Month: November 2018

4:46 PM ET Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State wanted to shake things up, so Willie Taggart has turned over the playcalling duties to his offensive coordinator. Taggart said he’s “not a big ego guy,” and after a rocky start in his first season (4-5, 2-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) as the Seminoles’ coach, he
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4:28 PM ET Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, former managers Lou Piniella, Davey Johnson and Charlie Manuel, and six players headed by Lee Smith are on the 10-man ballot for the baseball Hall of Fame’s Today’s Game Era committee to consider next month. Harold Baines, Albert Belle, Will
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Dries Mertens claimed the match ball with a dazzling three-goal display as Napoli dismantled relegation-threatened Empoli. Serie A club Empoli dampened coach Aurelio Andreazzoli’s 65th birthday celebrations on Monday by sacking him after a poor run of results. He was dismissed despite leading Empoli back into the top flight last season when they won the
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3:59 PM ET The Washington Redskins will be without starting guards Brandon Scherff and Shawn Lauvao, as well as wide receiver Paul Richardson Jr., for the rest of the year as each will undergo season-ending surgery. Scherff suffered a torn pectoral muscle in the Redskins’ 38-14 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday and spent
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3:57 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Winnipeg Jets forward Brendan Lemieux has been suspended for two games without pay for an illegal check to the head of Florida Panthers forward Vincent Trocheck. The incident occurred on Friday night in Helsinki as a part of the NHL’s Global series. Late in the second period, Lemieux delivered a
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3:32 PM ET UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier told ESPN on Monday he does not need to face Jon Jones for a third time before retirement. Cormier, who defeated Derrick Lewis on Saturday at UFC 230 to retain his heavyweight belt, has said he wants to end his MMA career by the
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6:08 PM ET Bruce Arians told The Canton Repository on Sunday that the Cleveland Browns‘ head-coaching position is the only job for which he’d be willing to come out of retirement. “Cleveland is the only job I would consider,” said Arians, who was in Cleveland with CBS as part of the broadcast team for Sunday’s
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4:16 PM ET One day after the worst game of his young career, New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold offered a brutally candid self-evaluation. “For me, I’m just not playing to the best of my ability and, quite frankly, just playing stupid,” the rookie told reporters Monday on a conference call. “I thought I played
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