2:41 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 17 of the NFL season is here. Six teams have already clinched a postseason berth, which leaves eight remaining playoff spots. As squads try to make a late-season push, they have to deal with injuries and players in COVID-19 protocols. The Minnesota Vikings won’t have receiver Adam Thielen for
Month: January 2022
12:02 AM ET Jamal Collier Chicago Bulls star DeMar DeRozan hit a buzzer-beating, game-winning 3-pointer for the second consecutive night Saturday, leading the Bulls to a 120-119 road victory over the Washington Wizards, their seventh straight win. DeRozan, who hit a game-winner Friday to defeat the Indiana Pacers, is the first player in NBA history
4:45 PM ET ESPN News Services COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Carolina Hurricanes, one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference all season, have bigger plans for later in 2022, like perhaps competing for the franchise’s second Stanley Cup championship. For now, though, they’ll settle for any type of momentum builder they can get, and
8:32 PM ET NC State All-America offensive tackle Ikem Ekwonu is headed to the NFL draft, he announced Saturday night. Ekwonu, a junior, became the third unanimous All-American in NC State history and the first since defensive end Bradley Chubb in 2017. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. lists Ekwonu as the No. 17 overall prospect for
10:04 PM ET Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral left the Sugar Bowl against Baylor Saturday night after suffering an injury late in the first quarter. The team said he is doubtful to return. On third-and-20 with 2:13 left in the quarter, Corral was sacked by Baylor defensive tackle Cole Maxwell for a six-yard loss and
Report New Zealand added only 70 for the loss of five wickets in the morning session Lunch Bangladesh 5 for 0 (Joy 3*, Shadman 1*) trail New Zealand 328 (Conway 122, Nicholls 75, Shoriful 3-69, Mehidy 3-86) by 323 runs The second morning in Mount Maunganaui belonged to Bangladesh after they bowled out New Zealand
10:42 PM ET William E. Ricks The 2021 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Capital One Venture X between the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes and the No. 11 Utah Utes was simply wild. At one point, six touchdowns were scored in less than three minutes — and that was just in the first half. The
9:47 PM ET Associated Press REDDICK, Fla. — Billy Turner, who trained Seattle Slew to a Triple Crown sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont stakes in 1977, has died. He was 81. Turner died Friday at his home here where he had been in hospice care after battling prostate cancer for two years,
8:25 PM ET The St. Louis Blues face the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in the Winter Classic, the NHL’s annual New Year’s Day game played outdoors. Target Field, usually the home of the Minnesota Twins, is where the two teams will play. 1 Related Per the Weather Channel website, Saturday’s high in Minneapolis is
7:10 PM ET ESPN News Services CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell is forgoing his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Howell’s decision was not surprising, but he made it official Saturday with a video posted on social media. He is considered a potential first-round draft pick and is No. 5
8:24 PM ET It was a record-breaking day for Ohio State wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba in the Rose Bowl Game Pres. by Capital One Venture X. Smith-Njigba broke the Rose Bowl receiving-yard record, the Ohio State single-game receiving record and the Ohio State receiving record for a season on Saturday against Utah. With 257 receiving
7:45 PM ET The Memphis Grizzlies signed forward Killian Tillie to a new two-year, $4 million contract, his agents Andy Shiffman and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN on Saturday. Tillie, undrafted out of Gonzaga in 2020, has played a more prominent role for the Grizzlies lately with several teammates in the league’s health
6:54 PM ET After Oklahoma State completed the largest comeback in team history, coach Mike Gundy put his own label on a 37-35 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl victory over Notre Dame. “This is clearly the biggest win in the history of the school,” Gundy said. Oklahoma State rallied from a 28-7 deficit in the second quarter
5:40 PM ET The St. Louis Blues face the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night in the Winter Classic, the NHL’s annual New Year’s Day game played outdoors. Target Field, usually the home of the Minnesota Twins, is where the two teams will play. 1 Related Per the Weather Channel website, Saturday’s high in Minneapolis is
5:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Hawks coach Nate McMillan entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Saturday. McMillan’s top assistant, Chris Jent, entered the protocols earlier in the week. With McMillan and Jent both unavailable, assistant coach Joe Prunty is expected to serve as the Hawks’ acting head coach against the Portland
5:29 PM ET Denver Nuggets assistant Popeye Jones will be the acting head coach vs. the Houston Rockets in Saturday night’s game, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Assistant David Adelman, who had been acting head coach, now joins coach Michael Malone in COVID-19 protocols, sources said. Denver has a total of four coaches in protocols,
12:58 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots and veteran safety Adrian Phillips reached agreement on a three-year contract extension that includes $7.25 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Phillips, 29, has become a key cog on the defense since signing a two-year, free-agent contract with the Patriots in
11:30 AM ET Arsenal looked on course for a first Premier League win over Manchester City in six years before two wild second-half minutes turned the game on its head. IAN KINGTON/IKIMAGES/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — The good news for Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is that a game many felt would be a landslide, a