12:41 PM ET Penn State added an important piece to its 2022 recruiting class Friday when ESPN Junior 300 offensive lineman Drew Shelton announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions. “I chose Penn State because I have a great relationship with coach [Phil] Trautwein [offensive line], analyst [Ty] Howle and [head coach James] Franklin,” Shelton
10:56 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have yet another kicker in 2020. The Bucs waived Matt Gay, their fifth-round draft pick in 2019, a source told ESPN. Gay becomes the second Bucs kicker drafted in the past five years who was cut after his rookie season. Veteran Ryan Succop, who
11:18 AM ET College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock and his wife, Nicki, both tested positive for COVID-19 last month but did not have to be hospitalized and “are in good health again,” Hancock told ESPN on Friday. Hancock, who said he notified his staff and the 10 FBS commissioners on Friday, said he
9:14 AM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris has been having fun with his race helmet designs this year — his latest is a pizza-inspired edition for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Norris’ usual race helmet is a yellow and blue design but for the Monza race he has changed the colours. The predominant strip down the
7:00 AM ET CHICAGO — It was June 26, 2019. Chicago Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish was struggling — like he had done for much of his short Cubs career — against the Atlanta Braves. Then came a mound visit from his pitching coach and a conversation later in the dugout. Those moments changed the trajectory
8:02 AM ET What Alistair Overeem is doing — especially at this stage of his career — you just don’t see every day. Veterans of his caliber are not always willing to accept this kind of a fight. Overeem (46-18) will face Augusto Sakai (15-1-1) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday,
9:42 AM ET Clemson is the overwhelming preseason choice to win the ACC, with Notre Dame picked to finish second, the league announced Friday. The Tigers received 132 of the media panel’s 134 first-place votes. Notre Dame received the other two. So if the preseason poll bears out, Clemson and Notre Dame would play in
2:05 PM ET After the most bizarre offseason in NFL history, the fantasy football season is set to kick off next week, which means we’re heading into the biggest fantasy football draft weekend of the year. With that in mind, our experts gathered for one final mock draft in a 10-team, non-PPR format. We’ve been
8:00 AM ET Outside the window of his office, new Appalachian State head coach Shawn Clark spent the summer watching construction crews hard at work on stadium renovations. There’s fresh turf going in, and a new complex in the end zone that Clark promises will be the class of the Group of 5. He’s pretty
7:50 AM ET Jamel Herring looked across the ring to the opposite corner and immediately realized what was missing from his own. At the time, in 2017, Herring watched as the trio of trainers led by Brian McIntyre worked together and gave instructions in unison to Terence “Bud” Crawford during a sparring session in Omaha,