2:33 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The leaders of the College Football Playoff again failed to come to an agreement about expanding the current four-team field, but they didn’t entirely rule out the possibility it could still happen before the end of the current 12-year contract, which runs through the 2025 season. Big 12 commissioner
12:14 PM ET Another weekend of European club soccer is in the books, and with it, plenty to talk about! There was Serie A drama between AS Roma and Juventus, LaLiga intrigue as Valencia complained about Real Madrid‘s (well-earned) 4-1 win, and FA Cup magic galore as Arsenal lost to a lower-league opponent. (Tottenham, Liverpool
8:00 AM ET Philippe Coutinho has the chance to relaunch his career in the Premier League with his loan move to Aston Villa following another disappointing season at Barcelona in which the third-most expensive transfer of all-time — €160 million from Liverpool in 2018 — started just five games in all competitions and failed to
12:45 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants general manager Dave Gettleman announced his retirement on Monday after four seasons on the job. Co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch said a search for a new general manager will begin immediately. The Giants (4-13) had a 19-46 record with Gettleman as GM, losing at
10:48 AM ET The NHLPA filed a grievance on behalf of Evander Kane after the San Jose Sharks terminated the veteran forward’s contract Sunday. Kane, 30, was in the fourth year of a seven-year, $49 million contract that paid him $7 million annually. Kane will forfeit $22.8 million from the remainder of the deal. NHL
News The rest of the Zimbabwe squad returned negative results Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput will miss at least the first two games of Zimbabwe’s series against Sri Lanka after testing positive for Covid-19. Rajput, 60, is understood to be asymptomatic, though he was placed under observation at a hospital briefly, before being taken to a
8:30 AM ET Pure, unadulterated chaos. The final game of the 2021 NFL regular season was arguably the most dramatic of the entire league year. We’ve seen nail-biting finishes in this game before, like the 49ers-Seahawks matchup that decided a division by an inch two seasons ago. Leaving aside the elephant in the room that
11:24 AM ET Indiana is hiring Minnesota assistant coach Chad Wilt as defensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Wilt has been Minnesota’s defensive line coach the past two seasons after coaching the position at Cincinnati, Army and Maryland. He will replace Charlton Warren, who left after one season to become co-defensive coordinator at North Carolina, alongside
10:55 AM ET Florida cornerback Kaiir Elam is entering the NFL draft, he announced Monday. Elam started 26 games for the Gators, including all 12 games in 2020, when he earned first-team All-SEC honors. ESPN’s Mel Kiper lists Elam as the No. 5 draft-eligible cornerback for 2022. “I will forever be a Gator,” Elam said
10:09 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR veteran Aric Almirola will retire from competition at the end of the 2022 season to spend more time with his young family. Almirola revealed his plans Monday to the employees at Stewart-Haas Racing at the same time Smithfield Foods announced its 11th season sponsoring the driver.