9:30 AM ET The Cleveland Browns have closed down their facility for the third time in four days after yet another positive COVID-19 test within the organization. Once again, the team will conduct contact tracing and work remotely while preparing for Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Browns can clinch their first playoff spot
Month: January 2021
7:00 AM ET WHEN MATT CAMPBELL was introduced as Iowa State‘s football coach on Nov. 30, 2015, he shared a story about a road trip to Ames the previous year with Toledo. The team bus arrived at Jack Trice Stadium early, so Campbell, then Toledo’s coach, walked the grounds. He surveyed the Iowa State facilities,
6:00 AM ET DAVIE, Fla. — The Miami Dolphins‘ offense was teetering and playoff dreams were starting to slip away. After three straight three-and-outs with rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, coach Brian Flores made the eye-opening, fourth-quarter call to his bullpen. Veteran QB Ryan Fitzpatrick was being called in to save the game — and he
3:15 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors were hoping that Draymond Green‘s return would give the team a defensive edge it has been missing since the start of the regular season. Green missed most of training camp, all three preseason games and the first four regular-season games because of a combination of
12:35 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — They told us this was the game they wanted. This was the game they started dreaming about in the locker room on a cold desert night a year ago. This was the game the Ohio State Buckeyes saw slipping from their fingers when the Big Ten postponed the season,
1:50 AM ET After Ohio State walloped Clemson 49-28 in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Friday, Tigers coach Dabo Swinney said it was clear the better team won. But that wouldn’t change Swinney’s mind on where he ranked the Buckeyes on his ballot in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
News Pakistan are hopeful he will be available for the home series against South Africa Pakistan’s regular Test captain Babar Azam has been ruled out of the second Test in Christchurch starting Sunday. Mohammad Rizwan will lead Pakistan again, like he did in the first Test. Azam had a “full-fledged” training session in Christchurch on
12:52 AM ET ESPN staff The Ohio State Buckeyes romped in the Sugar Bowl, scoring seven touchdowns on the way to a 49-28 win over the Clemson Tigers that earned the Buckeyes a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship against Alabama. Six of Ohio State’s scores came via quarterback Justin Fields‘ passing in
12:14 AM ET Over the past century, only Michigan has won more football games than Ohio State and Alabama, and just one victory separates the Buckeyes and Crimson Tide. Ohio State has won 929 games; Alabama has won 928. The Crimson Tide have 15 national championships, while the Buckeyes have claimed eight. College Football Playoff
9:47 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Clemson starting linebacker James Skalski was ejected from Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl for targeting on a hard hit to Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields in the second quarter. Skalski went to tackle Fields and appeared to lower the crown of his helmet as
10:02 PM ET No. 20 Duke‘s matchup against No. 18 Florida State in Tallahassee on Saturday, which the Blue Devils had been set to play without coach Mike Krzyzewski, has been postponed, the ACC announced Friday night. The postponement is due to a positive COVID-19 test in the Florida State program, as well as contact
6:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent MANCHESTER, England — Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will tell you that Manchester United haven’t really hit top form this season, and that one of the reasons is Anthony Martial. It bodes well, then, that on the opening day of a year that could yield a first title challenge of the post-Sir
10:02 PM ET Mike Krzyzewski will miss No. 20 Duke‘s matchup against No. 18 Florida State in Tallahassee on Saturday after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, the school announced Friday night. The team said Krzyzewski did not travel to Florida with the Blue Devils and would be sidelined “to observe
9:25 PM ET After falling to No. 1 Alabama 31-14 on Friday in the College Football Playoff semifinals, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly bristled at questions about what the Irish need to do to win a national championship. “I guess everybody needs to continue to carry this narrative that Notre Dame is not good enough,”
9:19 PM ET Associated Press Saturday’s scheduled men’s basketball game between No. 23 Virginia and No. 24 Virginia Tech has been postponed because a Cavaliers staffer has tested positive for COVID-19. The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the postponement on Friday, saying the positive test led to quarantining and contact tracing within the Virginia program. This
7:35 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Hours after the College Football Playoff selection committee cemented the top four teams, Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly was asked the million-dollar question: How do you stop or limit the Alabama offense? Kelly equivocated, noting his staff hadn’t evaluated the Crimson Tide game plan-wise, since he had just learned
7:17 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NEW YORK — Utah Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Friday for making contact with a game official Thursday night in the Jazz’s 106-95 home loss to the Phoenix Suns. The incident occurred early in the second quarter.
8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Dan Mullen has fired two defensive assistants in the wake of the unit’s worst season in more than a hundred years, according to ESPN and multiple reports. Mullen parted ways with secondary coaches Ron English and Torrian Gray, as first reported by 247Sports. The