Month: January 2024

Heather Dinich Close Heather Dinich ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Pete Thamel Jan 8, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — The College Football Playoff and ESPN are in the midst of negotiations to maintain the network as the sole rights holder of the
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Heather Dinich Close Heather Dinich ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Pete Thamel Jan 8, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — The College Football Playoff and ESPN are in the midst of negotiations to maintain the network as the sole rights holder of the
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Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 06:20 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 06:21 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Memphis freshman Mikey Williams is entering the transfer portal, the school announced Monday. Williams had yet to play a game for the Tigers, as he’s been away from the
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Associated Press Jan 8, 2024, 05:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Randy Moss and Larry Fitzgerald were among 19 players and three coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame class announced Monday. Warrick Dunn of Florida State, Toby Gerhart of Stanford, Julius Peppers of North Carolina and Danny Woodhead of Chadron State also were
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Jan 8, 2024, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FA Cup holders Manchester City face a tricky trip to Tottenham Hotspur, while in-form Aston Villa have been drawn to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the fourth round. Third-placed champions City are a point above Spurs with a game in hand in the Premier League
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Associated Press Jan 8, 2024, 04:52 PM ET SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Wander Franco, a shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was released Monday from a jail in the Dominican Republic amid an ongoing investigation into allegations he had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl. Franco paid 2 million Dominican pesos ($34,000) as a
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Jeff Passan, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 03:49 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The St. Louis Cardinals hired former Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom as an adviser Monday, bulking up their front office after the team’s
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Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterJan 8, 2024, 03:19 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON, Texas — Executive director Bill Hancock said the College Football Playoff has contacted the FBI in response to threats he said has been directed at himself, CFP staff members
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Jordan Raanan, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 03:43 PM ET Close Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. Open Extended Reactions EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Wink Martindale has resigned as the New York Giants‘ defensive coordinator, a source told
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Jim McCormick, Special to ESPN.comJan 8, 2024, 02:00 PM ET Close Jim McCormick is a fantasy football and fantasy basketball analyst for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Working the waiver wire is pivotal to succeeding in fantasy basketball. With so many games, injuries and endless shifts in rotations throughout the marathon campaign, we’ll need to source
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Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 01:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Albany quarterback Reese Poffenbarger, the most prolific quarterback in FCS this past season, is transferring to Miami, he told ESPN on Monday. Poffenbarger led FCS this season in passing touchdowns (36) and yards (3,603). He made a recent visit to Miami before making
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Associated Press Jan 8, 2024, 01:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Purdue held its place atop the AP Top 25 on Monday following its win over Illinois in a top-10 showdown, while Houston jumped Kansas into second place as the last unbeaten team in Division I men’s college basketball. The Boilermakers, who beat the No.
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