1:09 PM ET Between Portugal’s World Cup disappointment and his exit at Man United, it’s been a tough winter for Cristiano Ronaldo. Where will he end up playing? Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua via Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland all made the headlines in 2022, while Argentina and Real Madrid claimed football’s biggest
12:38 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren has emerged as a strong candidate to be the next president of the Chicago Bears, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Warren is one of the final candidates in the Bears’ search for the team’s next president/CEO and remains engaged after a lengthy search, with sources
12:56 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — TCU coach Sonny Dykes says his program has always been in a “fight for credibility” and noted the additional challenges the Horned Frogs have gone through this season to reach the College Football Playoff. “Nobody anticipated us being here,” Dykes said Thursday during media day for the
12:48 PM ET ATLANTA — As hard as Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud tried to avoid the negativity on social media and elsewhere after losing to Michigan last month, it was unavoidable. Stroud said during media day Thursday as the Buckeyes prepare for the College Football Playoff Semifinal Game at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl that,
10:48 AM ET Ten MLB umpires, including seven crew chiefs, are set to retire at the end of the month, making it the largest turnover at that job since 1999, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN. Some of the retirements are due to nagging injuries while others are coincidental, as a group of the
7:00 AM ET The Winter Classic is an annual outdoor hockey game with an annual timeline for fan arguments. They begin when the venue is announced — “Fenway Park … again?” — and continue when the participants are revealed — “The Pittsburgh Penguins … again?” But the arguments reach their apex when the uniforms for
11:39 AM ET ATLANTA — Georgia star defensive lineman Jalen Carter said on Thursday that he feels 100% again after a nagging ankle injury limited him for most of the first half of the season. Carter, who figures to play a prominent role against Ohio State in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A
Perth Scorchers 136 for 4 (Turner 53, Wood 2-29) beat Melbourne Stars 135 (Cartwright 36, Richardson 4-25) by six wickets Quick Jhye Richardson bowled rapidly to overwhelm Melbourne Stars before skipper Ashton Turner again chased superbly under pressure as Perth Scorchers notched a six-wicket victory at PErth Stadium. After Stars elected to bat, Richardson was
8:00 AM ET Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor still has most of the emails, the ones essentially accusing him of hiring “his drinking buddy” when he named Chris Klieman the Wildcats’ head football coach on Dec. 10, 2018. Taylor and Klieman had worked together at FCS powerhouse North Dakota State, which wins national championships
9:33 AM ET Ohio State leading rusher Miyan Williams, who has missed practice this week with what coach Ryan Day said is a stomach bug, is expected to return to practice Thursday and be available to play against Georgia in the College Football Playoff Semifinal Game at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Saturday. Williams has