8:24 PM ET Alabama Crimson Tide defensive stars Terrell Lewis and Trevon Diggs will not play in the Citrus Bowl, coach Nick Saban said Monday. “We certainly respect and understand their decision,” Saban told media. Lewis, an outside linebacker, and Diggs, a cornerback, were not on the field Monday as the Tide practiced for the
8:04 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Offensive coordinator Graham Harrell is staying at No. 22 Southern California. Harrell and the Trojans (8-4) have agreed to a multiyear contract extension, the school announced Monday. Harrell’s new deal is for three years and worth a total of $3.6 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam
7:34 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond are both out for the Detroit Pistons on Monday night against the Washington Wizards. Griffin did not return after halftime when the Pistons won at Houston on Saturday night. He has a sore left knee. Drummond is out with left eye inflammation. He
7:31 PM ET Associated Press Bill Simpson, a pioneer in motorsports safety credited with creating equipment that saved too many drivers to count from death or serious injury, died Monday from complications of a stroke suffered three days earlier. He was 79. The Motorsports Hall of Fame, which inducted Simpson in 2003 for his long
7:20 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — While Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden said he accepted the NFL’s apology from Al Riveron, the league’s senior vice president of officiating, for blowing a call on Derek Carr’s slide near the sideline, Gruden was far from “fulfilled” by the mea culpa. Not when the Raiders lost to the
7:16 PM ET Sergio Romo has agreed to a one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins, according to multiple reports. The deal includes a club option and $5 million guaranteed with a chance to earn $10 million. MLB.com was first to report the deal; MLB Network was first to report terms. The 36-year-old Romo was 2-1
7:09 PM ET O.J. Simpson’s 1968 Heisman Trophy was thought to still be locked away in a Philadelphia bank vault, because the man who bought it at auction in 1999 had continued to say so. But ESPN has learned it is likely now in Reno, Nevada, as that same man has now identified another as
7:19 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks concluded their investigation of abuse allegations against suspended assistant coach Marc Crawford, and announced Monday that he will resume assistant coaching duties on Jan. 2. The Blackhawks said in a statement that they believe Crawford has taken steps to deal with his behavior and has learned from his past
5:15 PM ET A UFC contender opened up about her mental health, in detail, for the first time Monday. Megan Anderson discussed her 2010 suicide attempt and subsequent depression in an interview on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. The morning of her fight with Felicia Spencer at UFC Rochester in May, Anderson said she had a
2:56 PM ET The Boxing Writers Association of America has finalized the ballot for its 2019 awards in nine categories. In addition to handing out its most prestigious honor, the Sugar Ray Robinson Fighter of the Year award, the Joe Louis Fighter of the Decade will also bestowed. The nominees for fighter of the decade