Nov 26, 2019 BATON ROUGE, La. — Ed Orgeron still hasn’t quite gotten over it. Three hundred and sixty-four days after LSU took a gut-wrenching, emotionally draining, physically taxing seven-overtime loss to Texas A&M, he didn’t hide how much the rematch means to him. Never mind that the Tigers are 11-0, No. 1 in the
6:29 PM ET Rutgers running back Raheem Blackshear, who started the team’s first four games before electing to redshirt and preserve a season of eligibility, entered the transfer portal on Wednesday. Blackshear, a team captain, earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors in 2018, when he led Rutgers in both rushing and receiving and finished with
6:28 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had one piece of advice for Devlin “Duck” Hodges on Wednesday afternoon. “Just be yourself,” he told the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ newest starting quarterback at practice. “Be Duck.” That’s all Pittsburgh needs Hodges to be as the team squares off in a high-stakes rematch with the Cleveland Browns
2:23 PM ET Unified junior middleweight world titlist Julian “J Rock” Williams is going home to Philadelphia to make his first title defense. Williams will defend his two 154-pound belts against Jeison Rosario in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on Jan. 18 (Fox, 8 p.m. ET) at Temple University’s Liacouras Center,
5:46 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots had eight players miss practice Wednesday due to flu-like symptoms, which safety Devin McCourty said was unlike anything he’s seen in his 10 years with the team. “We had guys come in, you’d look in their eyes and you could just tell they were out
5:47 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR has fined three car owners $50,000 each and penalized their teams for manipulating the season-ending Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway in an alleged scheme to collect a higher bonus payout. Jay Robinson (Premium Motorsports), Rick Ware (Rick Ware Racing) and TJ Puchyr (Spire Motorsports)
5:38 PM ET The Baltimore Orioles have placed slugging second baseman Jonathan Villar on outright waivers, according to multiple reports. Wednesday’s move, which appears designed to help the Orioles trade Villar out of Baltimore ahead of Monday’s non-tender deadline, was first reported by MASN Sports. The Baltimore-based sports network reported Villar was placed on outright
5:31 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold didn’t pull a Mitchell Trubisky and demand the TV sets in the team facility be turned off. When things got bumpy last month, he blocked out the criticism the old-fashioned way. He focused on his job, impressing his coach and teammates. “This
5:14 PM ET Associated Press The Arena Football League has filed for bankruptcy. The indoor league was reduced to six teams before it suspended operations in October. Now, it’s declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy. “We simply weren’t able to raise the capital necessary to grow the league, resolve the substantial legacy liabilities and make it financially
5:14 PM ET The Boston Bruins signed forwards Charlie Coyle and Chris Wagner to longterm extensions. Coyle’s deal is for six years, running through the 2025-26 season with an annual cap hit of $5.25 million. Coyle, 27, is now the Bruins player under contract for the longest. Brad Marchand’s deal runs through the 2024-25 season.