4:29 PM ET Associated Press North Carolina coach Hubert Davis has a new six-year contract and a raise after his first-year run to the NCAA championship game. Signed in late August, the deal runs through the 2027-28 season and is worth about $16.7 million. That includes base and supplemental pay, as well as compensation tied
Month: October 2022
3:01 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Naturally, Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp admits she’s frustrated with the 1-5 start to the season, but she still feels that coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes are the right people to lead the rebuild. Ford Hamp fielded questions from reporters for four
3:45 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA’s Division I board of directors approved on Wednesday new guidance to members on name, image and likeness activities, clarifying how schools, coaches and staffers can be involved with athletes’ endorsement and sponsorship deals. The latest clarifications to the NCAA’s interim NIL policy creates no new rules,
3:05 PM ET Associated Press Adam Wainwright will pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals next season, choosing to return for an 18th with the club while longtime teammates Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina head into retirement. Cardinals president John Mozeliak said Wednesday that the 41-year-old Wainwright informed the NL Central champions of his decision to
3:03 PM ET Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. will miss Wednesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers because of lumbar management, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. There is optimism he could be back for Friday’s game against the Utah Jazz. A back injury limited Porter to nine games in 2021-22, and he underwent
12:01 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Kansas State quarterback Adrian Martinez and Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell were among 15 players named finalists Wednesday for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given to college football’s top scholar-athlete. Finalists are chosen from all levels of college football by the National Football Foundation and earn an $18,000
3:09 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — USC‘s and UCLA‘s upcoming move to the Big Ten has not been popular with their supporters, according to Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff. Both USC and UCLA will become full members of the Big Ten in 2024 after an offseason move that changed the structure of college sports. During Pac-12
1:06 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN For all of the focus that Ben Simmons‘ unwillingness to shoot jumpers received during his exit from the Philadelphia 76ers, in retrospect the concern was a bit overblown from the fantasy basketball perspective. After all, in his four seasons with the 76ers, Simmons averaged a respectable 15.9 PPG on 11.6
7:00 AM ET Philipp Grubauer didn’t feel bad, exactly. He didn’t feel good, either. The goaltender was merely coasting along during his inaugural season with the Colorado Avalanche in 2018-19, preparing for games as he always had and ignoring — at first — his body’s increasing lethargy. At the time Grubauer was like most of
1:59 PM ET Bob McClellanNFL Joe Biddle, whose Nashville sportswriting career spanned five decades, died early Wednesday. He was 78. Born June 13, 1944, in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he was a high school classmate of Heisman Trophy winner and legendary coach Steve Spurrier, Biddle rose to prominence as the sports editor and columnist of
2:32 PM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Barcelona have been knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage for the second season running after Inter Milan beat Viktoria Plzen 4-0 on Wednesday. Barca, therefore, will play in the Europa League in the new year regardless of their results against Bayern Munich at Camp
12:55 PM ET The ambitious Bellator vs. Rizin card on New Year’s Eve has its top fights set — and all are highly competitive, featuring top athletes from both promotions. Bellator star AJ McKee will face Rizin lightweight champion Roberto “Satoshi” de Souza in the main event of the Dec. 31 card at Japan’s Saitama
1:56 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Ryan came to work Monday morning planning to rehab his sore right shoulder and turn his attention to the Washington Commanders. But the Indianapolis Colts quarterback was instead hit with the stunning news that he had lost his starting job to 2021 sixth-round pick Sam Ehlinger. “As
1:20 PM ET British No. 2 Daniel Evans beat Karen Khachanov in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals of the Vienna Open on Wednesday. Evans, 32, beat Khachanov 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and 16 minutes to set up a tie with either Denis Shapovalov or Taylor Fritz. Elsewhere on Wednesday, No. 1 seed
1:35 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Buccaneers will be without four starters when they host the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night as quarterback Tom Brady tries to avoid three consecutive losses for the first time in 20 years and just the second time in his career. The Bucs will be without starting left guard
12:54 PM ET Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama defensive lineman Justin Eboigbe is likely out for the season with a neck injury. Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban said Wednesday that Eboigbe has had surgery. He played in the first four games but hasn’t seen action since. “He had a procedure done that would enhance
12:30 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott‘s availability could be up in the air for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears because of a sprained right knee. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said Elliott will not practice Wednesday and do rehab off to the side as Dallas looks to manage his
11:20 AM ET Sean O’Malley, who has talked a good game for his entire UFC run, proved his worthiness of being considered among the elite at bantamweight with his UFC 280 victory over former champion Petr Yan last weekend. As a result, “Suga Sean” enters the men’s top-10 in the latest ESPN divisional rankings and
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