Open Extended Reactions The NFL playoffs’ divisional round schedule for the 2023 season is stacked with great matchups, and we’ve got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a bold prediction for each matchup. Additionally, ESPN Stats
Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Jeter Downs‘ career with the New York Yankees could end before it started. Downs was designated for assignment Friday, one month after the Yankees claimed the 25-year-old shortstop off waivers from the Washington Nationals. The Yankees needed the roster spot after
Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. LOUIS — Matt Carpenter is returning to the Cardinals, agreeing Friday to a one-year contract with the team he played for from 2011 to 2021. Carpenter agreed to a deal for the $740,000 major league minimum, which will be offset against his guaranteed
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 19, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Florida‘s football program is under NCAA investigation regarding its recruitment of quarterback prospect Jaden Rashada, sources told ESPN on Friday. Rashada signed with the
Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 07:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sam Burns shot the best round of his life with “RTR” shaved into the side of his head. The acronym for “Roll Tide Roll” was the LSU product’s follicular punishment for losing a bet with Justin Thomas. Alabama sophomore Nick
Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJan 19, 2024, 08:54 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Open Extended Reactions Former Alabama freshman safety Caleb Downs is transferring to Ohio State, a source told ESPN on Friday night. Downs led the Crimson Tide in total tackles this season with 107
Julien Laurens, CorrespondentJan 19, 2024, 01:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After being sacked by Roma on Tuesday, José Mourinho is in talks to join Al Shabab of the Saudi Pro League. Giuseppe Maffia/NurPhoto via Getty Images It shouldn’t come as a surprise. José Mourinho is in talks to join Al Shabab in Saudi Arabia, and
Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 07:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PANAMA CITY — Omar Morales of Mexico shot his second straight 1-under 69 on Friday to take a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Latin America Amateur Championship. Morales, a junior at UCLA, was one of two players under par through 36 holes
Sid Lowe, Spain writerJan 19, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Head coach Xavi of Barcelona watches during the Spanish Super Cup final between Real Madrid and Barcelona in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Jan. 14. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images) “It would have to be the coup of a lifetime, like ‘Money Heist,'” the Unionistas de Salamanca
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJan 18, 2024, 08:13 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions Diamond Sports Group, the regional sports operator for 37 teams across MLB, the NHL and the NBA, dropped
Jan 19, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WHEN EVERYTHING WAS falling apart for Wander Franco, the incandescent star shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, prosecutors in the Dominican Republic allege he opened WhatsApp on his phone and sent a message to the teenage girl with whom he carried on a monthslong relationship and
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJan 19, 2024, 03:05 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions All-Star closer Josh Hader agreed to terms on a five-year, $95 million contract with the Houston Astros on
ESPN NFL Reporters Jan 19, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are working to officially remove the interim tag from Antonio Pierce’s title and make him the organization’s full-time coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Pierce, 45, was promoted from linebackers coach in the wake
Jan 19, 2024, 03:59 PM Open Extended Reactions USA Rugby, Major League Rugby (MLR) and World Rugby announced a partnership on Friday to launch a new expansion club to promote the development of the game in the U.S. as the country prepares to host the Rugby World Cup. The new club Anthem Rugby Carolina (RC),
Jan 19, 2024, 05:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alex de Minaur isn’t satisfied with becoming the first local man in almost two decades to make the second week of the Australian Open in three successive years. Now he’s looking to carve out his own slice of history. De Minaur was in a different league
Associated Press Jan 19, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Jack Burke Jr., the oldest living Masters champion, who staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National for one of his two majors, died Friday morning in Houston. He was 100. Burke, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also won the PGA Championship and
Tim MacMahon, ESPN Staff WriterJan 17, 2024, 09:37 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Police in Newport Beach, California, will not pursue charges against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey after closing an investigation into allegations that he had
Jan 19, 2024, 10:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions United States women’s national team legend Sam Mewis has retired from professional football at 31 as a result of long-standing knee injury. Mewis won the World Cup with the USWNT in 2019 and won four NWSL titles in her illustrious career, playing for the now defunct