Month: January 2022

6:18 PM ET Former Alabama tight end Jahleel Billingsley announced on Sunday that he’s heading to Texas. The move will reunite him with Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, who was Alabama’s offensive coordinator in 2020 when Billingsley emerged as a playmaker with three touchdowns as a sophomore. Billingsley’s former position coach, Jeff Banks, is also an
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6:57 AM ET Associated Press BEIJING — Former NBA great Yao Ming said Monday he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose disappearance after making a sexual assault allegation against a former government official raised international concern. He also said it is unfortunate that
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1:49 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn’t use the word “retirement” following Pittsburgh’s season-ending 42-21 playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs but called his 18-year career with the franchise “an honor” and said he’s “looking forward” to the next chapter. Roethlisberger and the Steelers didn’t get the happy ending
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2:12 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Bulls guard Zach LaVine is not expected to miss significant time after an MRI on Saturday morning showed no structural damage to his left knee. LaVine will be reevaluated early next week, the team said. LaVine did not travel with the team for its game Saturday night in
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7:35 AM ET Brentford are in talks to sign Christian Eriksen on an initial six-month contract, sources have told ESPN. The 29-year-old is a free agent after his contract with Inter Milan was terminated last month following the Italian medical authority’s refusal to allow him to play on with a cardiac device implant. – Stream
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12:42 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Defending champion Naomi Osaka didn’t need luck to win her opening-round match over Camila Osorio 6-3, 6-3 at the Australian Open on Monday. But that didn’t stop her from trying to create some. In an act of superstition that would surely make Rafael Nadal proud, Osaka took great lengths, literally
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11:39 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — A once promising season for the Dallas Cowboys ended in chaotic fashion Sunday after a 23-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC wild-card game at AT&T Stadium. To secure the win, the 49ers had to withstand a final-second comeback that saw the Cowboys reach the San
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11:16 PM ET ESPN News Services MELBOURNE, Australia — Defending champion Naomi Osaka posted a relatively trouble-free 6-3, 6-3 victory Sunday over Camila Osorio in the first round of the Australian Open. Osaka, the four-time Grand Slam singles champion, won at Rod Laver Arena and did so by taking the first five games of the
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5:45 PM ET There were mixed fortunes for some of Europe’s biggest clubs over the weekend, with Real Madrid claiming silverware and Manchester United enduring more issues on and off the pitch. Meanwhile, there was controversy in the Copa del Rey and wins that moved Manchester City and Bayern Munich closer to title triumphs. Here
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4:33 PM ET ESPN News Services Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants. The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reports that Ferentz’s decision to end
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6:35 PM ET Golden State Warriors star forward Draymond Green will be out at least two more weeks after evaluations indicated that the soreness in his left calf is tied to “the involvement of a disc in his lower back.” Green left last Sunday’s win over the Cleveland Cavaliers early because of a sore left
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11:46 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Philadelphia Eagles starting defensive end Josh Sweat will miss Sunday’s playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after undergoing a medical procedure to address what the team described as a “life-threatening situation.” “On Tuesday night, Josh Sweat was admitted to the hospital. He underwent an emergency procedure due to
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