6:06 PM GMT England did just about enough to subdue a spirited but limited Wales with a 24-13 victory in Llanelli on Saturday to secure top spot in Autumn Nations Cup Group A and set up a probable title decider against France at Twickenham next week. An experimental Wales, who broke a run of six
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5:35 PM ET Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America Kyle Bonagura Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For at least the next
6:18 PM ET Every FBS conference has a contingency plan for determining its winner this season in the event its conference championship game can’t be played during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, almost ensuring the College Football Playoff selection committee will determine its final ranking as planned on Dec. 20 without delay. “The management committee decided
5:17 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos sent the two quarterbacks on their active roster, Drew Lock and Brett Rypien, as well as practice squad quarterback Blake Bortles home from Saturday’s practice over concerns in COVID-19 contact tracing, sources told ESPN. The three quarterbacks, who were on the field during an open viewing
5:28 PM ET Not much has gone right for Syracuse this season. What happened at the end of its loss to NC State on Saturday might top the list. A botched goal-to-go series with the game-tying score on the line ended with a mistake that no quarterback ever wants to make: With no timeouts left,
4:46 PM ET Buffalo‘s Jaret Patterson had to wait a couple of extra months to run the ball this season, as the Bulls didn’t start playing until November because of the coronavirus pandemic. Talk about making up for lost time. Patterson, a junior from Glendale, Maryland, tied the FBS record for rushing touchdowns in a
4:52 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies lost $145 million during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season played without fans, a source told The Associated Press on Saturday. The Phillies are searching for a general manager to replace Matt Klentak and face important decisions regarding catcher J.T. Realmuto and shortstop Didi Gregorius. Both players are
2:48 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions fired head coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn on Saturday after two straight seasons under .500 and a third season where the team was again under .500 at midseason. Patricia’s record was 13-29-1 since taking over as the Lions coach in 2018. Quinn
3:49 PM ET DETROIT — At the end of his first game as the Detroit Lions head coach in 2018, Matt Patricia and his team could hear chants of “J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets” in a mostly-empty Ford Field as his team was embarrassed on Monday Night Football. At the end of his final game, on
Lewis Hamilton’s hunger has clearly been undimmed by his monumental achievement in becoming the most successful racing driver in history. Two weeks after clinching his seventh world championship, with three races still to go, the Mercedes driver has turned up in Bahrain as if nothing had changed and everything was still at stake. Another pole
2:15 PM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was downgraded from questionable to doubtful for Sunday’s game vs. the New York Jets due to a left thumb injury that he suffered during practice this week. Veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick is expected to start for Tagovailoa. The Dolphins elevated rookie practice squad quarterback
2:00 PM ET Sarah Fuller became the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game on Saturday when she delivered the opening kickoff of the second half for Vanderbilt against Missouri. Fuller, a senior goalkeeper on Vanderbilt’s SEC championship soccer team, sent the low kick to the 35-yard line where it was downed
2:11 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller has made history. On Saturday, when she kicked off for the Commodores in the second half of their game against Missouri, she became the first woman to play in a Power 5 football game. Vanderbilt had a grad transfer kicker opt out before the season, and
12:17 AM IST Andrew Fidel Fernando Colombo Kings 96 for 1 (Russell 65*) beat Galle Gladiators 62 for 2 by 34 runs How the game played out With this innings, Andre Russell basically crash-landed at the LPL like an alien from a way bigger-hitting planet than earth, clobbering what seemed like nine dozen sixes (apparently
12:45 PM ET A day after placing three players on the reserve/COVID-19 list, the Pittsburgh Steelers have more positive tests, including one from running back James Conner, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. They are awaiting the results of a rerun test, but Conner is in good health at this time, the source
1:13 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Ohio State officials aren’t ruling out a return to the field next week after pausing team activities and
9:50 AM ET Liam Wheeler Liverpool missed the chance to go three points clear at the top of the Premier League as a late Pascal Gross penalty cancelled out Diogo Jota‘s strike to earn Brighton a 1-1 draw at the Amex. The Reds were let off the hook twice as Aaron Connolly went close and
11:58 AM ET Browns chief of staff Callie Brownson will take over coaching Cleveland’s tight ends Sunday, after the wife of tight end coach Drew Petzing gave birth to their first child Saturday morning. The team announced that Petzing will not make the trip for Cleveland’s game in Jacksonville against the Jaguars, and that Brownson