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Month: January 2023
10:30 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — To think, Aaron Rodgers at one point this season had to entertain the idea that backup quarterback Jordan Love might finish out the season if the Green Bay Packers were just playing out the string. And that was barely more than a month ago. The Packers had just
8:55 PM ET It’s 2023 and club football is back with a bang! Newcastle United and Arsenal have underlined their Premier League title credentials with a series of impressive performances, while in LaLiga one of the Qatar World Cup‘s most infamous characters was back in the spotlight again. ESPN correspondents Julien Laurens, James Tyler, Mark
7:49 PM ET DETROIT — Bears coach Matt Eberflus cited in-game experience as the reason he kept quarterback Justin Fields under center throughout the entirety of Chicago’s 41-10 loss to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Fields completed 7 of 21 passes and finished with 30 net passing yards. The Bears were outgained 504-230 in
6:09 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel isn’t willing to blame injuries for the team’s 23-21 loss Sunday to the New England Patriots, despite four starters being ruled out prior to the game. Terron Armstead, Xavien Howard, Bradley Chubb and Tua Tagovailoa each missed Sunday’s loss, with backup quarterback
7:59 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Boston Celtics interim coach Joe Mazzulla returned to the bench Sunday after missing two games with an eye injury sustained in a pickup game. Mazzulla said he is part of regular, late-afternoon games at Boston’s TD Garden and got hit in the face Tuesday before the Celtics faced
7:47 PM ET NFL NationESPN Welcome to the New Year and to Week 17 of the 2022 NFL season, as the playoff picture starts becoming clearer. On Sunday, the New York Giants clinched a postseason berth with a win over the Indianapolis Colts, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinched the NFC South with a win
6:21 PM ET In a big recruiting win for new Coastal Carolina coach Tim Beck, quarterback Grayson McCall has withdrawn his name from the transfer portal, a source told ESPN on Sunday. McCall entered his name in the portal on Dec. 12, which allowed coaches from other programs to communicate with him about joining their
Stoinis’ fireworks displayMarcus Stoinis closed out the year with a bang to emerge from a lean start to the tournament. He had Covid during the opening game and had collected 0, 0, 4 and 10 in his first four innings. He was then rested for the game against Sydney Sixers to allow him to spend
6:10 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Quarterback Jarrett Stidham, making his first career start, looked like a nine-year veteran in throwing a 60-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams early in the third quarter Sunday. The score gave the Las Vegas Raiders a 24-14 lead over the San Francisco 49ers. Stidham was hit hard on the
6:35 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is out for Sunday night’s game against the Washington Wizards with left knee soreness, head coach Mike Budenholzer announced two hours before tipoff. Antetokounmpo was a late addition to the injury report after participating in shootaround earlier Sunday. The Bucks are already without Jrue Holiday (non-COVID illness)
1:28 PM ET Chelsea lost further ground in their battle to make the Premier League top four as they were held to a 1-1 draw by a stubborn Nottingham Forest side. Raheem Sterling put Chelsea ahead at Forest’s City Ground in the 16th minute, before Serge Aurier drew the teams level with an acrobatic finish
3:50 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants clinched their first postseason berth since 2016 with a 38-10 demolition of the Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. They did it behind four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) from quarterback Daniel Jones, who finished 19-of-24 passing for 177 yards and rushed for
4:23 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Buccaneers overcame a 14-0 first-quarter deficit to defeat the Carolina Panthers 30-24 Sunday to clinch the NFC South for the second straight year, punching 45-year-old Tom Brady’s ticket to the playoffs for his 14th consecutive season. In a season marred by slow starts and lack of a vertical
3:04 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN Indianapolis Colts quarterback Nick Foles was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the New York Giants with a rib injury. Foles was sacked by Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux late in the second quarter and appeared to fall on top of the ball with Thibodeaux also falling on top of
1:38 PM ET The Dallas Stars have signed 38-year-old center Joe Pavelski to a one-year contract extension through the 2023-24 season. The contract is worth a base salary of $3.5 million and includes $2 million in potential performance bonuses. Pavelski has 12 goals and 25 assists in 38 games this season. Since signing with Dallas
1:05 PM ET Former Ryder Cup player and five-time European Tour winner Barry Lane has died at the age of 62, the DP World Tour said in a statement Sunday. Lane played in 693 events on the European Tour, which is now known as the DP World Tour, and is fourth on the Tour’s all-time
12:54 PM ET WBA strawweight champion Seniesa Estrada will make her first appearance of 2023 when she fights in a unification bout against WBC champion Tina Rupprecht, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The fight is expected to take place in the United States with a targeted date of March 25 as a cofeature fight, sources