9:07 AM ET In advance of Week 17, I’m filing my awards ballot for the 2018 NFL season. As I do every year here on ESPN.com, I filed a similar ballot after Week 4 and then again after Week 9, so we can all see just how much the league has progressed over the past
Temple’s last four coaches have landed Power 5 jobs, so this will be a very sought-after position. Athletic director Patrick Kraft is highly regarded. If Temple looks internally, defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker is a rising star. Other possible candidates include Alabama co-offensive coordinator/receivers coach Josh Gattis, Mississippi State defensive coordinator Bob Shoop, Michigan defensive coordinator
9:21 AM ET A 6-year-old named Robbie thought the blue Carolina Panthers No. 1 jersey he found under the Christmas tree came from quarterback Cam Newton. Santa Cam saw it and is hooking ya up with a new one… pic.twitter.com/ltbiwwhxeN — Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) December 26, 2018 So the Panthers and Santa Cam, after seeing
8:03 AM ET For more than a half-century, nearly every one of college football’s national champions had one key ingredient in common: consistency at quarterback from start to finish. “Those guys have the ball in their hands on every snap,” former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer said. “In today’s game, they’re 90 percent of the offense.
7:00 AM ET With one week left in the NFL’s regular season — a week that means more to some than to others — it’s time once again to take a look at the individual performances at the heart of the best teams’ success. Yes, it’s the MVP poll, in which nine of our esteemed
9:04 AM ET Welcome to a weekly feature where we try to have some fun with underlying numbers. The plan is to highlight a few trends, then dig beneath the surface to get a better sense of what they ultimately mean, what’s causing them, and how likely it is that they’ll continue moving forward. Think
9:00 AM ET It is late Thursday night, Dec. 6, so late it’s nearly Friday morning. Everyone is tired. But suddenly, the air is electric. College football’s two best players — perhaps the most explosive quarterbacks the game has ever seen — are finally about to occupy the same field at the same time. On
7:15 AM ET The quarterback class for the 2019 NFL draft became clearer Wednesday, as Oregon’s Justin Herbert, who was ranked the No. 1 QB by ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr., announced that he is returning to school for another year. Herbert will join a loaded 2020 class with the likes of Alabama’s
Ale Moreno looks at the highs and lows for Major League Soccer in 2018 ranging from die-hard fans, pitch invaders, Vikings and absolutely bonkers celebrations. Defender Laurent Ciman is returning to Major League Soccer after Toronto FC picked the former LAFC player with the No. 1 allocation spot on Thursday. ESPN FC TV has all
Craig Burley believes Liverpool’s next two fixtures against Arsenal and Man City could go a long way in deciding this season’s Premier League champion. Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino was full of praise for Heung-min Son, who scored twice in Spurs’ 5-0 thrashing of Bournemouth. The banker bet landed on Boxing Day for the column and Liverpool