Month: November 2022

7:31 PM ET SAN ANTONIO — Los Angeles Lakers star big man Anthony Davis is sitting out Saturday’s game against the Spurs because of a left calf contusion. “He was kicked at some point in the second half [Friday] night and it’s a little irritated, a little bruising,” Lakers coach Darvin Ham said before the
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7:45 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Florida Atlantic fired coach Willie Taggart hours after the team finished the season at 5-7, the
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6:16 PM GMT Former Scotland lock Doddie Weir has died aged 52 after battling motor neurone disease (MND) for the last six years, his family said on Saturday. Edinburgh-born Weir, who earned 61 caps between 1990 and 2000, revealed his diagnosis in 2017 to raise awareness of the condition. “Doddie was an inspirational force of
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4:37 PM ET Clemson had its nation-leading 40-game home winning streak snapped on Saturday, losing to rival South Carolina 31-30 in a mistake-filled performance that effectively eliminates the Tigers from College Football Playoff contention for a second straight season. The home winning streak was an ACC record, and it was the longest since Nebraska won
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5:40 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN COLUMBUS, Ohio — Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren called No. 3 Michigan‘s 45-23 victory over No. 2 Ohio State an “instant classic” and made the case after the game that “without a doubt” the Big Ten should end up with two teams in the College Football Playoff. “One hundred percent,”
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4:14 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — Michigan‘s J.J. McCarthy wasn’t the most decorated quarterback on the field entering the clash Saturday with Ohio State, and he wasn’t even the biggest star on his own team. He left Ohio Stadium as a Michigan legend, though, along with running back Donovan Edwards. McCarthy threw three long touchdown
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3:35 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase is not expected to make his return for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, sources confirmed to ESPN. Chase is officially listed as questionable for the game at Nissan Stadium. The star wideout has missed the past three games with a hip injury
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2:24 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns. Fournette had suffered a hip pointer during the Buccaneers’ previous game two weeks ago in Munich, and the team had taken a cautious approach to his playing on Sunday. Rookie Rachaad White led the
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12:25 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — An attorney is vowing an appeal for a woman found liable by a civil jury for malicious prosecution in a rape allegation she made against a former Ohio State football standout more than five years ago. The woman’s attorney, Patrick Thomas, said his client “deserves justice and patiently
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11:34 AM ET The entire Virginia football team will attend the funeral service for D’Sean Perry on Saturday in Miami, the first of three funerals for their deceased teammates. The team will also be at the memorial service for Devin Chandler on Sunday in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and the celebration of life service for Lavel
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10:15 AM ET Nebraska has named Matt Rhule as the team’s new coach, signing him to an eight-year contract. Rhule, who was fired by the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in October, previously had successful stints in college football at Baylor and Temple. Rhule replaces Scott Frost, who was fired from his alma mater earlier this season
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10:13 AM ET Auburn has been in discussion with Liberty‘s Hugh Freeze for weeks about him becoming the school’s next football coach, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Sources said the Tigers are not expected to make a formal offer until after Saturday’s Iron Bowl game against Alabama, but the sides have informally discussed a contract
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8:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Michigan star tailback Blake Corum is expected to attempt to play against Ohio State on Saturday, sources told ESPN, as an air of ambiguity hangs over his potential effectiveness because of a knee injury. Corum, one of the leading candidates for the Heisman Trophy, injured his knee late in the
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