11:49 AM ET Former Penn State center John Urschel, Colorado athletic director Rick George, and Wyoming athletic director Tom Burman have been named to the 13-member College Football Playoff selection committee, the CFP announced on Wednesday. Iowa athletic director Gary Barta, who is entering his second season with the committee, will be the new chair
7:00 AM ET On Jan. 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs squared off inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in what was officially the AFL-NFL World Championship Game. Unofficially, it was dubbed the Super Bowl. Fifty-three years later, the game has turned into America’s premier sporting event. On Sunday, the Chiefs
11:57 AM ET Hours after baseball commissioner Rob Manfred indicated that an electronic strike zone would be used in spring training games, the executive committee of the umpires’ union clarified that news, indicating that the electronics would not be used in place of a plate ump’s judgment. Rather, as umpires go through their regular spring
11:24 AM ET Major League Baseball has no plans to strip recent World Series titles from the Houston Astros or Boston Red Sox, according to commissioner Rob Manfred. In his first public interview since announcing historic penalties for the Astros last week, Manfred told Fox Business Network that MLB will honor the “long tradition in
11:57 AM ET Major League Baseball will test a computerized camera system for balls and strikes during spring training games this year, a source told ESPN on Wednesday. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred indicated earlier Wednesday that MLB would use the system to call balls and strikes during spring training games, but the source later clarified
10:05 AM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Tyson Fury’s promoter Frank Warren has dismissed Anthony Joshua’s claim he has held talks with rival world heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder about a fight
10:40 AM ET ESPN News Services Alex Gordon will return for a 14th season with the Kansas City Royals after signing a one-year deal Wednesday, the team announced. Terms were not disclosed but the contract is worth $4 million, according to multiple reports. Gordon, who has spent his entire career with the Royals organization, became
3:47 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff With six needed off two balls, New Zealand No. 9 Kristian Clarke smashed a six over deep midwicket to knock Sri Lanka out of quarter-final contention and secure his team’s pathway into the next round in dramatic fashion. With three wickets in hand, New Zealand needed 12 off the final
6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Amari Cooper will be in Orlando, Florida, this week, getting ready to play in the Pro Bowl. Based on the numbers he put up for the Dallas Cowboys in 2019 — 79 catches, 1,189 yards and eight touchdowns — he should be hobnobbing with the NFC’s best, even as
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Even when San Francisco 49ers left tackle Joe Staley is in the locker room, he finds ways to protect his teammates. Staley and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders‘ lockers are next to the basketball hoop in the Niners’ locker room. Staley’s locker is next to Sanders’, but one spot