Month: October 2022

4:02 PM ET New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones took approximately 90% of the first-team reps at practice Wednesday and will start Sunday against the New York Jets, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Patriots coach Bill Belichick pulled Jones after three series in Monday’s blowout loss to Chicago, inserting rookie Bailey Zappe in his
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4:22 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have traded veteran pass rusher Robert Quinn to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Quinn, 32, has been with the Bears since April 2020 when he signed a five-year, $70 million deal as a free
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4:47 PM ET Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland — Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarterfinals at the Swiss Indoors by beating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Spaniard clinched the win with his only ace in a second-round match where he had 20 winners and made just nine unforced errors. Alcaraz’s
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3:09 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — USC‘s and UCLA‘s upcoming move to the Big Ten has not been popular with their supporters, according to Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff. Both USC and UCLA will become full members of the Big Ten in 2024 after an offseason move that changed the structure of college sports. During Pac-12
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3:01 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Naturally, Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp admits she’s frustrated with the 1-5 start to the season, but she still feels that coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes are the right people to lead the rebuild. Ford Hamp fielded questions from reporters for four
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3:45 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA’s Division I board of directors approved on Wednesday new guidance to members on name, image and likeness activities, clarifying how schools, coaches and staffers can be involved with athletes’ endorsement and sponsorship deals. The latest clarifications to the NCAA’s interim NIL policy creates no new rules,
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1:56 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Ryan came to work Monday morning planning to rehab his sore right shoulder and turn his attention to the Washington Commanders. But the Indianapolis Colts quarterback was instead hit with the stunning news that he had lost his starting job to 2021 sixth-round pick Sam Ehlinger. “As
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1:59 PM ET Bob McClellanNFL Joe Biddle, whose Nashville sportswriting career spanned five decades, died early Wednesday. He was 78. Born June 13, 1944, in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he was a high school classmate of Heisman Trophy winner and legendary coach Steve Spurrier, Biddle rose to prominence as the sports editor and columnist of
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10:27 AM ET European champions England will take on Copa America winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at London’s Wembley Stadium on April 6 next year, UEFA announced on Wednesday. England beat Germany in the European Championship final in July to lift their first major title while Brazil sealed an eighth continental crown in
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