Month: January 2021

9:19 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons have hired Terry Fontenot as their general manager, pairing him with recently hired coach Arthur Smith to try to return the franchise to the playoffs. The 40-year-old Fontenot becomes the Falcons’ first Black general manager. Under the NFL’s new hiring guidelines encouraging minority hiring, the Saints will receive two
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8:36 AM ET The Washington Football Team is expected to make Marty Hurney its new general manager, sources confirmed to ESPN. The move, which was first reported by the NFL Network, provides another familiar face for coach Ron Rivera. Hurney spent parts of five seasons with Rivera in Carolina, having been fired twice. He hired
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9:24 AM ET Vanderbilt is hiring Baltimore Ravens defensive backs coach Jesse Minter as defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Yahoo Sports first reported the move. New Commodores coach Clark Lea targeted Minter, who Saturday finished his fourth season with the Ravens and first as defensive backs coach, for the coordinator role. Minter was Georgia
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6:10 PM ET Arsenal‘s post-Christmas revival will really gather pace if Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang‘s brace in this 3-0 win over Newcastle signals a return to form. For 50 minutes or so, this appeared likely to be another evening spent in the shadow of his former self, bereft of confidence and lacking conviction when chances presented themselves.
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