10:35 AM ET Tulane coach Willie Fritz has received a new, seven-year contract through the 2026 season, a source told ESPN. His previous agreement had run through the 2023 season after he received a two-year extension in 2018. Yahoo! Sports first reported the new agreement. Fritz, 60, led Tulane to consecutive bowl wins in 2018
Month: September 2020
11:04 AM ET Air Force is set to host Navy on Oct. 3, officials from both academies confirmed Monday. Although Air Force had its fall football season postponed Aug. 10 by the Mountain West Conference, the team was still allowed to face both Navy and Army and compete for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy. Air Force is
10:48 AM ET Virginia Tech safety Devon Hunter has been suspended indefinitely, the school announced Monday. In a statement, the school said Hunter was suspended for “not upholding the high standards we have for our student-athletes.” Hunter was projected to start at safety this season. Virginia Tech has paused all football-related activities because of coronavirus-related
11:06 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton, whose 15 rushing attempts in Sunday’s season-opening win were his second-highest total in a game in his career, said he isn’t concerned about the injury risk if the trend continues. “That’s just been me. Every year, a new discussion comes up of ‘It’s
10:52 AM ET The NFL sent a memo Monday morning to reinforce its requirement that coaches wear face coverings at all time on the sidelines during games, threatening discipline for those who don’t comply. The sharply worded message, written by executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent, came in response to wide variance in
11:15 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — An MRI done on Colts running back Marlon Mack confirmed that he suffered a season-ending torn Achilles in Sunday’s loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to a source. Mack suffered the injury after catching an underneath pass in the second quarter. He immediately grabbed his ankle, got up and took
7:15 AM ET KENNETH FERRIE WAS already cooked when he stood near Phil Mickelson on the 72nd tee of the United States Open. The Englishman could have slipped under the ropes inside Winged Foot, the Yankee Stadium of golf, and joined the thousands of New Yorkers cheering for their left-hander to close it out. Ferrie,
6:18 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Luis Suarez risks spending the season in the stands as he remains in a tense stand-off with Barcelona over his contract situation, sources have told ESPN. Suarez, 33, is surplus to requirements at Camp Nou and new coach Ronald Koeman informed him last month that he should look
9:19 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United fear increased competition for Jadon Sancho‘s signature next summer if they cannot prise him away from Borussia Dortmund in this transfer window, sources have told ESPN. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has not given up hope of signing Sancho, despite Dortmund insisting privately they will keep the 20-year-old for at
11:23 AM ET A Ligue 1 discipline committee will look into allegations that Paris Saint-Germain‘s Neymar was subjected to racist abuse during their 1-0 loss against Marseille on Sunday with the league likely to launch a full investigation, sources have told ESPN. The committee is also examining the possibility of launching an investigation into allegations