Month: December 2022

12:19 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN After three fights and 36 rounds between two future Hall of Famers, the rivalry between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez still isn’t quite settled. Estrada defeated Gonzalez via majority decision on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona, to retain his lineal 115-pound championship, but the result was far from convincing.
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11:30 AM ET ESPN staff Deion Sanders’ coaching career has reached the highest level of college football — and a surprising destination in Colorado. Sanders, the Pro Football Hall of Famer who transformed Jackson State’s program the past few years, was named Colorado’s new coach Saturday night. After interviewing for several Power 5 jobs in
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1:31 AM ET Ashleigh Buhai has survived an afternoon of carnage to win the Australian Open and achieve a feat not even Cameron Smith can claim. The South African prevailed after a dramatic collapse from Sydney prodigy Grace Kim to dash local hopes for another year on Sunday. Buhai closed with a one-over-par 73 at
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1:46 AM ET ORLANDO — Don’t write Stephen Thompson out of the welterweight title picture just yet. Thompson (17-6-1) earned one of the biggest wins of his career on Saturday, stopping Kevin Holland (23-9) in the fourth round via TKO. Holland’s head coach Bob Perez waved off the fight between the fourth and fifth rounds,
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6:52 PM ET ATLANTA — Georgia‘s top receiver this season, Ladd McConkey, was ruled out of the second half of the SEC championship game on Saturday after experiencing what coach Kirby Smart called tendinitis in his knees. Smart said it was a continuation of knee issues that have bothered McConkey through much of the season.
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10:42 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Clemson Tigers will move forward with quarterback Cade Klubnik after he came off the bench and lifted Clemson to a 39-10 win over North Carolina in the ACC championship game Saturday, the seventh conference title in eight years for the Tigers. DJ Uiagalelei started the first two drives and
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8:22 PM ET ATLANTA — No. 1 Georgia’s place in the College Football Playoff was secure even before it beat No. 14 LSU 50-30 to win the SEC championship game Saturday. But Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart and quarterback Stetson Bennett weren’t looking past the importance of a conference title — not after coming up short
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12:34 AM ET ESPN News Services INDIANAPOLIS — Donovan Edwards ran for 185 yards and a score, J.J. McCarthy threw three touchdown passes and No. 2 Michigan beat Purdue 43-22 on Saturday night for its second straight Big Ten title and a likely No. 2 playoff seed. College football’s winningest program has the first 13-win
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12:05 AM ET Washington Commanders running back Antonio Gibson, listed as questionable due to a foot injury, is expected to play against the New York Giants on Sunday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday, despite limited practice work all week. The news isn’t as firm for Gibson’s teammate, defensive end Chase Young, who
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8:48 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner set a franchise record in extending his point streak to 19 games Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The winger scored a short-handed goal early in the second period against the Lightning to reach his milestone and give Toronto a 1-0 lead. He later scored
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11:08 PM ET Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh has agreed to a deal to become the next head coach at South Florida, sources told ESPN, confirming reports. Golesh was the primary playcaller for the Volunteers, who led the country in scoring this season with an average of 47.3 points per game. He came to Tennessee
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11:00 PM ET As part of the conditions that enabled Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson to be reinstated and be able to play Sunday against the Houston Texans, he has made what NFL and NFLPA’s experts have described as “signs of progress” during his mandatory treatment program, per league sources. Though his 11-game suspension is
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10:33 PM ET Colorado has named Deion Sanders as its next head coach, the school announced in a statement on Saturday. The announcement came minutes after Sanders led Jackson State to its second straight SWAC title. Sanders, 55, has gone 27-5 at Jackson State in three seasons. Jackson State defeated Southern 43-24 in the title
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10:01 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert was ejected in the first half of the game Saturday against the Oklahoma City Thunder after he appeared to purposefully trip Kenrich Williams. Gobert contested Williams on a drive to the rim with 9:22 to go in the second quarter, causing Williams to fall to the ground.
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