1:10 PM ET Georgia tight end Darnell Washington has a strained ankle and soft-tissue bruise and is questionable to play against TCU in the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T on Jan. 9. Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart told ESPN’s Marty Smith that Washington’s injury wasn’t a high ankle sprain and won’t require surgery,
Month: January 2023
11:28 AM ET A trio of potential first-round picks at Alabama — quarterback Bryce Young, linebacker Will Anderson Jr. and running back Jahmyr Gibbs — announced Monday that they are leaving school early to enter the NFL draft. Alabama coach Nick Saban said, “There may be other guys in the future who make decisions about
11:14 AM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning rookie defenseman Nick Perbix signed a $2.25 million, two-year contract extension on Monday. Perbix, 24, has three goals, five assists and is plus-8 in 29 games this season. He is tied for second in goals among Lightning defensemen and is fourth in scoring, Perbix
2:47 PM ET Time to go play outside. The NHL Winter Classic on Monday features the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. This is the NHL’s second time playing in front of the Green Monster, the first coming in 2010. Since the Winter Classic began in
10:04 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Monday that she has been diagnosed with throat cancer and breast cancer. In a statement released by her representative, the 18-time Grand Slam singles champion and member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame said her prognosis is good and she will
10:58 AM ET An amateur golfer from Georgia lived every weekend hacker’s dream when an invitation to the Masters recently showed up in his mailbox. The invitation was actually meant for PGA Tour pro Scott Stallings, who made the Masters field by qualifying for the season-ending Tour Championship in 2022. In a tweet on Tuesday,
3:07 AM ET All right, here we go. One of my favorite pieces of the year: the fights I would love to see most in 2023. I’ve done this annual piece for years at ESPN. You can find last year’s list here, and we did see a few (most of the ones we did see,
Dasun Shanaka wants his team to “step up” against India after a T20 World Cup where they won only two games in the main round. They play three T20Is and as many ODIs on this tour, and India being the host country for the ODI World Cup later this year, getting familiarised with the conditions
10:53 AM ET Mississippi State will set aside its traditional school logos in order to honor former coach Mike Leach during the ReliaQuest Bowl on Monday against Illinois. The Bulldogs unveiled a special helmet design, which features a pirate flag on the side, on Monday morning. Leach, who was nicknamed “The Pirate,” died Dec. 12
8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: A version of this story previously ran on Nov. 17. It has been updated ahead of Tulane’s game against USC in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic. NEW ORLEANS — Tulane coach Willie Fritz pleaded ignorance during a signing day news conference last month. Someone cherry-pick his guys? How could they?