6:33 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Weird things happen in Brocktober. The Miami Dolphins‘ season was on the brink of falling apart, and — just their luck — they needed their backup quarterback to save the day. Brock Osweiler responded with a career-high 380 passing yards in a crazy, back-and-forth 31-28 overtime victory over
Month: October 2018
9:00 AM ET ESPN staff These rankings are all about rating teams against their conference brethren, but we are also ranking the conferences against each other. Check out the chart below, and click on a conference to get full details on why we ranked teams how we did. 1. SEC | 2. Big Ten |
5:01 PM ET CLEVELAND — Almost two years ago, players stood on the sideline in disbelief as kicker Josh Lambo‘s 45-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right, and the Los Angeles Chargers lost to the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 24, marking the struggling franchise’s only win of the 2016 season. Fast forward to 2018, and
4:40 PM ET Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger has a first-degree sprain in his throwing shoulder, according to an MRI performed on Sunday, the team announced. Ehlinger, who has started all seven of the No. 7 Longhorns’ games this season but left in the first quarter of Texas’ 23-17 win over Baylor on Saturday with the
3:42 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Juan Martin del Potro has fractured his right patella bone in what the Argentine called “a hard blow that leaves me without strength.” Del Potro retired Thursday against Borna Coric at the Shanghai Masters after injuring his knee. Third-seeded Del Potro fell near the end of
3:31 PM ET Bowling Green has fired coach Mike Jinks amid the team’s 1-6 start. “I want to thank Coach Jinks for all of his efforts with our football program and in the BG community,” athletic director Bob Moosbrugger said in a statement. “However, we felt it was time to make a change in leadership.
3:02 PM ET Associated Press After four of the top eight teams lost, The Associated Press college football poll has a new look behind No. 1 Alabama, with Ohio State reaching No. 2, LSU jumping back to No. 5 and Michigan moving into the top 10 for the first time this season. The Crimson Tide
3:39 PM ET Sharda UgraSenior Editor BCCI secretary Amitabh Chaudhary is expected to represent the board at the ICC’s chief executives’ meeting to be held in Singapore this week, a task that would normally have fallen to its CEO Rahul Johri. The decision follows #MeToo allegations, made public on Friday, around Johri’s conduct with a
2:19 PM ET Deontay Wilder has issued an apology to the man inside the mascot costume he punched while appearing on an ESPN show. World heavyweight champion Wilder was encouraged to demonstrate his punching power by striking the mascot on ESPN Nacion. Heavyweights Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury nearly came to blows Wednesday while wrapping
2:43 PM ET Minnesota Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau said Sunday that guard Jimmy Butler practiced with the team and is expected to play in its season opener Wednesday. The Wolves capped an eventful week Friday night with a lackluster 143-121 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in their preseason finale, a performance that Karl-Anthony Towns called