6:51 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — At this point, the Green Bay Packers insist they want Aaron Rodgers back next season. That, however, could be open for discussion in the offseason. Rodgers, 39, signed a three-year, $150 million contract last March that runs through the 2024 season. It contained a $58.3 million guaranteed bonus
Month: December 2022
8:11 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After the San Francisco 49ers again lost quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a season-ending injury Sunday, they spent the ensuing 24 hours sifting through both the short- and long-term implications of his loss. On Monday afternoon, that meant doing everything from determining whether to pursue released signal-caller Baker Mayfield
6:48 PM ET Citing a season that “fell short” of the goal of winning a national championship, LSU standout receiver Kayshon Boutte said Monday he will return for his senior year. ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. and Todd McShay both had Boutte as their fifth-ranked draft-eligible receiver. pic.twitter.com/nkQelga7bK — Kayshon Boutte (@KayshonBoutte1) December 5, 2022 Boutte
7:05 PM ET Ohio State Buckeyes offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson has finalized a five-year deal to be Tulsa‘s next head football coach, a source told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Monday. Wilson, 61, spent five seasons on Ohio State’s staff and helped establish the Buckeyes as an offensive powerhouse during his tenure. He served as Indiana’s
7:26 PM ET Kent State head coach Sean Lewis is leaving to be Deion Sanders’ offensive coordinator at Colorado, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Monday. Lewis was one of the top candidates for the head-coaching job at Cincinnati until Louisville‘s Scott Satterfield emerged late and claimed the role, and Lewis’ next stop was expected
6:48 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Georgia’s Stetson Bennett, USC’s Caleb Williams, TCU’s Max Duggan and Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud were announced Monday as the Heisman Trophy finalists. The four quarterbacks, who play for four of the top 10 teams this season, including three that will play in the College Football Playoff, will be in New
6:37 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker confirmed his team is interested in free agent catcher Willson Contreras just months after a trade for him was nixed. “It’s not that I didn’t want him,” Baker explained on Day 1 of the winter meetings on Monday. “It’s just at the time I
6:07 PM GMT South Africa’s World Cup-winning winger Sbu Nkosi, who had been reported missing by his club Blue Bulls for being absent without leave for three weeks, has been found safe and sound, the Pretoria-based team announced on Monday. The Bulls said Nkosi, who has played 16 tests for South Africa and was part
5:00 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Bengals will likely be without their top tight end for Week 14. Hayden Hurst will be doubtful for the team’s contest against the Cleveland Browns, Bengals coach Zac Taylor said Monday. Hurst left Cincinnati’s 27-24 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs with a right calf injury. Taylor said the
12:31 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Clayton Kershaw‘s return to the Los Angeles Dodgers was officially announced on Monday, nearly a month after both sides had agreed to terms. His one-year, $20 million contract — $5 million of which will be paid as a signing bonus, a source confirmed to ESPN — became official three