Associated Press Jan 9, 2024, 03:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Michigan was voted a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll of the season after the Wolverines beat Washington in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday night to win their first national title in 26
Month: January 2024
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJan 9, 2024, 02:05 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — The barrier between very good and truly great has always appeared thin. It is not. The distance that separates one’s
Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterJan 9, 2024, 01:12 AM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Even after No. 2 Washington fell short in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship game, losing 34-13 to Michigan, Huskies coach Kalen DeBoer left convinced his team was
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 9, 2024, 01:58 AM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — After leading Michigan to a national championship and 15-0 record amid a tumultuous season in
Associated Press Jan 9, 2024, 01:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions OAKLAND, Calif. — Two council members from the city of Oakland have mailed a letter to Oakland Athletics president Dave Kaval expressing their concerns with his club’s decision to block a minor league game by the expansion Oakland Ballers that had been scheduled for
Anthony Gharib, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The No. 1 Michigan Wolverines defeated the No. 2 Washington Huskies 34-13 to win their first College Football Playoff National Championship and outright national title since 1948 (the Wolverines split the title with the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 1997). The 74 years between outright national
Mike Coppinger, ESPNJan 8, 2024, 11:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery have agreed to a deal for a May fight in Tokyo for Inoue’s undisputed junior featherweight championship, sources told ESPN on Monday night. Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) claimed ESPN Fighter of the Year honors when he KOed Marlon Tapales
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 9, 2024, 12:11 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Ohio State added some star power in the run game on Monday night with Ole Miss transfer running back Quinshon Judkins, who announced his commitment to the Buckeyes. Judkins is
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 8, 2024, 11:00 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The curtain fell on the four-team College Football Playoff in Houston on Monday night, and it more than delivered in its last season with
David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJan 8, 2024, 11:16 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Open Extended Reactions Georgia enters the offseason as the consensus betting favorite to win next year’s national championship, the first to be decided by a 12-team playoff. The Bulldogs were listed with 17-4 odds