7:00 AM ET Steve Spurrier turns 75 today. And for the record, that’s his number, not his age. In Spurrier-speak, your age is only a number. Anyway (as Spurrier is fond of saying), we’ll celebrate No. 75 for the Head Ball Coach with a few classic stories — some you’ve heard, some you probably haven’t.
5:18 PM ET Tony Ferguson will not fight Khabib Nurmagomedov or Justin Gaethje on Saturday night, as was originally planned. But the UFC lightweight star says he still did a full weight cut and stepped on a scale Friday morning. Ferguson made championship weight — 155 pounds — and showed the footage on his Instagram.
6:09 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Scott Dixon, five-time IndyCar champion and relatively new iRacing competitor, received a brief set of instructions from boss Chip Ganassi about the world of virtual racing. “I did get a text from him that said, ‘Just lay low,”’ Dixon said Friday. What started out as a fun
5:24 PM ET Graham HaysESPN.com Close Graham Hays covers college sports for espnW, including softball and soccer. Hays began with ESPN in 1999. Gianna Bryant, Alyssa Altobelli and Payton Chester, who were among nine killed in a January helicopter crash that also claimed the life of Kobe Bryant, were named honorary selections in Friday’s WNBA
5:49 PM ET The Chicago Bears are releasing tight end Trey Burton after just two seasons, the team announced Friday. Burton, 28, joined the Bears prior to the 2018 season on a four-year deal that contained $22 million in guarantees. He played only eight games last season before suffering a season-ending calf injury, and he
5:14 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball It’s widely projected that the Los Angeles Chargers will select a quarterback with the No. 6 overall pick in the NFL draft next week. However, Chargers general
4:21 PM ET Minnesota got a big boost to its 2021 recruiting class Friday when ESPN Junior 300 cornerback Avante Dickerson announced his commitment to the Golden Gophers. Dickerson is the No. 46 recruit overall and is Minnesota’s highest-ranked commitment since ESPN started its rankings in 2009. The next-highest-ranked prospects to commit to Minnesota were
4:55 PM ET When coach Mack Brown said he wanted to keep the best players from the state of North Carolina home, he wasn’t playing around. On Friday, Brown and his staff got two commitments from ESPN Junior 300 prospects out of North Carolina, giving the Tar Heels 11 in-state recruits in the top 300.
4:47 PM ET HOUSTON — Despite dealing with injuries since his breakout 2016 season, Texans running back David Johnson says he is not concerned about his durability going forward. Since rushing for 1,293 yards and 16 touchdowns in 2016, Johnson’s production has been on a steady decline. He fractured his wrist in the third quarter
5:42 AM ET Jonathan Taylor had never heard of Zoom before March 13. But when the NFL banned in-person visits due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Taylor — like the rest of the country — got a crash course in video chat platforms. The former Wisconsin running back was already five minutes late to a 2020