12:27 PM ET Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell is The Associated Press college football Coach of the Year after leading the Chanticleers to a surprising, near-perfect season. Chadwell received 16 first-place votes and 88 points from the AP Top 25 panel to finish ahead of Indiana’s Tom Allen, who was second with 14 first-place votes and
8:00 AM ET CLYDE SUKEFORTH IS SMILING. He’s holding a Brooklyn Dodgers cap in one hand and pointing to the sky with the other. He’s one of the characters in the Norman Rockwell painting “Tough Call,” although you can barely see him poking out behind the three umpires at home. The men in black are
9:00 AM ET Mike Brown had a decision to make. In early November, the Japanese government announced that select noncitizens could enter the country for business purposes if they quarantined for two weeks before mixing with the general population. That meant Brown, one of American Top Team’s main coaches, would be able to corner one
Keeping Steven Smith quiet has been one of the key factors in India’s strong showing against Australia in their ongoing series, which is tied 1-1 after both teams registered eight-wicket wins in Adelaide and Melbourne. So tight have India been to him that he hasn’t crossed double digits yet, with scores of 1, 1*, 0
4:47 PM ET It’s not remotely original to say that 2020 can’t end soon enough. Most of us have experienced the single biggest collective disruption of our lives. Many of us have lost loved ones. Some have lost livelihoods. We know better than to believe that just because the Earth has made another (imperfect) revolution
10:53 AM ET The San Francisco 49ers are signing kicker Robbie Gould to a two-year, $7.25 million extension that is fully guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. The extension ties Gould with the Niners through the 2022 season. Gould, 38, has made 19 of 23 field-goal attempts this season, with a long
11:28 AM ET The Cleveland Browns closed their facility Wednesday to conduct contact tracing after a player and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced. The Browns have battled issues with the coronavirus since Saturday, when they had to place their entire receiving corps on the reserve/COVID-19 list as high-risk close contacts
11:45 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings star running back Dalvin Cook will miss Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions because of the death of his father, according to a league source. Cook returned to his home in Miami on Tuesday to be with his siblings and will miss the Vikings’ daily COVID-19 tests,
9:20 AM ET DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins linebacker Elandon Roberts suffered a “significant” knee injury in Saturday’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders and won’t play Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, coach Brian Flores said. Roberts is also expected to miss any Dolphins postseason games. Roberts, who has started 11 games this season, has
9:47 AM ET Jacksonville Jaguars running back James Robinson‘s nearly historic season is over. Coach Doug Marrone said Robinson won’t play in the season finale at Indianapolis due to an ankle injury, leaving the running back 35 yards shy of breaking the record for most rushing yards by an undrafted rookie. Robinson, who also missed