1:36 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger isn’t on social media, but he knows what the chatter outside the Steelers organization sounds like right now. The criticisms are mounting after a third straight loss where Roethlisberger played one of the worst halves of his professional football career. The noise, though, is warranted, the quarterback said
1:25 PM ET Former Clemson and Duke quarterback Chase Brice announced Wednesday he intends to transfer to Appalachian State for the 2021 season. Brice announced the decision on Twitter less than two weeks after deciding to leave Duke, where he started all 11 games this season. “Thankful for this opportunity!! #Committed #RollNeers” he posted. Thankful
11:56 AM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Predators have signed forward Mikael Granlund to a one-year, $3.75 million contract, bringing him back to the team that traded for him in February 2019. Granlund had 30 points last season with the Predators. His 17 goals were the third highest of his eight-year NHL career
12:18 PM ET Associated Press The NHL has postponed the outdoor Stadium Series game in North Carolina that was expected to be played in February. The announcement was made Wednesday as the league firms up its full schedule for a season that will be shortened to 56 regular-season games for each team because of the
12:39 PM ET CLEVELAND — Wyatt Teller is getting married. And the Browns’ right guard proposed at midfield of FirstEnergy Stadium earlier this week. Teller’s new fiancée, Carly Austin Whiting, broke the news on her Instagram account Tuesday night. Among the first to congratulate her was Emily Mayfield, quarterback Baker Mayfield‘s wife. Teller is currently
11:20 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks announced that they were committing to a youth movement, but one of those players won’t be available for a while. The team announced that 22-year-old forward Alex Nylander underwent knee surgery Monday and will be sidelined four-to-six months. “Alex Nylander sustained a knee injury during the 2020 Stanley Cup
11:40 AM ET ESPN News Services NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils have re-signed restricted free-agent goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood to a three-year, $8.4 million contract. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the deal for the Devils’ No. 1 goaltender. Blackwood will earn $1.48 million this coming season. His salary will jump to $2.8 million the
10:36 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Louisiana-Monroe is set to hire former Auburn coach Terry Bowden as its
10:54 AM ET Florida linebacker James Houston IV on Tuesday took a shot at Oklahoma ahead of their meeting in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Dec. 30. Houston, a redshirt junior, was asked about playing in Big 12 territory at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and said he wasn’t worried about having home-field advantage.
10:54 AM ET New England Patriots quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch is being named the new head coach at the University of Arizona, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Field Yates. Arizona is expected to announce the hiring at some point Wednesday, according to Schefter and Yates. Fisch, 44, will replace recently fired head coach Kevin