2:48 PM ET Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — – Illinois quarterback Brandon Peters will return for a third season with the Illini and play for new coach Bret Bielema, the team announced Tuesday. Peters spent three years at Michigan before joining Illinois in 2019 and made a big impact that season, throwing for 1,884 yards
3:12 PM ET The Mercari Texas Bowl between Arkansas and TCU has been canceled, bowl officials said Tuesday. The game, which was scheduled for New Year’s Eve at NRG Stadium in Houston, was canceled because of an increase in positive COVID-19 tests, injuries and other circumstances within TCU’s program. TCU athletic director Jeremiah Donati said
2:06 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies acquired left-handed reliever Jose Alvarado in a three-team trade with the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. In the deal, Tampa Bay sent Alvarado to Philadelphia, the Phillies sent left-hander Garrett Cleavinger to the Los Angeles and the Dodgers sent infielder Dillon Paulson and a player
2:30 PM ET The MLB offseason has been historically slow, mostly due to the coronavirus pandemic (and the associated revenue problems), but having a new collective bargaining agreement due next winter (and the associated labor fights until then) is also a factor. Although the major free agents in this winter’s class still haven’t signed, there
12:54 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov believes the winner of the UFC 257 main event between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier on Jan. 23 will fight for the UFC lightweight belt. He did not, however, name an opponent for that potential title fight. Nurmagomedov remains the lightweight champ despite retiring after beating Justin Gaethje on Oct.
1:16 PM ET A highly anticipated welterweight bout between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev on Jan. 20 is now off, after Chimaev was forced to withdraw for undisclosed reasons, sources confirmed. The 170-pound matchup was scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night on Jan. 20 in Abu Dhabi. The UFC has not formally announced the cancellation
1:02 PM GMT France fly-half Romain Ntamack faces several weeks on the sidelines, and could miss the start of the Six Nations, after suffering a double jaw fracture that requires surgery, the 21-year-old said. Ntamack suffered the injury in Toulouse’s Top 14 victory over Bordeaux Begles on Sunday. He was substituted with around 12 minutes
12:12 PM ET Swedish league champions Kopparbergs/Goteborg FC have announced they are going to fold their senior squad just one month after they won their first league title. The announcement means that all players, including nine internationals, will be released from their contracts. – Stream FC Daily on ESPN+ The side recently lost to Manchester
12:52 PM ET Club America announced on Tuesday that it has hired former Real Madrid manager Santiago Solari to fill the team’s vacant manager position. The Liga MX giants fired Miguel Herrera on Dec. 21 after the club crashed out of the Liga MX playoffs against bitter rival Chivas and then fell to LAFC in
9:14 AM ET Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale will miss the next “few weeks” after he sustained a calf injury in their League Cup quarter-final win against Stoke City last week, manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed. Bale, who is on loan from Real Madrid, started and scored in the 3-1 win but was withdrawn at