Month: December 2021

5:07 PM ET Michigan offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Josh Gattis on Tuesday was named the winner of the Broyles Award, which annually goes to college football’s top assistant coach. The No. 2 Wolverines ranked second in the Big Ten and 13th nationally with 37.7 points per game behind a balanced attack that averaged
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News They are unlikely to see much of Jhye Richardson but have signed Tymal Mills SquadAshton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly (replacement), Laurie Evans (England), Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson (replacement) Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitchell Marsh, Tymal Mills (England), David Moody (replacement), Lance Morris, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Kurtis Patterson, Jhye
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7:39 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Fresno State is nearing an agreement to hire Jeff Tedford as its next football coach, sources told ESPN
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8:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum has been diagnosed with a pneumothorax in his right lung, the team announced Tuesday night. A pneumothorax is a collapsed lung, and it was discovered Tuesday after the veteran underwent a CT scan. On Saturday, in the fourth quarter of a game against
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8:10 PM ET A week after announcing Brian Kelly as its new coach, LSU is poised to lose starting quarterback Max Johnson along with his brother, Jake, a prized tight end recruit. Max Johnson announced Tuesday that he plans to enter the transfer portal. A sophomore and the son of former NFL quarterback Brad Johnson,
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6:00 PM ET Ohio State hired Jim Knowles as the football team’s defensive coordinator on Tuesday, head coach Ryan Day announced. Knowles had been the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State, where his defense ranked No. 3 in total yards per game. A finalist for the Broyles Award, which annually goes to college football’s top assistant
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5:02 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Tyson Fury has his sights set on his potential next opponent. The WBC on Tuesday ordered Fury to defend his heavyweight championship against Dillian Whyte, who was the organization’s No. 1 contender for more than 1,000 days without a title shot. Fury (31-0-1, 22 KOs) has one fight remaining on
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4:42 PM ET Count Alabama quarterback and Heisman Trophy favorite Bryce Young among those surprised that teammate Will Anderson Jr. wasn’t among the four finalists for the award. “I definitely think he was deserving,” Young told reporters Tuesday. “If you look at numbers, you look at production, I definitely think he deserves to be there.
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4:05 PM GMT England’s Simon Middleton has become the first coach of a women’s team to win World Rugby Coach of the Year, the sport’s governing body announced on Tuesday. Middleton guided England’s “Red Roses” to their third successive Six Nations title in April and the team finished the year with an unbeaten record, winning
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4:21 PM GMT Leicester Tigers have signed South Africa’s World Cup-winning fly-half Handre Pollard ahead of the 2022-23 season, the English Premiership leaders said on Tuesday, to replace departing fly-half George Ford. Pollard, who has won 60 caps for South Africa since making his debut in 2014, will join Leicester next season after leaving French
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3:49 PM ET Pittsburgh offensive coordinator Mark Whipple has resigned, the school announced Tuesday. Whipple, 64, just completed his third season as Pitt’s offensive coordinator and mentored quarterback Kenny Pickett, who on Monday was named a Heisman Trophy finalist. The 11-2 Panthers defeated Wake Forest on Saturday to win their first ACC championship. “During his
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2:59 PM ET Indiana Pacers guard T.J. McConnell had surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right hand and could be lost for the rest of the season as he’s expected to miss several months, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Tuesday. McConnell suffered the wrist injury during the Pacers’ loss to the Atlanta Hawks
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1:14 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger knows playing the Minnesota Vikings on a short week after a physical game against the Baltimore Ravens is going to require little extra help. “Just have as many people help as you can: chiropractors, masseuses, training staff,” the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback said Tuesday. “Getting in the pools and
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