5:52 PM ET Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. — Brent Venables already has received two Oklahoma welcomes fit for a king. Hundreds of Sooners fans who watched coach Lincoln Riley leave for Southern California last week flocked to Norman’s airport on Sunday night to cheer the arrival of Venables, Riley’s replacement. A day later, Oklahoma introduced
Month: December 2021
4:13 PM ET Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Kenneth Moffett, the federal mediator during the 1981 baseball strike who briefly succeeded Marvin Miller as the second head of the players’ association, has died. He was 90. Moffett died Nov. 19 at his home in Alexandria, Virginia, said his wife, the former Mary Taddeo. He had
3:18 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team received better-than-expected news on tight end Logan Thomas‘ injured left knee, coach Ron Rivera said, but that does not yet mean Thomas will return this season. Rivera said an MRI revealed that Thomas did not tear his ACL, as was originally feared, but that there
2:47 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule said the decision to fire offensive coordinator Joe Brady on Sunday was “purely football.” He made it clear there were no regrets in his 2020 decision to hire Brady, at the time the 30-year-old passing game coordinator for national champion LSU with no experience
3:11 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Pro Bowl cornerback Marlon Humphrey was diagnosed with a season-ending, right pectoral muscle tear on Monday, perhaps the biggest loss in a season filled with injuries for the Baltimore Ravens. Humphrey, 25, became the seventh starter (and third in the secondary) to get sidelined for the season for
2:33 PM ET Associated Press Bianca Andreescu, the 2019 US Open champion, will take a mental break from tennis and sit out the start of next season, including the Australian Open, saying Monday she wants to “re-set, recover, and grow” after a “challenging” two years that included getting COVID-19. The 21-year-old from Canada wrote in
2:10 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s MMA promotion has its first United States main event. Tyrone Spong and Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva will headline Eagle FC 44 on Jan. 28 in Miami, officials told ESPN on Monday. The three-round heavyweight bout will mark Spong’s return to MMA after eight years. Spong is a world-class kickboxer and an
6:00 AM ET Barcelona might crash out of the Champions League this week, while Erling Haaland‘s Borussia Dortmund already have, and 40-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimovic could inspire a dramatic round-of-16 qualification for AC Milan. If you still needed convincing that the Champions League is just fine as it is, the next two days should offer unequivocal
9:08 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Carlo Ancelotti said Real Madrid’s flying start to the season shows they can compete with Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich to win the Champions League. Madrid have won eight games in row in all competitions, a run of form that has left them eight points clear as
9:58 AM ET Aramide Oladipo Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he is not worried about Mohamed Salah‘s future at the club amid reports linking the forward with a move to Barcelona. Salah’s existing deal at Anfield runs out in June 2023 and he previously said he wants to extend his stay at Liverpool but