tweeted. “Covid is
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