11:50 AM ET Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has agreed to a contract extension through the 2025 season, the school announced Tuesday. Campbell had been mentioned as a candidate for Florida State, Arkansas and possibly other coaching vacancies. He instead will remain at Iowa State, where he’s 26-24 in four seasons with three consecutive bowl
Month: December 2019
11:51 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two players from Japan, Shun Yamaguchi and Ryosuke Kikuchi, have been made available to major league teams through the posting process. Clubs have until Jan. 2 (5 p.m. EST) to negotiate with them, Major League Baseball said Tuesday. Yamaguchi, a 32-year-old right-hander with the Yomiuri Giants, was
11:15 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Greg Schiano is back as Rutgers football coach. The university’s Board of Governors approved an agreement Tuesday to bring back the former Scarlet Knights coach to lead the program. The 53-year-old Schiano gets an eight-year, $32 million deal. “Today we open the next great chapter
11:15 AM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville University has decided to discontinue its football program. The school made the announcement Tuesday, saying it spent more than a year evaluating its athletic department and exploring ways to position itself for long-term growth and success. “Ultimately, one option stood out as the best path forward
11:10 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland’s season all but ended Sunday where Cleveland seasons typically go to die anyway. The junior-varsity Pittsburgh Steelers, headlined by a once fourth-team quarterback who couldn’t defeat Youngstown State while in college, defeated the other team in Northeast Ohio, which fell in Pittsburgh for a 16th consecutive time. That’s
10:46 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have released defensive end Chris Smith on Tuesday. Smith had one tackle in nine games for the Browns. He was not active Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, even though Cleveland was without defensive end Myles Garrett, who’s suspended for the season. Smith’s girlfriend, Petara Cordero, was
10:46 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have released defensive end Chris Smith, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Smith had one tackle in nine games for the Browns. He was not active Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, even though Cleveland was without defensive end Myles Garrett, who’s suspended for the season.
10:26 AM ET Miami and South Carolina have scheduled games for the 2026 and 2027 seasons, the schools announced. The Gamecocks will host the Hurricanes on Sept. 5, 2026, and Miami will be the home team for a game on Sept. 11, 2027. The schools last played in 2014 at the Duck Commander Independence Bowl,
10:31 AM ET Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens indicated Monday that safety Damarious Randall‘s benching was likely for one game only. “His status going forward is he’ll come back this week and I’m assuming we’ll do everything we need to do to be on the field,” Kitchens said, according to Cleveland.com. Randall, the team’s starting
10:14 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Three-time Grammy Award winner Darius Rucker will perform a pre-race concert before the Daytona 500 in February. It will be Rucker’s fourth appearance at Daytona International Speedway and first at the “Great American Race,” which will again serve as NASCAR’s Cup Series season opener. The 500-mile