For much of the season, the Eagles were chasing the Cowboys -- their postseason destiny out of their control. As the final week of the regular season beckons, Doug Pederson's squad finds itself in the enviable position of controlling its postseason fate.
The No. 17 Memphis Tigers will take part in a New Year's Six bowl game for the first time in program history when they battle the No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions in the 2019 Cotton Bowl. The Tigers (12-1, 7-1) won the AAC championship with a 29-24 win over ...
Like so many times in the past quarter century, the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions find themselves on opposite ends of the football universe as Week 17 arrives. Green Bay is 12-3, headed to the postseason for the 20th time since 1993 and has wrapped ...
The Louisville Cardinals (11-1, 2-0 ACC) and Kentucky Wildcats (8-3, 0-0 SEC) square off at Rupp Arena in Lexington at 3:45 p.m. ET Saturday. We analyze the Louisville-Kentucky odds and betting lines, while providing college basketball betting tips and ...
The Sixers couldn't have been much higher after knocking off the NBA-best Milwaukee Bucks on Christmas day. So much for that. A lackluster effort against the Magic in a 98-97 loss Friday (see observations) ruined those good vibes. It was the Sixers' sixth ...
The stench of a blowout loss to the Devils before the holiday break was still wafting around the United Center when the Blackhawks returned to work on Friday. The Islanders, one of the top teams in the league, were rested, ready and couldn't have missed that ...
The Brown Bears will take on the No. 4 Duke Blue Devils at 11:30 a.m. ET on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke is 10-1 overall and 5-1 at home, while Brown is 5-5 overall and 1-4 on the road. The Blue Devils are favored by 28 points in the latest ...
No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Clemson face off in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday, the second semifinal matchup of the College Football Playoff. It is the teams' first meeting since the 2016 Playoff, which the Tigers won handily 31-0. The Buckeyes (13-0, 10-0 Big ...
Picture Antonio Brown, from a pure football perspective, with Mike Thomas, you've got an absolutely lethal offense. And, really, the name of the game in the NFL is about winning and the Saints are saying we're going to expore every option as far as winning is ...
ATLANTA (AP) — The NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks had more enough depth and skill without without Giannis Antetokounmpo to overwhelm the league-worst Atlanta Hawks. "I think this was a pretty complete game by our group," Milwaukee coach Mike ...
ATLANTA — Joe Burrow needed a year under his belt, along with a coaching change and a new wide-open offense, to really find his way at LSU. Jalen Hurts didn't have even that long to adjust, which makes his lone season at Oklahoma even more ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Ambry Thomas seemed to have a little bit of extra pep Friday afternoon. Michigan football's junior cornerback says he's "always fired up for big games." And facing Alabama in the Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 certainly falls in that category, ...
AP. Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins is in the midst of a career year. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes) AP. Comment. By Chris Fedor, cleveland.com. BOSTON -- The Cleveland Cavaliers (9-22) will continue their three-game road trip against the ...
If Yankees general manager Brian Cashman didn't make a single move the rest of the offseason, the roster he's assembled for manager Aaron Boone would be considered good enough to be the favorite to win the American League. Of course, Cashman isn't ...
According to a report from ESPN's Courtney Cronin, the Vikings are "leaning heavily towards resting a bulk of their starters" against the Bears in Week 17. Locked into the sixth seed in the NFC playoffs, the game is meaningless for the Vikings from a standings ...
Luka Doncic was happy to be back on the floor for the Dallas Mavericks. His teammates were surely just as happy -- if not more. Doncic will play in his second contest after missing four due to an ankle injury when the Mavericks visit the suddenly hot Golden ...
The 2019 NFL regular season concludes on Sunday and for the New England Patriots, it means a chance at earning a first-round bye for the tenth straight season. To do so, they will need to defeat the Miami Dolphins for the second time this year.
The worst kept secret in boxing was finally revealed with the announcement of the rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury serving as a joint pay-per-view venture between ESPN+ and Fox Sports. What won't be a secret is how Wilder and the Fox ...
The Wisconsin Badgers get back from a brief holiday break and travel to Knoxville to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in a late December showdown. Wisconsin (6-5 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) will look to break the cycle of road woes this season as all five defeats ...
Wrapping up our look at the Texas Tech football program's all-decade team, we turn our attention to the quarterbacks where the first-team choice is a no-brainer. Quarterback. There's no position like it in sports. It is the one position that controls virtually ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Alex Galchenyuk hopes this goal can finally get him going with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Galchenyuk scored his third goal of the season, Tristan Jarry made 30 saves and the Penguins beat the banged up Nashville Predators 5-2 Friday ...
Dak Prescott will play Sunday. That's as expected. The question remains: How effective will he be? The Cowboys quarterback had limited work Friday after sitting out Wednesday and Thursday, the first practices he has missed in his career. He has no ...
(Reuters) - A super showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks will highlight the final Sunday of the National Football League's (NFL) regular season but there is more at stake. At least nine other teams could have their routes to the ...
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Shane Pinto scored his third goal in two games and the United States rebounded from an opening loss to Canada with a 6-3 victory over Germany at the world junior hockey championship Friday in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
It's the thin wisp of hair that clings precariously to Tyler Herro's upper lip. Unlike the rest of him, the "mustache" might be unsure of whether it should be there at all. But Herro himself, just 30 games into his NBA career is proving that he is more than capable of ...
NEW ORLEANS – With a small Dixieland band playing for Baylor's arrival at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Matt Rhule looked like a man walking into a dream he had been chasing his whole life. Coaching in the Sugar Bowl has ...
Leaders Liverpool will look to continue their unbeaten start to the 2019-20 Premier League season when they take on Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield on Sunday. Champions Manchester City sign off 2019 at home to high-flying Sheffield United, while ...
Charlie Nicholas believes Arsenal's players will be 'lifted' after their promising performance against Bournemouth and has backed his former club to beat Chelsea this weekend. Mikel Arteta sat in the dugout as Arsenal head coach for the first time on Boxing ...
Alireza Jahanbakhsh's first-ever goal for Brighton and a fine second from Aaron Mooy secured a vital 2-0 win and three points for Graham Potter's side against south-coast rivals Bournemouth on Saturday. The Iranian club-record signing finally got off the mark ...
Mikaela Shiffrin wrapped up an eventful return from her 11-day break from World Cup racing on Saturday, dominating a giant slalom for her 63rd career victory. After nearly arriving too late for the opening run, Shiffrin posted the fastest time in both legs to win ...
San Francisco 49ers quarterback C.J. Beathard paid tribute to his younger brother Clayton Beathard on Instagram on Friday, nearly a week after he was fatally stabbed outside a Nashville bar. "Clay has the biggest heart of anyone that I have ever known," ...
TAMPA, FLA. – Toddler Elias McNeal gazed up at Casey O'Brien as the Gophers holder visited him in his room at Tampa General Hospital. The little boy — whose family moved from Minneapolis to the Tampa area about a decade ago — was in the hospital ...
Sweet merciful crap, today's schedule of college basketball games sucks out loud. Your primary problem here is that ESPN has turned over ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU to College Football Playoff Game programming after 3pm in the afternoon. They're doing ...
Detroit Pistons forward Markieff Morris (foot) is listed as out for Saturday's game against the San Antonio Spurs. What It Means: Morris is ruled out for Saturday's game after suffering a foot injury. Expect Christian Wood to play more minutes off the bench at the ...
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