Month: January 2021

3:39 PM ET Associated Press Ohio State junior quarterback Justin Fields is among 98 players granted special eligibility by the NFL into the league’s draft, while national championship-winning QBs Mac Jones from Alabama and Trevor Lawrence from Clemson are among another 30 players eligible after completing their degrees and deciding not to play more in
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2:08 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State stars leaving early for the NFL happens every winter, but the bigger news this time might be about who decided to stay. After the expected announcements by quarterback Justin Fields, cornerback Shaun Wade and other early departures trickled out via social media after the loss
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1:23 PM ET Associated Press DENTON, Texas — Phil Bennett was named Friday as the new defensive coordinator at North Texas, the 10th different school where he will coach football in that role. Bennett had been out of college coaching since being Arizona State‘s defensive coordinator during the 2017 season, which followed six seasons as
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1:11 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes was with the Kansas City Chiefs as they began Friday’s practice session, their last one before Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. His participation on Friday would appear to put Mahomes on a path to play Sunday. Chiefs coach Andy Reid
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12:29 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will not have wide receiver Antonio Brown for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game at the Green Bay Packers, coach Bruce Arians announced Friday. “I just talked to him this morning, and to put him on the plane and fly up there and have it swell more
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11:50 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Andy Murray announced Friday that he would not be playing in the upcoming Australian Open after being unable to negotiate a “workable quarantine” with Tennis Australia following his positive COVID-19 test. The former world No. 1 and three-time major champion had been unable to fly to Melbourne last week after
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11:12 AM ET Jurickson Profar and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a three-year, $21 million contract, a source familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Profar continues to show his versatility as a true utilityman, having played five defensive positions for the Padres last season while seeing most of his action
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