11:31 AM ET Illinois coach Bret Bielema, who this season guided the team to its highest wins total since 2007, has agreed to a new contract through the 2028 season. Bielema, who is 13-11 in his second season at Illinois, will receive an annual salary increase from $4.3 million this season to $6 million in
Month: December 2022
12:47 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni confirmed Tuesday that quarterback Jalen Hurts has a sprained right shoulder, but he isn’t ruling him out for Saturday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. Sirianni called Hurts one of the “toughest” players he knows and someone who “heals fast,” so he isn’t going to put a timetable
12:53 PM ET Taila Santos has more work to do before getting a rematch with champion Valentina Shevchenko. Santos will take on top prospect Erin Blanchfield on a UFC Fight Night card Feb. 18 in Las Vegas, multiple sources confirmed with ESPN, including Blanchfield’s rep Oren Hodak of KOReps. Blanchfield first mentioned the matchup on
11:45 AM ET Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays will split their spring training between the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista and Tropicana Field because their own facility on Florida’s Gulf Coast was damaged by Hurricane Ian, the team said Tuesday. The Rays announced earlier this
12:11 PM ET NC State quarterback Devin Leary is expected to transfer to Kentucky, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. On3 was first to report the news and Leary will give the Wildcats an experienced and successful option to run the offense next season. Current starter Will Levis has declared for the 2023 NFL
11:53 AM GMT Scotland international Finn Russell will join Bath after the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the Premiership side announced on Tuesday. Russell has spent four years with French side Racing 92, scoring 272 points in 66 games and helping them reach the Champions Cup final in 2020, where they lost to Exeter Chiefs. The
10:03 AM ET Augusta National Golf Club announced Tuesday that any golfer who qualified for the Masters tournament based on its previous criteria will be invited to play in 2023, including 16 players who are currently competing in the LIV Golf League. Six past Masters champions are part of the group that defected from the
10:55 AM ET Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dallas Goedert has been activated off injured reserve, making it possible that he’ll face the Cowboys in a critical NFC East showdown Saturday. Goedert was placed on IR on Nov. 16 with a shoulder injury, but the feeling all along was that he would return at some point
10:58 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Justin Verlander had a one-word answer for what persuaded him to sign with the New York Mets: “Steve.” As in owner Steve Cohen and his willingness to spend his hedge fund fortune to bring the team its first World Series title since 1986. “I took a leap
11:22 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets are entrusting their fading playoff hopes to Zach Wilson, who will be the starting quarterback Thursday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Coach Robert Saleh, who announced the decision Tuesday, made it sound like he didn’t have much of a choice. Mike White, who fractured
6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When all is said and done, Kayvon Thibodeaux’s strip sack of Taylor Heinicke and subsequent fumble recovery for a touchdown may be the biggest play in this New York Giants season. It was certainly the biggest moment in the biggest game, a matchup Sunday night against the Washington
10:50 AM ET Associated Press AMES, Iowa — Iowa State canceled a men’s basketball game Wednesday and women’s basketball game Thursday because of the potential for severe weather. The athletic department announced Tuesday that the men’s game against Omaha and the women’s game against Drake will not be rescheduled. “After consulting with both Omaha and
8:55 AM ET Orlando Magic forward Chuma Okeke underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee Monday and is expected to be out at least a month, sources told ESPN. Okeke, who sources say will be reevaluated in four weeks, had a chondroplasty, which is a procedure designed to repair and reshape damaged cartilage in
8:20 AM ET On Dec. 3, the New York Rangers were nearing an abyss. Things came to a pressure point during the home game against the Chicago Blackhawks, one of the worst teams in the league. En route to another loss, captain Jacob Trouba had enough. The defenseman laid out two massive hits, got into
8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN ORLANDO, FLA. — PAOLO BANCHERO was only five years old when the SuperSonics left his hometown of Seattle to become the Oklahoma City Thunder. Still, despite growing up in a city without an NBA team, Banchero was raised by the NBA. Long before the Orlando Magic made Banchero the No.
8:27 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN After an outcry over the future of Army star linebacker Andre Carter II, politicians scrambled to alter the language of a recently passed Congressional bill that clears his path to the upcoming NFL draft. New language formally filed Tuesday morning in a piece of end-of-year legislation will restore the opportunity
8:01 AM ET Chris Harden Sitting at 7-3 with all three losses at the hands of ranked teams, basketball in Michigan looks fine on the surface. The team enters the inaugural Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte, North Carolina, looking to show it can beat North Carolina, which already got its analytical look. But fans and observers
7:00 AM ET Tonya Simpson Close Tonya Simpson is an award-winning writer for ESPN. She is based in Raleigh, N.C. and can be reached at Tonya.M.Simpson@espn.com. HUBERT DAVIS RISES from his desk, all 6-foot-5 of him, and greets me with a smile that reaches his eyes. I had been told before I arrived that he
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