3:42 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Just more than 24 hours after Southern California announced that former 5-star quarterback Caleb Williams would be joining Lincoln Riley in leaving Oklahoma for Los Angeles, Riley introduced a signing-day class that featured Williams among 13 transfer players while admitting he did not want to rely on the transfer portal
Month: February 2022
1:41 PM ET Phil Mickelson says the threat of competition from a proposed rival golf league has already made life better for PGA Tour players with increased prize money and the introduction of a season-long incentive program. Mickelson, speaking during a news conference on Wednesday before this week’s Saudi International, said the possibility of a
1:15 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer British driver Jamie Chadwick is a two-time champion of the all-female W Series circuit. Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images When Jamie Chadwick first sat behind the wheel of a Formula One car, the moment highlighted both the promise of progress and the historical stagnation of women in one of motorsports’
1:40 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s state prosecutors on Wednesday rejected suggestions that Novak Djokovic used a fake positive test for COVID-19 to try to enter Australia and compete in the Australian Open. The prosecution office said in a statement that it had received a request for criminal proceedings against unnamed individuals
1:54 PM ET Texas A&M added its fourth five-star commitment to its 2022 class when defensive end Shemar Stewart announced his commitment to the Aggies on Wednesday. Stewart is the No. 6 prospect overall and the top defensive end. He’s a 6-foot-5, 255-pound prospect from Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Miami. Stewart had a
1:22 PM ET The Chicago Bears have hired Alan Williams as their defensive coordinator, the team announced Wednesday. Williams, the Indianapolis Colts‘ safeties coach, follows new Bears head coach Matt Eberflus from Indianapolis to Chicago. The Bears also hired Dave Borgonzi on Wednesday as linebackers coach. Borgonzi was the Colts’ linebackers coach the past four
12:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Newly hired Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett continued to fill out his staff, as Green Bay Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten has agreed to be the team’s offensive coordinator and former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak has agreed to be quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator, sources told ESPN
1:19 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said the team’s two years with quarterback Tom Brady, which began as covert free-agency pursuit under the code name “Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson” and culminated in Super Bowl and NFC South titles, “an unbelievable fairy-tale story we’ll be talking about forever.” Licht
1:30 PM ET With the announcement Wednesday of Washington’s new nickname, the NFL club took another step in an effort to repair its image. Now, the team’s owners must continue the momentum: For the good of the franchise, it’s time for Daniel M. Snyder and his family to step aside and hire someone to run
12:45 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington team president Jason Wright sat at his desk last summer, pondering the five letters from fans in front of him. To Wright, they represented the challenge the team faced as it entered its rebranding efforts in search of a nickname and logo. One letter focused on the former