8:26 PM ET For the first time all season, Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray is the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy — in both the legal and offshore markets. Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa opened as the third-favorite at 10-1 odds in June at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, behind Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor
5:49 PM ET It was a festive atmosphere as pound-for-pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza both weighed in on Friday afternoon for their lightweight world title unification fight at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Vasiliy Lomachenko has won world titles in three divisions but has always wanted to unify the belts in
6:59 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print NAPLES, Fla. — The teams of Bryson DeChambeau–Kevin Na, Brian Harman–Patton Kizzire and Emiliano Grillo–Graeme McDowell shot 13-under 59 in scramble play Friday to share the first-round lead in the QBE Shootout. Harman-Kizzire and Grillo-McDowell birdied the final three holes at Tiburon Golf
9:00 AM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Some people would think that driving for Dale Earnhardt Jr.. would carry a certain amount of pressure. And it does. Those who know Tyler Reddick‘s NASCAR career probably figure that driving for another
6:52 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Now that he is with the St. Louis Cardinals, Paul Goldschmidt is not thinking beyond the 2019 season. The six-time All-Star was acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks this week and will earn $14.5 million in the final season of a seven-year deal that will pay $46 million,
5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators athletic director Scott Stricklin would welcome a two-for-one series against in-state opponent UCF, which has the nation’s longest winning streak at 25. “I’d be OK with scheduling them in the right situation,” Stricklin said Friday during a Peach Bowl event at Florida Field. Florida
5:09 PM ET Chamatkar SandhuESPN Jimi Manuwa is hoping to make the third time the charm. After a last-minute opponent change and an injury forcing him to withdraw from the original date, the British light heavyweight is raring to go as he faces Thiago Santos on Saturday night at UFC 231 in Toronto. Following back-to-back
5:01 PM ET Associated Press DENTON, Texas — Seth Littrell has decided to remain at North Texas after Kansas State had expressed interest in one of the nation’s up-and-coming coaches to replace Hall of Famer Bill Snyder. Littrell told the Mean Green in a meeting Friday that he would not be leaving for the Wildcats.
4:50 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill has apologized to coach Doug Pederson for calling the Dallas Cowboys “chokers” earlier in the week, acknowledging that he put his coach “in a hard spot.” “It’s a rivalry game. I didn’t think too much about it,” Grugier-Hill said Friday. “I didn’t mean to disrespect this
5:00 PM ET In the wake of their classic heavyweight championship fight that ended in a draw last Saturday in Los Angeles, world titleholder Deontay Wilder and lineal champion Tyson Fury have both repeatedly said they want to have a rematch in their next fight. If they make one, there won’t be any issue with