Month: December 2018

2:22 PM ET PASADENA, Calif. — Had Ryan Day not emerged as such a capable replacement, Urban Meyer said it would have been tough to walk away from his job as the head coach at Ohio State. “Yeah, I don’t think I could,” Meyer said at Rose Bowl media day. “Because there’s too many —
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1:11 PM ET Throughout the back issues that kept Tiger Woods from competing for the better part of two years, caddie Joe LaCava waited for him to return — forgoing opportunities to work for other players. The question seems preposterous, given how far Tiger Woods had fallen. It won’t be easy, but it’s not impossible,
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1:56 PM ET Houston has fired coach Major Applewhite after two seasons with the program, the school announced Sunday. Applewhite went 15-11 in two-plus seasons at the helm, succeeding Tom Herman, who was 22-4 at Houston before taking the head coaching job at Texas. Houston will owe Applewhite a $1.95 million buyout. “We’d like to
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1:41 PM ET The Columbus Blue Jackets announced Sunday that captain Nick Foligno will miss Monday’s game against Ottawa and be away from the team because his daughter Milana will undergo a scheduled surgery in Boston. The team said that he “will return to the team as soon as possible.” Foligno’s daughter was born with
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1:07 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Detroit Lions defensive tackle Damon “Snacks” Harrison became the eighth player since 1931 to play in 17 games in an NFL season. Harrison was able to accomplish this by being traded from the New York Giants to Detroit in October — before the Giants’ bye week and after
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12:57 PM ET Mark Richt announced Sunday that he is retiring as Miami coach. The Hurricanes went 7-6 this season and were blown out 35-3 by Wisconsin in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday. “The decision came after a great deal of thought, discussions with my family, and prayer,” Richt said. “This was my
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12:54 PM GMT Harlequins have suspended Dave Ward for one game after the hooker was shown a yellow card for stamping on Wasps’ Thomas Young at Twickenham Saturday. Ward also appeared to spit at Young, an incident which was missed by referee Craig Maxwell-Keys but was shown on television, although the Harlequins player denied that
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11:22 AM ET Even though the Ravens recently announced that John Harbaugh will return in 2019, other NFL teams think the veteran coach could be pried loose from Baltimore. At least one team pondering a head-coaching change is considering calling the Ravens to inquire about Harbaugh if Baltimore doesn’t advance to the postseason Sunday, league
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12:07 PM ET West Virginia is losing another key player to the NFL draft, as linebacker David Long announced Sunday he’s leaving early. Long was the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year this season. He finished with 111 tackles, 19 tackles for loss and seven sacks. Thank you, Once a Mountaineer Always a Monutaineer🙏🏼
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11:19 AM ET The Green Bay Packers are expected to request an interview with Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald for their vacant head-coaching job after he coaches the Wildcats in the Holiday Bowl against Utah on Monday, a league source told ESPN. It is unclear whether Fitzgerald would interview, according to the source, but he certainly would
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