11:58 AM ET Despite blowout losses in Notre Dame‘s last two marquee games, coach Brian Kelly said on Monday that the Irish don’t have anything to prove in Friday’s College Football Playoff Semifinal against No. 1 Alabama. Notre Dame last faced Alabama in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game, a 42-14 loss. Two years ago,
11:12 AM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney knows folks in Ohio aren’t thrilled about where he ranked Ohio State on his ballot in the Amway Coaches Poll from USA Today (No. 11), but he’s not backing down from the choice. Asked about his ranking during a Monday media session in advance of No. 2 Clemson’s
7:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Entering the 2020 season, there was never any doubt who the starting catcher was for the New York Yankees. That ended with the headline-grabbing benching of one of the most polarizing players to wear a Yankees uniform in recent
10:00 AM ET Santa Claus may have been a couple of days late, but he finally gave baseball fans a gift: A major MLB trade to discuss and debate. The Tampa Bay Rays will be sending 2018 Cy Young winner Blake Snell to the San Diego Padres for pitcher Luis Patino, catcher Francisco Mejia and
10:26 AM ET Washington Capitals goaltender Henrik Lundqvist will undergo open-heart surgery to address the issue that will prevent him from playing this season. Lundqvist announced Monday on Twitter that he will undergo an “aortic valve replacement, aortic root and ascending aortic replacement.” The 38-year-old Lundqvist said: “Last 3 weeks my focus has shifted from
11:13 AM ET ESPN News Services The Montreal Canadiens have signed Corey Perry to a one-year, $750,000 deal, the team announced Monday. The 35-year-old forward spent last season with the Dallas Stars and tallied five goals and 16 assists in 57 regular-season games. He added five goals and four assists in the playoffs as the
10:33 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Doug Pederson does not believe his job is in jeopardy and “fully expects” to return in the same role next season. “I feel fully confident to be the head coach of the Eagles in 2021,” he said during his radio appearance on 94.1 WIP Monday morning. “The thing
11:08 AM ET Taylor Heinicke will start at quarterback on Sunday night against the Philadelphia Eagles if Alex Smith remains sidelined by his calf injury, Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera said Monday. Washington will win the NFC East title if it defeats Philadelphia. If it loses, the winner of the Dallas Cowboys–New York Giants
7:45 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Just as everybody thought when the 2020 NFL season started: the Dallas Cowboys will have a chance to win the NFC East. But no one could have foreseen just how they would get to Week 17 with a chance to make the playoffs. The Cowboys did so Sunday by
7:55 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — It’s a fitting tribute to the Philadelphia Eagles‘ dysfunctional 2020 NFL season that just when a giant window of opportunity opened, they slammed it shut right on their fingers. With the Washington Football Team unable to take care of business against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, an Eagles win against