2:34 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — LSU safety Grant Delpit, a first-team All-American and cornerback Terrence Alexander were ejected in the first half Tuesday at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. Delpit was called for targeting on a hit against UCF receiver Dredrick Snelson in the second quarter. Alexander was tossed for throwing a punch after the
2:19 PM ET Chris Froome will not defend his Giro d’Italia title this year, choosing to focus on winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France crown instead, Team Sky announced on Tuesday. Briton Froome won his third straight Grand Tour title with victory at the Giro last May before the champion finished third at the
1:45 PM ET Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford tight end Kaden Smith will skip his final season of college to enter the NFL draft. Smith thanked his teammates, coaches and family when he announced the decision on Tuesday. Smith had 47 catches for 635 yards and two touchdowns this season for the Cardinal. He
1:03 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — A prosecutor says two LSU football players appear to have responded with justifiable force when they gunned down an 18-year-old man who was allegedly trying to rob them at gunpoint. East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore told The Associated Press that the investigation is
1:55 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said he has no issue with Antonio Brown and saw no foul behavior from the All-Pro receiver last week. “If there was a blowup or something, I sure as heck didn’t see it,” Roethlisberger said Tuesday during his weekly radio appearance with 93.7 The Fan in
12:35 PM ET Associated Press PERTH, Australia — Roger Federer won the bragging rights over fellow tennis great Serena Williams as they faced each other on court for the first time on Tuesday, with Federer spearheading Switzerland’s 4-2, 4-3 (3) victory over the United States in a mixed doubles decider at the Hopman Cup. “I
10:44 AM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans‘ quest for a second straight postseason appearance ended with injured quarterback Marcus Mariota watching from the sideline. Luckily for the Titans, Mariota said a neck specialist has made clear that only rest is needed — no surgery — to heal nerves frayed by injuries
9:58 AM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Jim Bob Cooter may be out of a job, a fall from potential head coaching candidate two years ago to the unemployment line, but don’t think just because the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator is going to change that the offense will suddenly improve. It might — and that
9:31 AM ET Until last season, Georgia hadn’t played for a national championship since 1982, when it was still riding the back of Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker, who had led the Bulldogs to a national title only two years earlier as a freshman. Before the 2005 season, when star quarterback Vince Young led Texas
7:23 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff All the talking points from the third day of the penultimate round of the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy Shubman Gill was named player of the tournament Getty Images Gill continues to knock on the door Punjab are refusing to give up, and for that they have their young core group to thank