Month: December 2024

ESPN News Services Dec 3, 2024, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tuesday’s release of the College Football Playoff rankings, the last installment leading up to the finale Sunday, was not favorable to the Miami Hurricanes. And their conference took issue with it. Indeed, Alabama snuck into the coveted No. 11 spot, as announced on
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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Juan Soto‘s much-hyped free agency is nearing its final stages, with a source familiar with
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David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2024, 07:51 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions At least in theory, 92% of the committee’s job should already be done. It appears to be a given that Oregon, Penn State, Ohio State, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee,
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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 3, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Barring an upset in Saturday’s ACC championship game between Clemson and SMU, Alabama might be headed back to the College Football Playoff for the
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Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2024, 07:27 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions UConn star forward Alex Karaban is out for the in the Big 12-Big East Battle game against No. 15 Baylor on Wednesday, coach Dan Hurley told reporters. Karaban suffered
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Pete Thamel, ESPNDec 3, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Close College Football Senior Writer for ESPN. Insider for College Gameday. Open Extended Reactions Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman is entering the NCAA transfer portal, he told ESPN in a phone interview. A redshirt sophomore, Weigman will have two years of eligibility remaining. Weigman is a former
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Dec 3, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to two misdemeanor DUI charges stemming from a July arrest near Los Angeles International Airport, according to Superior Court of California online records. He has a pretrial conference hearing scheduled for Jan. 9, 2025. Addison, 22, was charged
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Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 05:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Contracts for Blake Snell and Tommy Edman increased the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ obligations for deferred payments to more than $1 billion owed to seven players from 2028 to 2046. Snell’s $182 million contract, announced Saturday, includes $66 million in deferred money
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Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterDec 3, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Michigan fired offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell on Tuesday, ending his three-year tenure with the team and his first as play-caller. Campbell oversaw an offense that had slipped to 112th nationally
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Jeff Legwold, ESPN Senior WriterDec 3, 2024, 05:37 PM ET Close Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2013. He also assists with NFL draft coverage, including his annual top 100 prospects. Jeff
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Shams Charania, ESPNDec 3, 2024, 05:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New Orleans Pelicans are waiving guard Elfrid Payton, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Payton averaged 6.7 points, 6.9 assists and 3.4 rebounds in 20.5 minutes per night in seven games for the Pelicans — including a 14-point, 21-assist, 7-rebound performance on Nov. 25
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John Keim, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2024, 03:59 PM ET Close John Keim covers the Washington Commanders for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2013 after a stint with the Washington Post. He started covering the team in 1994 for the Journal Newspapers and later for the Washington Examiner. He has authored/co-authored four books. You can
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Associated Press Dec 3, 2024, 03:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — San Jose State is headed back to the Hawaii Bowl for a second straight season to face South Florida. Bowl officials announced on Tuesday the matchup will be played on Dec. 24 at the University of Hawaii campus. The Spartans went 7-5
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Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterDec 3, 2024, 02:51 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Open Extended Reactions Four-star defensive tackle Nathaniel Marshall, No. 83 in the 2025 ESPN 300, flipped his
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