Month: December 2022

8:30 PM ET With Alabama’s College Football Playoff future in limbo, coach Nick Saban said on Saturday that there was an argument for his team to be included among the top four and framed the debate over who’s in and who’s out with a single question: How are they playing at present? The question lends
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7:26 PM ET Mason Cobb, Oklahoma State‘s leading tackler this season, announced Saturday that he has entered the transfer portal. Cobb, a 6-foot junior from Provo, Utah, has two years of eligibility remaining. “I will always be a Cowboy at heart!” he wrote in a statement posted on his Twitter account. “It’s time for me
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Dec 3, 2022 Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — The warm sun in the Bahamas brought out plenty of mud on the rain-soaked fairways and created some wild shots for just about everyone but Viktor Hovland. He made 10 birdies Saturday to build a three-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge. Hovland ran off six birdies
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Katie Archibald relinquished the women’s endurance title in the UCI Track Champions League despite winning the final elimination race in London. The Scot, 28, closed the gap on overall leader Jennifer Valente in the women’s scratch race at Lee Valley VeloPark. But Valente took second in the elimination to secure the overall title by three
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5:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Ty Zentner kicked a 31-yard field goal in overtime as 10th-ranked Kansas State beat No. 3 TCU 31-28 in the Big 12 championship game Saturday, leaving the Horned Frogs to wait another day to find out if they had done enough to get into the four-team College Football Playoff.
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4:45 PM ET LOS ANGELES — After participating in practice Friday, the LA Clippers‘ Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were ruled out against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday. Clippers head coach Ty Lue said his star players came out of the practice feeling good and will join the team on its upcoming four-game road trip
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4:51 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT — Detroit Lions rookie receiver Jameson Williams is set to make his NFL debut Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars after being activated from the NFI list on Saturday. Williams, the No. 12 overall pick, reported to practice for the first time ahead of the Thanksgiving game after suffering a
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4:32 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Luka Doncic came into Madison Square Garden today wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey — a payment on a lost bet to his former teammate, Jalen Brunson, whom he and the Mavericks faced for the first time here Saturday afternoon since Brunson signed with the Knicks as a
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3:44 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Va. — Virginia Military Institute has hired Danny Rocco as its football coach. The school made the announcement Saturday. Rocco replaces Scott Wachenheim, who resigned after eight seasons last month. “He is clearly someone who believes in developing his players into leaders of character in perfect alignment with VMI’s
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3:07 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Bryan Reynolds has requested a trade ahead of baseball’s winter meetings. Reynolds hit .262 with 27 homers and 62 RBI in 145 games last season, when Pittsburgh finished with a 62-100 record. In Reynolds’ four years with the team, the Pirates are 211-335
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3:28 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Caleb Daniels scored 22 points and top freshman Cam Whitmore brought instant energy in his debut following a thumb injury to lead Villanova to a 70-66 win over Oklahoma on Saturday in the first game with former Wildcats coach Jay Wright in the broadcast booth. Wright wore a
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2:28 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been fined $35,000 for getting angry at a referee and not leaving the court “in a timely manner” after he was ejected from Wednesday’s game against the Timberwolves. Morant was given a technical and tossed from the game with 1:22 left in
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