10:34 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Star Stanford junior tight end Ben Yurosek, who earned second-team all-league honors in 2022, is returning to school, according to an ESPN source. Yurosek intends to come back to Stanford in 2023, where he’ll be one of the focal points of the Stanford offense. The news is a boon to
Month: January 2023
6:30 AM ET ATLANTA — The Atlanta Falcons are shifting the top of their leadership structure, dividing their football and business heads into two separate jobs. Rich McKay, who has been the president and chief executive officer of the Falcons since 2011, will remain as CEO and be in charge of the football operations of
11:11 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — For the second time this season, Green Bay Packers rookie linebacker Quay Walker has been ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Walker was thrown out of Sunday night’s regular-season finale with 7:24 left after he shoved a member of the Detroit Lions‘ medical staff who was tending to injured running
10:10 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bill Belichick, who is the NFL’s longest-tenured coach and turns 71 in April, said Monday that he plans to return for his 24th season as New England Patriots coach in 2023. The Patriots had their season end Sunday in a 35-23 loss to the Buffalo Bills. After declaring that
7:00 AM ET Former Belgium head coach Roberto Martinez has been named Portugal manager, it was announced on Monday. Martinez left his role as Belgium manager after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where his side suffered a disappointing group-stage exit, finishing third in Group F behind Morocco and Croatia. – Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga,
10:16 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Al Nassr have turned their attention to Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets after completing the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, a source has told ESPN. Busquets, 34, is out of contract at the end of the season and the source said Al Nassr are prepared to offer an annual salary
10:48 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United are working on a deal to sign Wout Weghorst on loan from Burnley but his current club Besiktas want a payment to terminate his temporary move early, sources have told ESPN. Weghorst is on loan at Besiktas from Burnley, and the Turkish side are keen to keep the
9:44 AM ET Lukas Podolski was shown a red card in a charity match on Sunday. Photo by Joern Pollex/Getty Images Germany‘s World Cup winner Lukas Podolski has long dazzled crowds with his power and speed but he left fans at a charity match on Sunday speechless when he was sent off for dissent. The 37-year-old
7:05 AM ET Adriana Garcia Julio Cesar Dominguez is Cruz Azul’s record appearance holder. Mauricio Salas/Jam Media/Getty Images Cruz Azul are considering captain Julio Cesar ‘Cata’ Dominguez‘s future at the club after the former Mexico international threw a Narcos-themed birthday party for his son, sources have told ESPN. The defender was left out of the squad
3:14 AM ET France forward Kylian Mbappe has come out in support of Zinedine Zidane after the country’s football federation (FFF) president, Noel Le Graet, said he would not pick up the phone if the former midfielder called him to discuss coaching the national team. The FFF had announced coach Didier Deschamps’s contract extension on