5:29 PM ET Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has taken to Twitter to poke fun at himself after his popcorn comment blew up in his face Saturday before Ole Miss’ 42-21 loss to No. 1-ranked Alabama. Kiffin tweeted a photo Thursday of different kinds of popcorn piled up on a chair in his office and
Month: October 2021
4:07 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed starting cornerback Carlton Davis on injured reserve Thursday. Davis was carted off the field in last Sunday night’s victory over the New England Patriots with a quad injury. Coach Bruce Arians said on Wednesday that he expected Davis to miss significant time with the injury. Davis joins
4:21 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey says he “definitely” has a chance to play in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. McCaffrey missed Sunday’s 36-28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys because of a hamstring injury suffered the previous week in a Thursday night win at Houston. The initial prognosis
7:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson put Shane Waldron on the spot. The team was interviewing offensive coordinator candidates in mid-January, a search in which coach Pete Carroll involved Wilson heavily at his request. Through several rounds of Zoom sessions, Wilson could sense the knowledge Waldron soaked up
2:33 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN Just days from his trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury sat down with Mark Kriegel in Las Vegas to discuss his mindset ahead of the bout, his expectations from Wilder and his disappointment with Anthony Joshua’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk that derailed the megafight between the two British fighters
4:48 PM ET Associated Press Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Clemson receiver Justyn Ross, both of whom faced potentially career-threatening injuries, are among the nominees for college football’s Comeback Player of the Year award. Milton was one of the latest nominees announced this week for the 4-year-old award presented by the Mayo Clinic that
4:05 PM ET Running back CJ Verdell and safety Bennett Williams both will miss the remainder of the season for the No. 8 Oregon Ducks, coach Mario Cristobal said Thursday. Verdell, a fifth-year junior, sustained a left leg injury in the second half of Oregon’s loss to Stanford last Saturday. He leads Oregon with 78
11:22 AM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a ticket broker of allegedly bilking the Chicago White Sox out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by fraudulently selling tickets to the team’s games with the help of two White Sox ticket sellers. After a four-day trial, the jury in Chicago convicted
12:21 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Both the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox left off veteran pitchers when setting their rosters for the teams’ American League Division Series beginning Thursday. Houston right-hander Jake Odorizzi wasn’t among the 12 pitchers the team will carry for the best-of-five series. Odorizzi struggled in his first season
11:49 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. — Boston slugger J.D. Martinez is on the Red Sox roster for their AL Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays after missing Tuesday night’s win over the New York Yankees in the AL Wild Card Game because of a sprained left ankle. The best-of-five ALDS is