Month: December 2021

3:45 PM ET Michigan State coach Mel Tucker is making use of the transfer portal once again. On Thursday, Tucker and the Spartans gained the commitment of former Mississippi State linebacker Aaron Brule. Brule’s 52 tackles were the fourth-most among the Bulldogs this season. He also had three sacks. Tucker made significant use of the
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8:38 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Jonathan Singleton, a former heralded baseball prospect who hasn’t played in the major leagues since 2015, has signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers. Singleton signed a $10 million long-term deal with the Houston Astros in 2014 before ever playing a big league game, then hit
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9:23 PM ET In what may have been a preview of Saturday’s Heisman Trophy ceremony, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the Maxwell Award Thursday night, given to the college football player of the year. Young beat out Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett, and Michigan State running back Kenneth Walker III for the award. Young was also
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9:47 PM ET Associated Press PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Ron Harper Jr. hit a buzzer-beater from just inside half court, and Rutgers shocked Purdue in its first-ever game as the nation’s No. 1 team, winning 70-68 on Thursday night. Harper finished with 30 points on 10-of-15 shooting and 10 rebounds for the Scarlet Knights, a do-it-all
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7:33 PM ET Associated Press Wide receiver Allen Robinson said he expects to return to the Chicago Bears‘ lineup when they visit the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night after missing the past three games because of a hamstring injury. “That’s the plan,” he said Thursday. “Everything is trending in the right direction.” With quarterback
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7:37 PM ET Toronto Raptors vice-chairman and president Masai Ujiri has tested positive for COVID-19, he said in a statement released by the team Thursday. Ujiri said he is fully vaccinated and has received a booster shot. He was present at a Giants of Africa event Sunday and later learned of “positive COVID-19 tests among
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6:11 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The injury that Randall Cobb suffered in the Green Bay Packers‘ last game before their bye turned out to be a core muscle injury that required surgery, a source told ESPN, and now the team believes he will miss several games, putting the rest of his season in
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6:18 PM ET Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — No. 5 Gonzaga‘s game against Washington scheduled for Sunday has been canceled due to COVID-19 protocols within the Huskies program. The game will not be made up this season. The schools said Thursday that continuing the series is important and the programs would be working to find
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3:57 PM ET Virginia Tech is expected to hire Jacksonville Jaguars assistant coach Tyler Bowen as offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Bowen, 32, is in his first season coaching tight ends for the Jaguars under coach Urban Meyer. He worked alongside new Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry at Penn State from 2018
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5:08 PM ET Alabama will be without starting cornerback Josh Jobe for the College Football Playoff after he underwent foot surgery this week, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Jobe, who bypassed the 2021 NFL draft to return to the No. 1 Crimson Tide for one more season, won’t be available to play No. 4
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5:42 PM ET Oregon is making a push to bring back Chip Kelly as the Ducks’ head football coach, sources told ESPN. Kelly took Oregon to the BCS national championship game in 2010 and has strong support in Eugene. Kelly is in his fourth season as UCLA‘s coach and entering what would be the final
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1:43 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon were set a target of about 18 months on Thursday to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The governing bodies of boxing and weightlifting were described as problems by International Olympic Committee
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4:09 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Kurtis Gabriel from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday for defenseman Chad Krys. The 28-year-old Gabriel has one goal and one assist in 13 games with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. He is slated to join the Blackhawks in Toronto
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4:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Veteran linebacker Zach Cunningham is remaining in the AFC South after he was claimed off waivers by the Tennessee Titans on Thursday. Cunningham was waived by the Houston Texans on Wednesday, days after he was inactive for the team’s Week 13 loss to the Indianapolis Colts because he was
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