Month: December 2018

11:06 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The mounting frustrations on offense were visible for the Minnesota Vikings during their 24-10 season-ending loss to the Chicago Bears. At the end of the first half, tensions between Kirk Cousins and Adam Thielen boiled over on the sideline in an exchange captured by broadcast cameras. The two downplayed the
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4:16 PM ET Ole Miss has hired Rich Rodriguez as its new offensive coordinator, the school announced Monday. Rodriguez, formerly the head coach at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona, received a three-year contract, sources told ESPN. Mike MacIntyre will join Matt Luke’s staff at Ole Miss as the Rebels’ new defensive coordinator. MacIntyre was fired
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10:39 PM ET Ole Miss is finalizing a deal to make Rich Rodriguez the Rebels’ offensive coordinator, sources confirmed to ESPN. Rodriguez, formerly the head coach at West Virginia, Michigan and Arizona, is set to receive a three-year contract. The deal was first reported by The Athletic. Mike MacIntyre will join Matt Luke’s staff at
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8:18 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Earlier this month, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan regretted that he couldn’t help tight end George Kittle break the record for most receiving yards in a game against the Denver Broncos. Kittle came up 5 yards short of breaking that record. But Kittle would not be denied the
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9:22 PM ET BALTIMORE — Lamar Jackson helped the Baltimore Ravens end a three-year playoff drought and clinch the franchise’s first AFC North title since 2012, and he put himself in elite company by doing so. In Sunday’s 26-24 win over the Cleveland Browns, Jackson’s two touchdown runs helped secure the AFC’s No. 4 seed
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9:22 PM ET BALTIMORE — Eric Weddle earned a $1 million incentive for the Baltimore Ravens making the playoffs Sunday, and the Pro Bowl safety wants to share the reward. “I’ve been thinking about it all week that if it happened, I’m going to do something nice for all my teammates and my coaches because
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1:14 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Pete Carroll couldn’t win here. Bill Belichick didn’t even want to try. Herm Edwards restored pride in the franchise, then got himself traded. Eric Mangini was the “Man-genius,” which landed him a cameo on “The Sopranos” — and then he got whacked in the middle of the night
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9:37 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — For the second time in four years, the New York Jets are in the market for a head coach. Todd Bowles, who presided over one of the worst three-year stretches in franchise history, was fired Sunday evening in a long-anticipated move. Ownership decided against a complete overhaul, opting
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