2:11 PM ET Well, Europe’s big leagues gave us another big batch of talking points lot to enjoy, dissect and digest this weekend! From Chelsea‘s and Liverpool‘s chastening defeats — though for different reasons — to Napoli‘s latest big win and Barcelona‘s great escape against Valencia, and from Real Madrid‘s shocking 1-1 draw with lowly
Month: October 2022
1:41 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The Detroit Lions have fired defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant, head coach Dan Campbell said Monday. Pleasant was in his second season in the role in Detroit after previous NFL stops with the Los Angeles Rams, Washington Commanders and Cleveland Browns. Detroit (1-6) decided to make
2:07 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN The Golden State Warriors have picked up the fourth-year option for center James Wiseman and third-year options for forward Jonathan Kuminga and guard Moses Moody ahead of Monday’s deadline, sources confirmed to ESPN. Wiseman’s option is $12.1 million, while Kuminga’s and Moody’s are $6 million and $3.9 million, respectively. The
1:10 PM ET ESPN News Services ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh expects the four suspended Michigan State football players involved in roughing up two members of Michigan’s team to be punished further, saying he “can’t imagine that this will not result in criminal charges.” Harbaugh said defensive back Gemon Green was punched by a
1:10 PM ET After less than two turbulent seasons, Auburn fired football coach Bryan Harsin on Monday. The decision comes just before the school was expected to name a new athletic director in John Cohen, the former Mississippi State AD, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Harsin’s firing comes less than 48 hours after the
Did India try to rush Jasprit Bumrah back from injury during their build-up to the T20 World Cup? Chief selector Chetan Sharma seemed to suggest so at a virtual press conference on Monday to announce four squads across two tours – New Zealand and Bangladesh – in November-December 2022. “I always say that we have
12:36 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Auburn is finalizing a deal Monday to make Mississippi State’s John Cohen its next athletic director, per ESPN sources. As first reported Saturday, Cohen, who is currently in his seventh year as Mississippi State’s athletic director would replace Allen Greene, who negotiated a departure from Auburn in August as his
12:08 PM ET Florida veteran linebacker Brenton Cox Jr. has been dismissed from the team, a source told ESPN. A redshirt junior, Cox leads the team with eight tackles for loss. In eight games, he has 35 tackles, 2 sacks and 9 quarterback hurries. On3 was first to report that Cox is no longer on
10:00 AM ET ESPN staff Week 9 of the college football season featured historic defensive efforts, coaching spats, incredible catches, fire extinguisher showers and so many other moments that make us love this sport. Best troll Nothing like getting your meme turned right back around on you after a loss, which is exactly what UCF
11:47 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Starting New England Patriots wide receiver DeVante Parker received “good news” on tests from the knee injury that knocked him out of Sunday’s win over the New York Jets. It has been diagnosed as a sprain, a source told ESPN senior NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler. Parker could miss some
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10:09 AM BST Captain Sarah Hunter became the most-capped England international and the most capped-women’s player in history, winning her 138th cap in their 41-5 quarterfinal win over Australia at the Women’s Rugby World Cup. To celebrate, Hunter scored the opening try of a rain-drenched match in which England’s forward power and precision in marginal
10:30 AM ET The biggest game of the college football season to date is lined up for Saturday afternoon as the Georgia Bulldogs host the Tennessee Volunteers in a No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle of SEC unbeatens. Whoever comes out of Athens with the win also will have the inside track to the SEC
9:09 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Shakur Stevenson has won titles in two divisions and is moving up again to make noise at 135 pounds, where Devin Haney is the undisputed champion and Gervonta Davis is one of the toughest challengers. And don’t forget about former champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, who is coming off victory this
10:08 AM ET Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker has emerged as the consensus betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy ahead of the second-ranked Volunteers’ showdown with No. 1 Georgia on Saturday. Hooker moved ahead of Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud in the Heisman odds over the weekend and is now an even-money favorite at Caesars
7:50 AM ET MIAMI — During Wednesday’s pairings selection at the LIV Golf Team Championship, held inside the Ivanka Trump ballroom at Trump National Doral Golf Club, eight team captains sat in front of a group of reporters, while a moderator announced the matchups, in which the higher-seeded teams were allowed to pick their opponents.
9:30 AM ET Shane Laflin Members of the talented 2022 women’s college basketball recruiting class are now on campuses across the country. Let’s flash back to how the last recruiting cycle went. UCLA, Oregon and Oregon State finished with the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 classes, respectively. Stanford, which finished fifth (behind UConn at No.
8:00 AM ET The XFL took another step toward its 2023 relaunch Monday, announcing the names and logos for the eight teams that will return to the field in February. The eight team names are as follows: Arlington Renegades D.C. Defenders Houston Roughnecks Orlando Guardians San Antonio Brahmas Seattle Sea Dragons St. Louis Battlehawks Vegas