1:38 PM ET Oregon starting running back Travis Dye entered the transfer portal Friday. Dye rushed for 1,271 yards on 6.0 yards per carry in 2021 with 16 touchdowns. He also led the Ducks with 46 receptions and was third on the team with 402 receiving yards, including two scores. It’s unclear where Dye plans
1:12 PM ET ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said Friday the league does not believe now is the right time to expand the College Football Playoff, explaining its position for the first time publicly after discussions to push through a 12-team format have produced no agreement. Phillips said the ACC prefers to “immediately focus and collaborate
1:37 PM ET Brad Ausmus, former manager of the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels, has been hired as bench coach for the Oakland Athletics, providing some much-needed experience to the coaching staff of rookie manager Mark Kotsay. The A’s finalized Kotsay’s coaching staff on Friday, also announcing the promotion of Tommy Everidge to
9:21 AM ET Chris Eubank Jr.’s bout with Liam Williams has been confirmed for Feb. 5 in the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Boxxer promotions has announced, following uncertainty due to COVID-19 restrictions in Wales. The pair had been scheduled to face off a week earlier on Jan. 29, but the bout was postponed after the
12:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Five players, including dynamic pass-catchers Cooper Kupp and Davante Adams, are unanimous choices for the Associated Press 2021 NFL All-Pro Team. Joining the Los Angeles Rams‘ Kupp and the Green Bay Packers‘ Adams in receiving votes Friday from all 50 members of a nationwide panel of media
News South Africa coach lauds his team for playing “the pressure moments pretty well” For Mark Boucher, the toughest thing about watching South Africa’s chase against India was that there was nothing he could do about it. “As a player, you feel like the buck can stop with you. As a coach, your hands are
11:59 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN After leading the Georgia Bulldogs to their first national championship since 1980 on Monday, quarterback Stetson Bennett had one more thing to give out to Bulldogs fans: chicken fingers. The MVP of the College Football Playoff National Championship win over the Alabama Crimson Tide handed out hundreds of chicken finger
10:00 AM ET For a hockey player, representing your country in a Winter Olympic tournament is an unparalleled honor. “To be known as an Olympian is a big-time thing for everybody,” said John Vanbiesbrouck, the general manager of the U.S. men’s Olympic team. “That’s why the NHL players wanted to go in the first place.”
10:00 AM ET Iowa center Tyler Linderbaum declared for the NFL draft on Friday. Linderbaum is Mel Kiper Jr.’s top center prospect in the upcoming draft and the recipient of the Rimington Trophy this past season, recognizing the nation’s top center. “These last four years have been nothing short of amazing,” Linderbaum said on social
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff It’s playoff time in the NFL, and 14 teams all have a chance to win Super Bowl LVI. It begins this weekend with six wild-card games, before the winners join the Packers and Titans in the divisional round next weekend. Anything can happen in the NFL playoffs. Just ask the