12:33 PM ET Before we knew Mike Leach was a first-ballot hall of fame interview, before the sideline dissertations about marriage or candy or anything in the world, really, there was Mike Leach, the football genius. Leach, who died Monday night at 61, likely would scoff at that notion, that anyone needed to be a
4:40 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A judge has ordered Michigan State University to release donor agreements with two alumni who gave or pledged millions of dollars to the athletic department. Michigan State has acknowledged that some of the money will help pay for a 10-year, $95 million contract with football coach Mel Tucker,
4:14 PM ET South Carolina has hired longtime NFL assistant Dowell Loggains as its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the school announced Tuesday. Loggains, 42, spent the past two seasons as the tight ends coach at Arkansas, where he went to school and was a walk-on quarterback. Before that, he was the New York Jets’
4:54 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Kent State is finalizing a five-year deal to make Minnesota associate head coach Kenni Burns the school’s next coach, sources told ESPN. A deal is expected to be formalized in the near future, according to sources. Burns has been a linchpin member of P.J. Fleck’s staff since taking the running
3:39 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have placed linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on injured reserve with a foot injury, effectively ending his season. The Browns (5-8) have four games left, and a player on IR must stay there for four games. Owusu-Koramoah suffered the injury in Sunday’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Cleveland
3:30 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Jeff Saturday was hired to be the Indianapolis Colts‘ interim coach for the final eight games of the season — “and hopefully more,” as owner Jim Irsay put it. But after a 1-3 start and a 25-point loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the Colts’ most recent outing,
4:16 PM ET The attorneys for more than three dozen former Washington Commanders employees demanded the removal of “sexualized and salacious photographs” of the organization’s former cheerleaders from any official congressional port of record. Attorneys Lisa Banks and Debra Katz sent a strongly worded letter to House Committee on Oversight and Reform ranking member James
2:59 PM ET STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State will play in its Jan. 2 ReliaQuest Bowl game against Illinois, Bulldogs interim athletic director Bracky Brett told ESPN on Tuesday. Mississippi State coach Mike Leach died Monday night after complications related to a heart condition. He was 61. “The players are 100% behind playing this bowl
1:41 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Ross Stripling and San Francisco on Tuesday agreed to a two-year, $25 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first season, enriching a Giants rotation with another free agent acquisition.
2:19 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93. His death on Tuesday at his Ambler, Pennsylvania, home was confirmed by the Phillies, who did not specify a cause. One of the greatest pitchers in franchise history, the