Month: November 2021

12:02 PM ET SMU is hiring Miami offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee as its next coach, sources told ESPN. An agreement has been finalized. Lashlee will replace Sonny Dykes, who is leaving to become TCU’s coach, according to sources. TCU has scheduled a news conference Tuesday to introduce Dykes, who went 30-18 in four seasons at
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11:54 AM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. will undergo a surgical procedure on his lower back Wednesday and miss an indefinite period, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN on Monday. Porter is expected to make a full recovery, and a timetable for his return will come after surgery, Bartelstein said.
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10:40 AM ET Syracuse football coach Dino Babers will return next season, athletic director John Wildhack announced Monday. The Orange finished 5-7 in 2021, their third straight losing season, but showed significant progress over their 1-10 campaign in 2020. Babers has already shaken up his staff, announcing Sunday that offensive coordinator Sterlin Gilbert, tight ends/inside
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10:56 AM ET FRISCO, Texas – The Dallas Cowboys‘ COVID-19 outbreak has now reached head coach Mike McCarthy. McCarthy was placed on COVID protocols Monday and will not coach Thursday against the New Orleans Saints. In a statement, the team said McCarthy “will continue to direct, and be in involved in, all meetings and game
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10:26 AM ET After suffering four decommitments on Sunday, Oklahoma received more bad news on Monday when ESPN 300 defensive end Derrick Moore and offensive lineman Demetrius Hunter both announced they were decommitting from the Sooners. The exodus is coming after head coach Lincoln Riley accepted the same position at USC as the Oklahoma recruits
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9:58 AM ET Associated Press Tony Brown usually isn’t that excited about being assigned a shift as one of the referees working in the NBA’s replay center. That is, until now. The longtime NBA ref — diagnosed earlier this year with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer — is going back to work Monday for the first
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9:47 AM ET Associated Press The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 launched an initiative Monday to raise awareness of the importance of mental health as part of their conference alliance announced earlier this year. Teammates for Mental Health will be unveiled this week during basketball games involving the three conferences, including the ACC/Big
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8:46 AM ET Britian’s Amir Khan and Kell Brook will face one another in a welterweight showdown on Feb. 19, 2022, promoters announced on Monday. Promoters Boxxer said the long-awaited bout had been signed and confirmed after lengthy delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Last week Ben Shalom, told ESPN the deal was close, and
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8:51 AM ET Associated Press FINCA CORTESIN, Spain — Suzann Pettersen, who won the Solheim Cup for Europe in 2019 with the last shot of her career, will captain the team four years later for its second straight title defense. The Norwegian’s 7-foot putt for birdie at the final hole at Gleneagles saw Europe reclaim
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