3:04 PM ET DETROIT — Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen was ruled out for the second half of Sunday’s game against the Lions, a matchup Detroit ended up winning 29-27 for its first win of the season. Thielen injured his left ankle on the Vikings’ first offensive series when he was tackled by Lions cornerback
Month: December 2021
4:18 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Gardner Minshew sure knows how to make an entrance. With Jalen Hurts sidelined with an ankle injury, Minshew impressed in his first start for the Philadelphia Eagles, going 20-of-25 for 242 yards with two touchdowns to power the Eagles over the New York Jets 33-18. The offense scored
4:21 PM ET CHICAGO — Kyler Murray is back. The Arizona Cardinals‘ third-year quarterback returned from a high left ankle sprain to throw two touchdowns and run for two more in a 33-22 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field. It had been five weeks since Murray last played, when he sprained
4:26 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — Inside Ford Field on Sunday, Detroit Lions fans experienced something that hadn’t happened there in over a full calendar year: a win. First-year Lions coach Dan Campbell will no longer have to field questions about a winless season, as Detroit upset Minnesota 29-27 for its first regular-season
3:06 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Jordan Spieth first almost went out of turn. Then he had his ball teed up a fraction ahead of the marker before Henrik Stenson pointed it out. Turns out that was the least of their problems on the ninth hole Sunday at the Hero World Challenge. They
2:25 PM ET Louisiana promoted co-offensive coordinator Michael Desormeaux to head football coach on Sunday. Desormeaux, a former Ragin’ Cajuns quarterback who grew up in New Iberia, Louisiana, also coached tight ends under Billy Napier, who left after four seasons to become the head coach at Florida. “I am absolutely thrilled and honored to serve
2:25 PM ET Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Miami is in extensive discussions with Oregon‘s Mario Cristobal to make him the next Hurricanes football
3:01 PM ET Notre Dame and Oklahoma State both had visions of making the College Football Playoff, but instead the two teams will face each other in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day. The fifth-ranked Fighting Irish and new head coach Marcus Freeman were left on the outside looking in at the CFP
2:30 PM ET This is the space where a hot take was supposed to live. Since the College Football Playoff committee released its first rankings on Nov. 2, we’ve been sharpening our knives, waiting to climb atop a soapbox and defend the latest aggrieved party — Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, heck, even Notre Dame managed to
1:45 PM ET CINCINNATI — A potential touchdown turned into a big turnover for the Cincinnati Bengals. In the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow threw a deep ball to wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase down the sideline with Chargers cornerback Michael Davis trailing behind Chase. From there,