Month: January 2023

1:09 PM ET Sara CoelloESPN Close Sara Coello is a writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Before joining, they wrote about legal issues and crime for The Charlotte Observer, The Post and Courier and The Dallas Morning News. Coello studied sociology, journalism and Spanish at The University of Dallas. The public is unlikely to
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1:52 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Brian Gutekunst said he could look Aaron Rodgers in the eye and tell him straight up if the Green Bay Packers wanted to move on from the 39-year-old quarterback. But the Packers’ general manager said Friday that that was not the case at this point, five days after
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1:12 PM ET Projected top pick Connor Bedard was rated the No. 1 North American skater by NHL Central Scouting, which released its midterm rankings Friday. The 17-year-old center has long been considered to be the heavy favorite to be the first pick in this summer’s NHL draft in Nashville, Tennessee. All the conversations around
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1:25 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Rookie Skylar Thompson will officially make his third career start for the Miami Dolphins during Sunday’s wild-card playoff game against the Buffalo Bills. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel confirmed the news during his news conference Friday, adding that veteran Teddy Bridgewater had worked tirelessly to make himself available in
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1:30 PM ET Mississippi State has hired Zac Selmon as its new director of athletics, the school announced on Friday. Selmon was previously deputy athletics director for external engagement and advancement at the University of Oklahoma. Selmon, 37, grew up in Norman. His father, Dewey, and uncles, Lucious and Lee Roy, were standout football players
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12:18 PM ET Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams has a small, nonsurgical fracture in his back that is expected to sideline him two to three weeks, sources told ESPN’s Lindsey Thiry on Friday. Barring a Super Bowl run, Williams’ season is likely over. Williams had been downgraded to out for Saturday’s wild-card playoff
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Williams have appointed former Mercedes head of strategy James Vowles as their new team principal. The 43-year-old was a central figure at Mercedes during their domination of Formula 1 from 2014 to 2021. As motorsport strategy director, Vowles was one of a small set of influential senior people who ran Mercedes under team principal Toto
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10:00 AM ET ESPN staff After a second consecutive three-loss season, Dabo Swinney is remaking the Clemson program. Last year, the Tigers head coach promoted from within when former coordinators Brent Venables (Oklahoma) and Tony Elliott (Virginia) got head-coaching jobs. But after firing offensive coordinator Brandon Streeter on Thursday, ESPN sources say Swinney will name
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10:17 AM ET Andrew McCutchen is returning to the Pittsburgh Pirates, it appears. The 36-year-old, who was named the 2013 NL MVP when he was playing in Pittsburgh, has agreed to a contract with the Pirates for the upcoming season, sources have confirmed. The finalization of the deal is pending a physical examination. A summer
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10:19 AM ET ESPN News Services Two Georgia players, cornerback Kelee Ringo and tight end Darnell Washington, are headed to the NFL draft after helping the Bulldogs win their second straight national title. Both made the expected announcements on their Instagram accounts Thursday. Ringo will long be remembered for a pick-six interception that sealed Georgia’s
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10:44 AM ET The Atlanta Hawks are finalizing a deal to make Kyle Korver an assistant general manager, sources told ESPN on Friday. Korver, promoted after spending months as the franchise’s director of player affairs and development, will play a significant role in a reshaped front office under general manager Landry Fields. After Travis Schlenk
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9:38 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com The return of Novak Djokovic. The quest for continued dominance by one of the sport’s brightest young stars in Iga Swiatek. The start of a brand-new season. That’s right, it’s summertime Down Under and that means just one thing — it’s Australian Open time. And needless to say, there is
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8:52 AM ET The 2023 MMA calendar gets underway this weekend, and it intensifies next week when UFC 283 is headlined by a pair of championship fights. But a truly game-changing moment for the sport arrives next month in a collision of ESPN’s No. 1 and No. 2 pound-for-pound fighters. When UFC men’s featherweight champion
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