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Jan 19, 2024, 06:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Whenever it came, Nick Saban’s retirement from Alabama was always going to reverberate across the sport. But since deciding to step down on Jan. 10 — nine days after the Crimson Tide lost to Michigan in a College Football Playoff national semifinal in the Rose Bowl

Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 10:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Cameron Young will take a 3-shot lead into the weekend at the Dubai Desert Classic after his 8-under 64 on Friday. The American golfer, ranked No. 25 and playing in Dubai for the first time, made nine birdies before

Jan 19, 2024, 01:00 AM Open Extended Reactions Rugby Australia have confirmed former Ireland head coach and All Blacks assistant Joe Schmidt will take over as Wallabies boss for the next two seasons, taking him to at least the end of the 2025 British and Irish Lions tour. Close to three months after Eddie Jones

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterJan 18, 2024, 01:18 PM ET Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — Mike

Associated Press Jan 18, 2024, 08:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — Zach Johnson embraced the pressure of being the U.S. Ryder Cup captain last year, even if the experience didn’t go the way anybody on his team hoped. A few months later, Johnson is past all the pressure and the second-guessing

Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 16, 2024, 11:10 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Arizona has agreed to a five-year deal to make San Jose State‘s Brent Brennan the school’s next football coach, according to a source. Brennan, who just finished his seventh season as San Jose State’s head coach, was a finalist for the Arizona job in

Kalan Hooks, ESPNJan 16, 2024, 07:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders wasn’t lying when he addressed the team after being hired in 2022 and said he’s “bringing his luggage and it’s Louis [Vuitton].” Editor’s Picks On Tuesday, his sons Shedeur Sanders and Shilo Sanders ripped the runway in the 2024

Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJan 16, 2024, 01:00 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Open Extended Reactions Louis Rees-Zammit has left Gloucester and Wales with immediate effect to pursue a career in the

Tommy Conway’s early goal secured second-tier Bristol City a place in the FA Cup fourth round as they beat Premier League West Ham United in a tempestuous replay at a rocking Ashton Gate on Tuesday. Youngster Conway pounced on a poor back pass in the third minute to give the hosts the lead and City

Jan 16, 2024, 02:31 PM Open Extended Reactions France lock Bastien Chalureau has been cleared of racism by a court of appeal after the Montpellier player had been handed a prison sentence for violence based on ethnicity, French media reported on Tuesday. Chalureau was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence in 2020 after being found

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterJan 15, 2024, 11:21 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions National champion Michigan received a boost on both sides of the ball Monday as running back Donovan Edwards and edge rusher Josaiah Stewart announced their intentions to return for the

ESPN News Services Jan 14, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions J.J. McCarthy, Michigan‘s national championship-winning quarterback, is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Running back Blake Corum also announced Sunday that he is entering the NFL draft. McCarthy made the announcement Sunday, a day after being begged to stay. The

Associated Press Jan 14, 2024, 09:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — Grayson Murray stuffed a wedge to 3 feet for birdie on the 18th hole for a 3-under 67 to join a three-way playoff then won the Sony Open with a 40-foot birdie putt to set himself up for a potentially lucrative year.

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJan 14, 2024, 01:36 AM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Rookie wide receiver Rashee Rice is from Dallas and played in college at SMU, so he’s never played a game in weather remotely approaching

Adam Teicher Close Adam Teicher ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Marcel Louis-Jacques Close Marcel Louis-Jacques ESPN Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer

Associated Press Jan 13, 2024, 10:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key overhauled his defensive staff on Saturday by making three hires, including the addition of defensive coordinator Tyler Santucci from Duke. Key also added outside linebackers/edge coach Kyle Pope and defensive line coach Jess Simpson to his staff.

Pete Thamel, ESPNJan 12, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michigan star defensive lineman Kris Jenkins tells ESPN that he’s leaving school early to declare for the NFL draft. Jenkins proved one of the linchpins of Michigan’s championship defense in 2023, as he earned second-team All Big Ten honors and finished the season with

Open Extended Reactions Kalen DeBoer has a tough act to follow. Alabama will name DeBoer its next head coach, sources told ESPN on Friday, replacing Nick Saban and his more than 200 wins and six national titles at the school. DeBoer, 49, is 105-12 as a head coach and was named AP Coach of the

Associated Press Jan 11, 2024, 05:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 45 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Brooklyn Nets 111-102 on Thursday in the NBA’s third regular-season game in Paris. Mitchell had his 16th 40-point game in just two seasons in Cleveland. He added 12 rebounds,

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJan 11, 2024, 08:22 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Open Extended Reactions Former Texas, Nebraska and FAU quarterback Casey Thompson committed Thursday to Oklahoma, where he will play his