Sources: Texas State is finalizing an agreement with West Virginia offensive coordinator Jake Spavital to make him the next Bobcats’ coach. The deal should be completed soon. Spavital, 33, has served as an offensive coordinator at WVU, Cal and Texas A&M. He replaces Everett Withers, fired Nov. 18 after three seasons at Texas State. Adam
11:08 AM ET PITTSBURGH — The Steelers on Friday placed veteran kicker Chris Boswell on injured reserve and signed tryout kicker Matt McCrane. Boswell’s injury is unknown, and he didn’t appear on the injury report for Week 17 against the Cincinnati Bengals. Pittsburgh tried out McCrane and veteran Kai Forbath in Week 15 after two
10:44 AM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN In the aftermath of LeBron James‘ public comments on the possibility of New Orleans Pelicans star Anthony Davis joining him on the Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA sent a memo to NBA teams that warned of consequences for orchestrated tampering campaigns of players under contract elsewhere. LeBron James says his
10:35 AM ET Less than three full sessions before the match ended with a commanding South African victory, Pakistan found themselves in relative control. They had a lead of 59 runs and still had nine wickets in hand to influence the result of the Centurion Test. But then Duanne Olivier and Kagiso Rabada went on
9:21 AM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — As a rule, football coaches don’t tend to get giddy, but Shane Beamer jokes that Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley comes pretty darn close when he watches redshirt freshman center Creed Humphrey maul opposing defensive linemen on tape. “I know it’s funny to say, but he really is almost
9:41 AM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams will retire after Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins, the team announced Friday. Williams, 35, played his entire 13-year NFL career with the Bills after being selected in the fifth round of the 2006 draft. He was selected to the Pro Bowl
8:00 AM ET Even by modern sport’s extremes the British boxing year was exceptional, brutal, an endless mix of fairytales and horror stories with some quite unforgettable moments. The only place to start though is the end of the year when Tyson Fury walked the lean and mean streets of Los Angeles, mixing with the
9:05 AM ET Birthdays have not served as great benchmarks of late for Tiger Woods, especially as he passed into that “twilight” area of his career where the days grow shorter and the opportunities more fleeting. Athletes in their 40s already face long odds of success, and Woods’ plight has been made all the more
1:00 AM ET SOUTH BEND, Ind. — It’s hard to live in the moment at Notre Dame, where the past stares back everywhere you turn. A statue of the Four Horsemen and a line of Heisman Trophies greet Notre Dame players in the lobby of the Guglielmino Athletic Complex in South Bend, Indiana. When players
1:00 AM ET Alex Scarborough Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Rodrique Wright remembers it like it was yesterday, he says. The former All-American defensive tackle