Dec 23, 2020 Two college football programs on the rise, two national championship-winning coaches, two top-15 teams: all a recipe for a quality bowl matchup. The Capital One Orange Bowl (8 p.m. ET on Jan. 2 on ESPN and the ESPN App) will pit two familiar names who have reached the pinnacle this century: North
5:38 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — – Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says the team isn’t ruling out a reunion with Ryan Zimmerman after acquiring slugger Josh Bell to play first base this week. The Nationals acquired Bell, a 2019 All-Star, from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday for two pitching prospects, and Bell
6:31 AM ET Wolves play Tottenham in the Premier League on Sunday. Getty Images Wolverhampton Wanderers have banned their players from doing their own food shopping in an effort to protect them from getting the coronavirus. Large parts of England are in lockdown as cases have risen across the country in December. Liverpool and Everton are
11:50 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mike Glennon will start at quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Coach Doug Marrone had Glennon and Gardner Minshew split first-team reps throughout the week before deciding to go with the eight-year veteran to try to snap a franchise-record 13-game losing streak. Glennon’s fourth
Dec 24, 2020 It has been 20 years since Iowa State finished ranked in the AP Top 25. That No. 25 finish in 2000 was one of just two times in program history the Cyclones finished as a ranked team, with the other a No. 19 finish in 1976. With that as a backdrop, the
7:27 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers have begun engaging with starting point guard Dennis Schroder in contract extension talks, and those discussions are expected to pick up again as soon as mid-February, sources told ESPN. Before the start of the season, Schroder turned down an initial Lakers offer to extend his contract for an
1:09 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract with center Carl Soderberg, the team announced Saturday. Soderberg, 35, posted 35 points in his lone season with the Arizona Coyotes, who acquired the center in a June 2019 trade with the Colorado Avalanche. “Carl is an experienced center who plays
1:04 PM ET Ilya Kovalchuk is returning to Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League after signing a two-year contract with Avangard Omsk, the league announced Saturday. Kovalchuk, 37, played for three NHL teams during the 2019-20 season. He started the campaign with the Los Angeles Kings before they waived him and his $18.25 million contract in December.
Wiaan Mulder removed Kusal Perera © AFP via Getty Images Wiaan Mulder, playing in his second Test 22 months after his debut, has assessed South Africa’s bowling performance as “a little bit shaky” and concluded that he doesn’t “think the guys are happy” with their efforts on day one of the Boxing Day Test. On
10:48 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent LEICESTER, England — Manchester United‘s Premier League title ambitions were not dealt a significant setback by a 2-2 draw against Leicester, but there was evidence at the King Power Stadium that they are still growing into their role as genuine contenders. The result maintains momentum during a hectic run of