Month: January 2022

3:07 PM ET Dabo Swinney has finally dipped into the transfer portal to bolster his roster, and he did it by bringing back a former Clemson football player. Quarterback Hunter Johnson, a onetime top recruit, will return to Clemson after spending the past four seasons at Northwestern. The move was first reported by 247 Sports.
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1:34 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs, who suffered a right ankle sprain in Sunday’s wild-card game against the Philadelphia Eagles, is in a walking boot this week, coach Bruce Arians said Monday. Arians added that “there’s a chance” he can play this week in the divisional round, but it
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3:01 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia’s famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, has died. He was 69. WSCR-AM reported Grobstein died Sunday at his home. No cause was given. Grobstein had been the station’s overnight host since
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12:28 PM ET Georgia’s top-ranked defense won’t look the same next season, but it will feature the return of gifted pass-rusher Nolan Smith, who announced Monday that he plans to come back for his senior season. The former No. 2-ranked player in the Class of 2019, Smith had 55 tackles, 3.5 sacks and an interception
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News Gladiators pick England batter Dan Lawrence as a reserved supplementary pick, while Zalmi roped in Pakistan quick Sohail Khan in that category Karachi Kings have snapped up English batter Ian Cockbain for the upcoming PSL season. In a heavily English-centric PSL replacement draft, Cockbain, 34, was signed as a substitute for fellow countryman Tom
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12:08 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Bengals will be without one of their best defensive linemen for the rest of their playoff run. Starting defensive tackle Larry Ogunjobi was placed on injured reserve Monday, the team announced. Ogunjobi was carted off the field with a right foot injury in Cincinnati’s 26-19 wild-card playoff victory over
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12:36 PM ET Associated Press A wild week of upsets led to big changes in the AP Top 25. Amid the chaos, a familiar team returned to the top. Preseason No. 1 Gonzaga climbed back to the top of The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday, ending Baylor‘s five-week run. The Bulldogs had
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10:13 AM ET Former Louisiana All-Sun Belt offensive lineman O’Cyrus Torrence has committed to transferring to Florida. The move will reunite him with Florida coach Billy Napier, who spent the past four seasons as head coach at Louisiana. Torrence, a junior, was an All-Sun Belt selection each of the past two seasons. He’ll be joined
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9:00 AM ET Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source stats from free agency to maximize imaginary rosters. A willingness to entertain competition for the last few spots on your fantasy hoops roster
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6:57 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Former NBA great Yao Ming said Monday he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose disappearance after making a sexual assault allegation against a former government official raised international concern. He also said it is unfortunate that
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7:15 AM ET After a tumultuous first month of the 2021-22 men’s college basketball season that saw the No. 1 spot constantly changing teams, Baylor brought some stability to the top of the Power Rankings. The Bears looked legitimately dominant through the first eight weeks, carrying their momentum from last season’s national championship run over
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