Associated Press Feb 14, 2025, 11:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Travis Hunter, the Heisman Trophy winner who played offense and defense at Colorado, is listed as a defensive back for the NFL scouting combine. The league on Thursday released the list of 329 players invited to the scouting combine in Indianapolis
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Brooke PryorFeb 14, 2025, 07:03 PM ET Close Brooke Pryor is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN who has covered the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2019. She previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and the University of Oklahoma for The Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The Steelers released outside
Open Extended Reactions The University at Buffalo is rewarding coach Pete Lembo in the wake of his 9-4 debut season as coach of the Bulls. Lembo receives an additional year on his contract through the 2029 season, the school announced. Buffalo also gave Lembo a raise, sources tell ESPN. The deal includes a significant increase
Feb 8, 2025, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions North Carolina is expected to hire Brian Belichick as safeties coach, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Saturday. Belichick, the youngest son of new Tar Heels coach Bill Belichick, spent the past five seasons as the New England Patriots‘ safeties coach before leaving in
Associated Press Feb 10, 2025, 11:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, who also has served as president at Youngstown State University, has been nominated by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to be the state’s next lieutenant governor. The Republican governor announced the pick at a news
Field Level Media Feb 7, 2025, 01:51 PM ET Two-time Super Bowl champion Howard Twilley, a member of the Miami Dolphins‘ undefeated 1972 team, has died at 81. The National Football Foundation announced that Twilley died Wednesday but did not provide a cause of death. Before landing in Miami, the wide receiver played at Tulsa.
Turron DavenportFeb 7, 2025, 10:07 AM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD” and you
Adam RittenbergFeb 7, 2025, 11:44 AM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions Colorado‘s board of regents has approved a contract extension for defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, who had an integral role in the team’s improvement last season. The new two-year deal makes Livingston the highest-paid
Max OlsonFeb 11, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions THE GOAL GOING into December was to spend $5 million. That was the price tag that Cody Campbell, Texas Tech‘s billionaire booster and the leader of The Matador Club NIL
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Va. — Cruising to the top of the NHL standings by winning 36 of their first 54 games and losing just 11 in regulation, the Washington Capitals solidified themselves as a team to watch this spring. For much of the next two weeks,
Open Extended Reactions It’s Super Bowl week, and the focus is on New Orleans to see whether the Kansas City Chiefs can pull it off for a third straight time or if the Philadelphia Eagles can win for the first time since 2018. In honor of one of the biggest sporting events in the world,
Greg WyshynskiFeb 7, 2025, 11:49 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby was ruled out of Friday night’s 3-2 win over the New York Rangers because of an upper-body injury. On Tuesday night, Crosby collided with Luke Hughes and Erik Haula of the New
Rachel DoerrieFeb 7, 2025, 07:30 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The dog
Associated Press Feb 5, 2025, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Outfielder Harrison Bader and the Minnesota Twins have agreed to a one-year contract with a mutual option for 2026, according to multiple reports. A Gold Glove winner for St. Louis in 2021, Bader will be playing for his fifth team in five
Associated Press Feb 4, 2025, 10:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR introduced a new rule Tuesday that will award one point to the team and driver with the fastest single lap in each race. The “Xfinity Fastest Lap” was added as part of a contract renewal between NASCAR and Xfinity.
Open Extended Reactions For Europe’s biggest clubs and leagues, the time for transfers in the 2024-25 season has come and gone. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The winter window closed at 11 p.m. BST (6 p.m. ET) in England, Italy and Spain on Monday, an hour earlier in France and even earlier in Germany. It remains
Feb 3, 2025, 12:00 PM Open Extended Reactions The 2025 Six Nations began with a bang as France routed Wales, an injury-hit Scotland defeated Italy and Ireland came from behind to down England in familiar fashion. There’s plenty of food for thought, but are those reactions irrational or legitimate? ESPN’s Tom Hamilton and James Regan
Brett OkamotoFeb 1, 2025, 03:39 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Israel Adesanya‘s remarkable career in combat sports has come to a major crossroads, following his fourth defeat in five appearances on Saturday. Adesanya (24-5) suffered a TKO loss to Nassourdine
Open Extended Reactions Behind a sustained body assault and brutal power punching, David Benavidez outworked David Morrell to earn a unanimous decision in a battle of light heavyweight interim titleholders at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The clash between heated rivals was an entertaining battle of power punchers, but it would be Benavidez’s accuracy, aggression
Associated Press Feb 1, 2025, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy felt like he was playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am he used to watch on TV, minus the amateur and celebrities filling up the time on Saturday. The weather brought back romantic images of the old “Crosby