4:21 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Quarterback Cam Newton shouldered some of the blame for the Carolina Panthers firing offensive coordinator Joe Brady coming off a dismal showing against the Miami Dolphins before the bye week. “Do I think I had something to do with it?” Newton said on Thursday as he prepared to face
Month: December 2021
3:57 PM ET Virginia Tech is expected to hire Jacksonville Jaguars assistant coach Tyler Bowen as offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN on Thursday. Bowen, 32, is in his first season coaching tight ends for the Jaguars under coach Urban Meyer. He worked alongside new Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry at Penn State from 2018
4:16 PM ET David Wilson One of the best players in the FCS, Incarnate Word quarterback Cameron Ward, has entered the transfer portal. Ward won the Jerry Rice Award as the best player in FCS during the spring season this year at the private school in San Antonio, Texas. He then threw for 4,648 yards
3:45 PM ET Michigan State coach Mel Tucker is making use of the transfer portal once again. On Thursday, Tucker and the Spartans gained the commitment of former Mississippi State linebacker Aaron Brule. Brule’s 52 tackles were the fourth-most among the Bulldogs this season. He also had three sacks. Tucker made significant use of the
3:27 PM ET Florida leading receiver Jacob Copeland announced on Thursday that he will enter the transfer portal. A redshirt junior, Copeland finished the season with a team-high 39 catches for 607 yards and four touchdowns. Copeland’s announcement comes after new head coach Billy Napier was introduced on Sunday. A former four-star prospect from Pensacola,
3:28 PM ET Florida State named Michael Alford as its new athletic director Thursday, with the Seminoles changing course after targeting Louisville AD Vince Tyra for the job. Alford has served as president and CEO of Seminole Boosters since 2020, accepting that job after spending time as athletic director at Central Michigan from 2017 to
11:58 AM ET Evidence exists that this works: For a span of 1 minute, 39 seconds, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook flashed that they can be the two-headed, turbocharging, floor-commanding, do-everything duo that motivated the Los Angeles Lakers to overhaul their roster in the offseason. Trailing the Cleveland Cavaliers late in the second quarter on
1:43 PM ET Associated Press GENEVA — Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon were set a target of about 18 months on Thursday to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The governing bodies of boxing and weightlifting were described as problems by International Olympic Committee
8:04 AM ET RB Leipzig have appointed Domenico Tedesco as the club’s new manager, four days after the departure of American Jesse Marsch. The 36-year-old Tedesco, who previously coached Schalke and Spartak Moscow, has signed a contract to 2023 and will be on the bench for Saturday’s league game at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach. –
3:21 PM ET Napoli reach the Europa League knockout rounds at Leicester City’s expense. Getty Napoli earned a thrilling 3-2 home win over Leicester City on Thursday to reach the Europa League knockout stages as Group C runners-up behind Spartak Moscow. Spartak won 1-0 at Legia Warsaw to secure an automatic last-16 berth while Napoli face