Month: January 2021

5:16 PM ET Michigan sophomore running back Zach Charbonnet entered his name in the transfer portal on Monday. Charbonnet was the No. 101 prospect in the 2019 class and led the Wolverines in rushing with 726 yards on 149 attempts in his first season. His 11 rushing touchdowns set a Michigan freshman record. His carries
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5:46 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — LSU is working to finalize a deal that would make New Orleans Saints defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen its next defensive coordinator, a source confirmed to ESPN. However, the agreement has not become official yet since his contract with the Saints could bar such a move. 1 Related Nielsen
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3:55 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets center Pierre-Luc Dubois has requested a trade from the team, which is why interest around the league was piqued when he didn’t take a regular shift during the second period of the team’s 3-2 win over Detroit on Monday afternoon. Coach John Tortorella denied he “benched” the 22-year-old scorer.
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3:57 PM ET Cincinnati is set to hire Michigan State assistant Mike Tressel as defensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Tressel, who coached Michigan State’s safeties in 2020 under coach Mel Tucker, will replace Marcus Freeman with the Bearcats. Freeman left earlier this month to become Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator. Yahoo Sports first reported the
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4:05 PM ET Oklahoma‘s football program picked up a key addition Monday when the Sooners landed former Tennessee tackle Wanya Morris as a transfer. Morris, a five-star prospect from Loganville, Georgia, was the No. 9 overall prospect in the 2018 ESPN 300. He played in 22 games and made 19 starts in two seasons for
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3:27 PM ET Nick Kyrgios joined former Davis Cup player Sam Groth in criticising Novak Djokovic after the Serbian world No. 1 reportedly wrote to Australian Open organisers asking them to ease quarantine restrictions for players. Passengers who arrived on three charter flights have been placed into hard quarantine, including more than 70 players who
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3:01 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Monday he didn’t know whether Patrick Mahomes would clear the NFL’s concussion protocol in time to play in next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. But Reid indicated Mahomes may have felt well enough to have returned to Sunday’s divisional round game. After
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3:00 PM GMT South Africa are open to “all options” to play the British & Irish Lions and are willing to travel to the United Kingdom to make sure the series goes ahead, director of rugby Rassie Erasmus said on Monday. The Lions are scheduled to tour South Africa for eight matches between July 3
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