8:54 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay has no intention of revealing before kickoff whether Jared Goff or John Wolford will start at quarterback
Month: January 2021
8:36 PM ET Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday, returning home for the first time in about seven weeks, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced. Lasorda, 93, was admitted to a hospital in California’s Orange County and placed in intensive care around the middle of November; he was then
7:40 PM ET Editor’s note: This story originally ran in November. It has been updated after he won the Heisman Trophy. The skinny kid from Amite, Louisiana, stood on the floor of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans and watched as Livonia celebrated a Class 3A state championship. Tears welled in his eyes, but he
7:59 PM ET Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby has agreed to a new two-year contract. The university announced the deal on Tuesday, three days after a similar announcement for Rebels coach Lane Kiffin. Ole Miss didn’t release details of either deal. Lebby was a semifinalist for the Broyles Award,
7:56 PM ET The nearly three-decade drought of wide receivers failing to win the Heisman Trophy ended when Alabama senior DeVonta Smith was presented the award during a virtual ceremony on Tuesday night. Smith is the third player from Alabama to claim college football’s most prestigious award and the first receiver to win it since
6:02 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron, former U.N. Ambassador and civil rights leader Andrew Young and former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan got vaccinated against COVID-19 in Georgia on Tuesday, hoping to send a message to Black Americans that the shots are safe. Getting vaccinated
6:33 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Colin Wilson, who played 11 seasons with the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators as part of a three-generation NHL family, announced his retirement Tuesday. The 31-year-old forward played nine games for Colorado last season before having double hip surgery. Wilson scored 113 goals and had 173 assists in
6:15 PM ET Major League Soccer submitted a verbal proposal to the MLS Players Association on Tuesday in which it won’t insist on salary cuts for the upcoming season in exchange for extending the current collective bargaining agreement for two years. Multiple sources told ESPN that the proposal would freeze compensation growth between 2021 and
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has accused rival managers of trying to influence referees after Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp referenced Manchester United‘s penalty record following his side’s 1-0 defeat to Southampton. Klopp said after the game that Liverpool should have been awarded two penalties and suggested United may have been more likely
5:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he “doesn’t have many players” for the Carabao Cup semifinal with Manchester United. The City squad have been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 that forced the club’s training base to temporarily close. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+– Ogden: Carabao win can give