2:47 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert said he “couldn’t disagree more” with a proposal that the association should part ways with the most lucrative sports under its purview in an effort to preserve the education-based model of sports it espouses. Emmert delivered his annual state-of-the-union style address Tuesday afternoon at the NCAA convention, which
Month: January 2021
2:11 PM ET WBO junior lightweight champion Jamel Herring will defend his title against former two-division champion Carl Frampton on Feb. 27 in London, promoter Frank Warren announced Tuesday. It’s a long-awaited battle between Herring (22-2, 10 KOs) and Frampton (28-2, 16 KOs) that had been delayed by COVID-19 issues, but it should be a
1:01 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow knows the recovery process after his knee surgery is long and will be littered with small benchmarks. One of the next major ones is less than a month away. In his first media availability since October, Burrow said he hopes to start throwing again in mid-February,
2:14 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seahawks have extended general manager John Schneider, the team announced Tuesday. Schneider’s extension runs through the 2027 draft. The extension the team recently gave coach Pete Carroll runs through the 2025 season, so the Seahawks have their top two decision makers under contract together for the next
1:46 PM ET Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown out the manslaughter conviction for the man who shot former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith to death in 2016. Monday’s order in favor of Cardell Hayes had been expected. In December 2017, a jury convicted Hayes by a vote of 10-2 on charges
12:53 PM ET The Las Vegas Raiders have named Gus Bradley their new defensive coordinator, the team announced Tuesday. Bradley, a former head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars for four seasons (2013 to 2016), was most recently the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers the past four seasons. The team announced the hiring on
News A decision on the matter will be taken during a meeting on January 17 The Indian cricket board is set to organise a curtailed Ranji Trophy tournament from next month, and in all likelihood, in the same six bio-bubbles created for the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. A decision with regards to this will
12:21 PM ET Former Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele has agreed to a deal to join the Tennessee football coaching staff, sources told ESPN. Steele, 62, was Auburn’s defensive coordinator the past five seasons but was not retained by new Auburn coach Bryan Harsin, who hired former Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason as his defensive coordinator.
11:54 AM ET San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Northern District of California, according to multiple reports. The 29-year-old lists assets of about $10 million, mostly in real estate, and liabilities of almost $27 million. As part of the filing, Kane says that he might not even
12:03 PM ET Tyson Summers is out as Colorado‘s defensive coordinator after two years with the Buffaloes, sources told ESPN. Summers came to Colorado with coach Mel Tucker in 2019 and remained the team’s coordinator under Karl Dorrell, who replaced Tucker in February after Tucker left for Michigan State. He’s the former head coach at