5:59 PM ET Iowa State coach Matt Campbell has agreed to a new contract through the 2028 season, the school announced Monday. The new deal expires Dec. 31, 2028, and adds three years onto Campbell’s current agreement with Iowa State. Campbell in 2020 won Big 12 Coach of the Year for the third time in
Month: February 2021
6:36 PM ET Associated Press PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State starting quarterback Jayden de Laura has been suspended from the team after his arrest in Pullman on suspicion of driving under the influence. The freshman started all four games for Washington State last fall. The Spokesman-Review reports that the 19-year-old de Laura was arrested on
5:34 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Mayor Jane Castor expressed frustration Monday over individuals not following her executive order for masks to be worn in certain outdoor areas of the city. The city handed out more than 200,000 masks, and still places such as Ybor City were packed with maskless crowds of partiers and
4:58 PM ET Set to become an unrestricted free agent in March, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman‘s next NFL stop is likely to be his last. Sherman, who will be 33 in March, has long maintained that he wants to play until he’s 35, told Stephen A. Smith on his ESPN+ show Stephen A’s
5:26 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kyle Larson loaded his motorhome and drove to Daytona International Speedway by himself, alone for some seven hours to prepare for his return to NASCAR competition. The excitement of a new season settled his nerves and he felt optimistic about his future. After serving a six-month
5:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has slightly deadened its baseballs amid a years-long surge in home runs, a source confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday. MLB anticipates the changes will be subtle, and a memo to teams last week cites an independent lab that found the new balls
5:26 PM GMT Italy’s injured centre Marco Zanon will miss the Six Nations game against England on Saturday, the Italian Rugby Federation said on Monday, while Pierre Bruno and Andrea Lovotti have been added to the squad. Zanon started at outside centre in the Azzurri’s 50-10 opening day loss to France but was replaced after
4:10 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels and two-way player Shohei Ohtani agreed on a two-year, $8.5 million contract on Monday, a deal that provided both sides with cost certainty for two of Ohtani’s three remaining arbitration years. Ohtani and the Angels exchanged arbitration figures in the middle of January and the midway point was
4:16 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Maple Leafs will be without Wayne Simmonds until mid-March. The team announced Monday that the bruising winger is set to miss six weeks after suffering a broken wrist in Saturday’s 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Simmonds, 32, scored twice in the game but took a clearing
4:33 PM ET The NHL is extending the postponements for the Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils as those teams recover from COVID-19 outbreaks among players. The league announced Monday that two additional Sabres games (Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 against the Capitals); three more Devils games (Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 against