3:34 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight bout between Jack Hermansson and Sean Strickland to headline an event in February, sources told ESPN on Friday. Contracts have not yet been signed for the 185-pound contest that will serve as the main event at UFC Fight Night on Feb. 5, but they should be
5:07 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill will try to play through a mallet finger injury that he suffered in Thursday night’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys without having surgery, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Saints doctors determined that Hill suffered a mallet finger (the name for a ruptured
5:23 PM ET Kansas State will not retain offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham and tights ends coach Jason Ray for the team’s bowl game, head coach Chris Klieman said Friday. Contracts for the two assistant coaches were due to expire in February. Kansas State finished 7-5 and should learn its bowl destination on Sunday. Former Heisman
4:27 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson starting receiver Frank Ladson Jr. and backup quarterback Taisun Phommachanh are leaving the program after entering the transfer portal, the school announced Friday. Ladson, a 6-foot-3 junior from Miami, started the first four games but did not play the final seven games of the season and
5:03 PM ET Oregon has offered football coach Mario Cristobal a contract extension in hopes of keeping him in Eugene, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. There is increasing chatter that Cristobal would be the main target at Miami if the Hurricanes fire Manny Diaz. Cristobal, a Miami native, played and coached at Miami. As
4:46 PM ET Ginny Fuchs, the captain of the 2020 U.S. Olympic women’s boxing team in Tokyo, told ESPN she has decided to turn professional. The 33-year-old Houston native will begin her career at flyweight, the weight she has competed at over the past eight years — including in Tokyo, where she reached the second
4:02 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and running back Darrell Henderson are questionable to play Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, coach Sean
3:53 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears veteran quarterback Andy Dalton will start instead of rookie Justin Fields (ribs) on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, coach Matt Nagy announced on Friday. “As far as for the game, Andy Dalton’s going to start on Sunday, Nick Foles will be the backup,” Nagy said after
1:50 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team must try to extend its three-game winning streak without two key players — safety/linebacker Landon Collins and running back J.D. McKissic. Both were ruled out of Sunday’s game at the Las Vegas Raiders because of injuries. Both players were hurt late in Monday’s win over
2:22 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — With Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray‘s high left ankle sprain entering its sixth week, coach Kliff Kingsbury said Friday his quarterback’s status for Sunday’s game against the Chicago Bears will be a game-time decision, in part because of strategy and in part because the memory of last year’s tailspin