8:00 AM ET The start of the 2019 season is seven and a half months away, but it’s never too early to look ahead at the biggest nonconference games on the schedule. This list features several rematches, renewed rivalries and a Notre Dame first. But perhaps most important, all of these games figure to have
Month: January 2019
3:25 PM ET Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State quarterback Jake Luton has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA. Luton has started in just nine games for the Beavers since his first season in 2017 because of injuries. That year he missed eight games with a spine injury, then last
3:56 PM ET A month before minor leaguer Tim Tebow heads to spring training with hopes of making it to New York with the Mets in 2019, the outfielder/former quarterback/SEC Network host popped the question to Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. .@TimTebow is officially off the market 💍 pic.twitter.com/XuJd8xr5m1 — espnW (@espnW) January 10, 2019
3:14 PM ET Some may say the NHL All-Star uniforms are garbage. And they’d be right since they are made with recycled ocean waste. Adidas partnered with the environmental group Parley for the Oceans to create jerseys made out of upcycled marine plastic debris. The waste is made into technical fibers and then woven into
2:36 PM ET Rising bantamweight star Petr Yan has his next assignment, and it’s undoubtedly the toughest test of his UFC career. Yan (11-1) will meet John Dodson (20-10) on Feb. 23 in Prague, Czech Republic, multiple sources told ESPN. Yan has won his last six fights in a row. He most recently defeated Douglas
2:43 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Derby’s purse will be raised to $3 million this May, an increase of $1 million and the first boost in 14 years. Churchill Downs said Thursday that the winner of the 145th running will receive $1.86 million. The runner-up will earn $600,000, with third place
2:10 PM ET Ohio State quarterback Tate Martell has entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal, according to a source. The redshirt freshman is not obligated to transfer by entering the portal, but it allows other programs to contact him to gauge his interest if he chooses to leave the Buckeyes. The decision comes
2:05 PM ET Back-to-back NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant has been knocked out of the Western Conference starting five in the most recent fan voting for the All-Star Game, the league announced on Thursday. Oklahoma City’s Paul George has supplanted Durant in the West’s starting five. George joins Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and
2:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — An arbitrator has denied a grievance filed by the Major League Baseball Players Association on behalf of Carter Stewart, who failed to sign with the Atlanta Braves last summer and will be eligible for this year’s amateur draft. Stewart, a right-handed pitcher from Eau Gallie High School
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