2:14 PM ET Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is the favorite to become the new general manager of the Minnesota Vikings, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Courtney Cronin on Tuesday. Adofo-Mensah, the Cleveland Browns‘ vice president of football operations, was expected to have his second interview with the Vikings on Tuesday. He would succeed Rick Spielman, who
1:24 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are nearing an extension with coach John Harbaugh, a source said Tuesday. Team officials are currently in talks with Harbaugh’s agent, and an extension should get completed in a few weeks, the source told ESPN. Harbaugh, 59, is entering the final year of a four-year
2:07 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Sean Payton has decided to step away from the New Orleans Saints‘ coach after 16 years, a source confirmed to ESPN. Payton is not necessarily permanently retiring but deciding to take a break after 16 years as the Saints’ coach, the source said. It’s not immediately clear what Payton
2:00 PM ET Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel has joined the College Football Playoff selection committee along with former longtime coach Jim Grobe, Navy athletic director Chet Gladchuk and former longtime USA Today sportswriter Kelly Whiteside, it was announced Tuesday. NC State athletic director Boo Corrigan, who is entering his second season on the committee,
7:41 AM ET Ed DoveSpecial to ESPN Close Ed Dove is a writer and scout who has a deep and enduring passion for African sport, politics and literature. Instagram: @EddyDove22, Facebook: @EddyDoveAfrica Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe says the continent’s governing body will take responsibility for the deaths of at least eight people
2:23 PM ET Roy Hodgson has been appointed Watford manager. Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Former England coach Roy Hodgson has been appointed as Watford manager, the club announced on Tuesday. Hodgson replaces Claudio Ranieri, who was sacked as manager on Monday after just 112 days in charge. The 74-year-old will be the club’s third manager
1:29 PM ET Senegal‘s Sadio Mane scored, but then went off with a head injury as they beat nine-man Cape Verde Islands 2-0 in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations at the Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam on Tuesday. Mane fired home from a set piece after 62 minutes, but had been hurt
1:35 PM ET Associated Press U.S. forward Daryl Dike is set to be out for eight weeks because of a hamstring injury sustained on his full debut for West Bromwich Albion in English soccer’s second division. Dike made his USMNT debut last year but was not selected for any World Cup qualifiers. – Don’t have
1:00 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson is expected to miss at least two months with an injury to his left forearm. The Sharks said that Karlsson underwent surgery Monday to repair a small muscle tear in his left forearm. The team said Tuesday that Karlsson is
7:48 AM ET One of the premier events of the early PGA Tour schedule takes place this week. The Farmers Insurance Open, played at Torrey Pines, which hosted last year’s U.S. Open won by Jon Rahm, will gather an elite field. In effort to clear the decks for Sunday’s NFC and AFC championship games, the