7:29 PM ET Boise State football is hiring Oregon defensive coordinator Andy Avalos, a former player and assistant at the school, as its next head coach, sources confirmed to ESPN. Avalos, 39, spent the past two seasons at Oregon, helping the Ducks to consecutive Pac-12 championships. He came to Oregon from Boise State, where he
Month: January 2021
5:43 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. will remain in the league’s health and safety protocol for an indefinite period and continue to be tested daily for the coronavirus, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Porter, 22, has been in the protocol since last Thursday as a result of contract tracing. He has missed
6:22 PM ET Former four-division title-holder Adrien Broner will make his return to the ring on Feb. 13, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday, marking the first time in over two years he will fight. Broner hasn’t appeared in the ring since Jan. 19, 2019, when he lost a unanimous decision to Manny Pacquiao
4:54 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, England — Even when it is battling unprecedented difficulties and uncertainty caused by the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the FA Cup still manages to lift football’s morale. On a night when Aston Villa‘s youngsters were expected to be rolled over by Liverpool, the kids gave Jurgen Klopp’s Premier League
6:22 PM ET Notre Dame hired Cincinnati defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to take on the same role with the Fighting Irish, it was announced Friday. Freeman fills the vacancy left by Clark Lea, who left Notre Dame to become head coach at Vanderbilt. Freeman, who will also work with the linebackers at Notre Dame, had
6:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Celtics All-Star point guard Kemba Walker has been cleared to practice, the team announced Friday, and coach Brad Stevens says Walker’s troublesome left knee has been pain-free for “over a month.” Walker’s left knee has been an ongoing issue for Boston going back for a calendar year, to
3:42 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have activated defensive lineman Michael Brockers from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Friday. The move comes a day
4:49 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints are still hoping to get offensive stars Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas back in the lineup for Sunday’s playoff opener against the Chicago Bears. But they ruled out one of their top defensive playmakers, defensive end Trey Hendrickson, with a neck injury on Friday. Hendrickson
4:48 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Defensive coordinator Mike Nolan and defensive line coach Jim Tomsula will not be returning to the Dallas Cowboys for the 2021 season, the team announced Friday. Last season, the Cowboys (6-10) allowed the most points in franchise history (473) and finished 31st in the league in run defense. In
3:33 PM ET Associated Press No. 13 Missouri has paused all men’s basketball activities as a result of COVID-19 protocols and postponed Saturday night’s home game against LSU. Missouri (7-1) did not disclose any details in Friday’s announcement and said the status of the Jan. 12 game against Vanderbilt and the Jan. 16 game at
4:14 PM ET Jim Harbaugh has signed a contract extension to remain Michigan‘s coach, he told 247 Sports on Friday. A source confirmed to ESPN that it is a five-year extension that includes a lower base salary and many performance incentives. Harbaugh had one year left on his initial contract at Michigan, which paid the
4:37 PM ET Clemson’s next two games have been postponed after a positive COVID-19 test in the Tigers’ program, the ACC announced Friday. The Tigers were scheduled to play at North Carolina on Saturday and at Syracuse on Tuesday. “The postponements follow a positive test, subsequent quarantining and contact racing within the Clemson men’s basketball
4:10 PM ET The Clemson Tigers ended one of college basketball’s most historic streaks last season, taking down the North Carolina Tar Heels in Chapel Hill for the first time. UNC is better in 2020-21, but so is Clemson, which enters their latest ACC foray as a top-20 team. Our experts took a look at
3:00 PM ET A limited number of fans will be in attendance for the UFC’s first three live events of 2021 — marking the first time UFC events will be open to any spectators since UFC 248 on March 7 in Las Vegas. The Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism discussed permitting spectators during
2:42 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Two days before their first playoff appearance in 18 years, the Cleveland Browns finally will practice. The NFL cleared the team to practice Friday afternoon for the first time this week. Cleveland’s training facility had been closed since Tuesday, after head coach Kevin Stefanski and four others within the
3:01 PM ET No. 3 Ohio State is boarding a plane to Miami as planned on Saturday to face No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday, a school spokesman told ESPN on Friday afternoon, officially ending speculation that the biggest game of the season might have to be postponed. “The
2:51 PM ET HOUSTON — Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair acknowledged he hasn’t heard from Deshaun Watson since he hired Nick Caserio as general manager but said he hopes to speak with the franchise quarterback soon about the move. “I’ve come to understand that it’s been reported that Deshaun feels left out of the
3:33 PM ET The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to have multiple players miss time due to contact tracing and are still awaiting results of Friday’s coronavirus testing, sources tell ESPN. Those players were in close contact with Seth Curry, who sources say returned a positive test on Thursday. The team learned of Curry’s positive test
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