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Landry Jones is the face of the XFL. But does he want to be? WHEN LANDRY JONES decided that his NFL career might be over, he called a local construction company. It was February 2019, six months after his unexpected release from the Pittsburgh Steelers. He had worked out for roughly 20 NFL teams, and nobody ...
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National Signing Day 2020: Georgia Claims No. 1 Class and Other Big Takeaways Since the inception of the early signing period, college football's annual national signing day does not bring with it the same level of drama and excitement it once did. There was still plenty of talk about it Wednesday, though. Three 247Sports composite Top ...
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Raheem Mostert returning Williams' jersey after swap In the minutes following Kansas City's victory over San Francisco in Super Bowl LIV, they found each other in the tunnel of Hard Rock Stadium. Damien Williams, the Chiefs running back who tallied 133 total yards and two touchdowns, both in the fourth ...
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Report: Barcelona's Lionel Messi 'Happy to Turn the Page' After Eric Abidal Spat Lionel Messi is reportedly ready to move on from his spat with sporting director Eric Abidal after discussions with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu. According to Moises Llorens and Sam Marsden of ESPN FC, Bartomeu has spoken three times on the ...
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Who's next? A look at the top Alabama 2021 recruits Dennis Victory | preps@al.com. THE NEXT WAVE. Now that the second National Signing Day for the Class of 2020 is behind us, it's never too early to look ahead. Who are Alabama's top high school prospects in the Class of 2021? Here is a look at some of ...
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Mookie Betts Deal Offers Painful Reminders of Boston's Past "Baseball is a business, and you've got to be ready for anything." It would be easy to imagine those words being spoken by Mookie Betts in the wake of the controversial trade this week that sent one of the game's brightest young stars from the Boston Red Sox ...
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What's next for Kyle Long? Inside his decision to retire and what he plans to do now It was the middle of the night when Howie Long realized his son's career was ending. There, cooped up in a Los Angeles hotel room, Howie stayed by Kyle's side as the Bears lineman recovered from simultaneous surgeries to repair his elbow and fix a torn ...
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Cult Hero Tommy Luce Helps Purdue Hit 100 in Style WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The rout was on at Mackey Arena, so the chants started earlier than usual from the student section and beyond. "We want Tommy... "We want Tommy ...'' Tommy to Purdue fans is Tommy Luce, a 5-foot-10, 160-pound walk-on for the ...
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Louisville's ninth straight win leaves Chris Mack fretful Chris Mack could have been exhilarated. Instead, he was exasperated. The University of Louisville basketball coach could have ended Wednesday night savoring his ninth straight victory. He could have reveled in his Cardinals' comeback from a 15-point ...
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Jokic leads short-handed Nuggets past Jazz 98-95 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Denver Nuggets had seven healthy players to face the Utah Jazz and believed they had nothing to lose. Thanks to a noteworthy performance by Nikola Jokic, the tired Nuggets overcame significant obstacles and recorded an ...
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Premier League Clubs Vote to Close Summer Transfer Window After Season Begins Transfer window back to Sep 1 for Premier League (season starts on Aug 8). Common sense prevails. Michael Cox and Liam Twomey of The Athletic and football writer David Amoyal disagreed with the decision: Michael Cox @Zonal_Marking. Argh this is a ...
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Georgetown has the fight to compete with the best in the Big East, but fight isn't enough WASHINGTON – Attempting to overcome insurmountable obstacles must be the theme of the Georgetown Hoyas season with what they've had to battle through this year. Whether it is players transferring out of the program, key injuries mounting up, massive ...
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Florida overcomes 22-point deficit to shock Georgia, 81-75 If you thought Florida's rally from an 21-point deficit last month against Alabama was something, the Gators took it to another level Wednesday night. Florida looked lost for a good portion of the game against Georgia at Exactech Arena, but put on an amazing ...
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Quinones, Achiuwa lead Memphis past Temple 79-65 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Lester Quinones matched his career high with 21 points, freshman Precious Achiuwa registered his 12th double-double of the season and Memphis defeated Temple 79-65 Wednesday night. Quinones was 5-for-11 shooting, ...
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U.Va.'s Braxton Key may have rediscovered shooting touch during a solitary workout Two Sundays ago, Virginia basketball's team bus arrived back at John Paul Jones Arena around 6:30 p.m. The Cavaliers had defeated Wake Forest in an overtime matinee earlier in the day, and players and staff scattered. Not Braxton Key. U.Va.'s leading ...
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Hey! At Least The Redskins Weren't Last! USA Today's Nate Davis came out with the publication's final NFL power poll for the 2019 season and in a surprise, the Redskins were not only not last but the team that fired Ron Rivera was. The Redskins shouldn't be too comfortable however. They were No ...
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Hue Jackson says Joe Burrow will change landscape of the Bengals Hue Jackson knows the Bengals better than almost anyone else outside the franchise. Even though Jackson spent years with Andy Dalton, he thinks it's time for the Bengals to draft a new quarterback. "I think the Cincinnati Bengals should take Joe Burrow ...
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Tshiebwe leads No. 13 West Virginia past Iowa State 76-61 West Virginia's Oscar Tshiebwe is making double-doubles seem routine. The freshman had 16 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 13 West Virginia breezed to a 76-61 victory over Iowa State on Wednesday night. "He gets better every day," West Virginia coach ...
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A high school principal was put on leave for saying Kobe Bryant's death was 'deserved' A Washington state high school principal has been placed on administrative leave over a Facebook comment following Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash. After the January 26 crash, Liza Sejkora, principal of Camas High School, wrote on her personal ...
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Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame odds, line: 2020 college basketball picks, Feb. 5 predictions from proven model An ACC battle is on tap between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Pittsburgh Panthers at 6:30 p.m. ET this evening at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center. Notre Dame is 13-8 overall and 10-3 at home, while Pitt is 14-8 overall and 2-4 on the road.
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'Olympics will go ahead': Tokyo organisers slam virus rumours Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Thursday the Games would "go ahead as planned", slamming misinformation over the new coronavirus for triggering panic. Chief executive officer Toshiro Muto revealed that organisers have set up a task force to combat ...
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Trade of Brusdar Graterol called into doubt because of medical records The Twins' piece of the blockbuster Mookie Betts trade has reportedly stalled the rest of the deal, plunging Minnesota's acquisition of Dodgers righthander Kenta Maeda into doubt on Wednesday, a major league source confirmed. Talks are continuing, the ...
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Here's what Gary Patterson said about TCU's 2020 recruiting class TCU coach Gary Patterson is pleased with how his 2020 recruiting class came together. The Horned Frogs addressed several areas of need, including the offensive line and wide receiver depth, and brought in what is regarded as the 28th-best class in the ...
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Nike's controversial shoe will be commercially available this year A variant of the shoe that powered the first ever sub-two-hour marathon could be yours later this year. The Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT%, a version of the prototype Eliud Kipchoge wore when he ran a marathon in 1:59:40 in Vienna last October, will be released in ...
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What Noah Vonleh brings to the Denver Nuggets If you had trouble keeping up with all the moving parts of the four-team trade the Denver Nuggets were involved with on Tuesday, you weren't alone. The end result for Denver was a 2020 first-round pick from the Houston Rockets and three players from the ...
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'Home run' class cheers FSU's Norvell Florida State coach Mike Norvell said the Seminoles' 2020 recruiting class addressed many of the program's major needs. Mike Norvell's first National Signing Day at Florida State didn't bring the triumphant success he's looking to build in Tallahassee.
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Don't expect the PGA Tour to embrace a distance rollback After years of waiting, golf's rule makers published in excess of 100 pages of research, data, conclusions and potential paths forward for a game that has always been consumed with driving distances. Regardless of which side of the distance aisle you reside ...
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Celtics face the Hawks on 5-game win streak Atlanta Hawks (14-38, 14th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (35-15, third in the Eastern Conference). Boston; Friday, 7 p.m. EST. BOTTOM LINE: Boston comes into a matchup against Atlanta as winners of five games in a row. The Celtics have ...
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Coronavirus: F1 will look to reschedule Chinese Grand Prix, says Ross Brawn Ross Brawn says Formula 1 will look to reschedule the Chinese Grand Prix if it cannot be held on its original date because of the coronavirus outbreak. It is due to be held in Shanghai on 19 April but is in doubt with the disease having killed more than 560 ...
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Pogba & Winston out? Glazer-owned Man Utd & Buccaneers face crucial decisions amid on-field mediocrity There are a number of parallels between what is happening at Old Trafford and also across the Atlantic at the Glazers' underperforming NFL franchise. The Glazer family owns both Manchester United and the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the two teams ...
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Tight end Nick Patterson flips commitment from Michigan to Ivy League ANN ARBOR -- Michigan's 2020 recruiting class got a little bit smaller on Wednesday, the first day of the February signing period. Three-star tight end Nick Patterson, the brother of former Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson, flipped his commitment from the ...
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Alabama State, Texas Southern brawl: SWAC hands down suspensions for parties invloved The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) handed down a series of suspensions for those involved in the women's basketball brawl between the Alabama State and Texas Southern teams Monday Night. In an act that violated the SWAC's conference ...
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Nashville councilman questions legal status of stalling MLS stadium deal NASHVILLE — A Nashville council member says he will officially request a legal opinion Tuesday about whether Mayor John Cooper can stall the already approved Major League Soccer stadium deal at the fairgrounds. Council member Colby Sledge, ...
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Re-grading the Colts' 2018 draft class We now have two seasons under the belt of the 2018 draft class for the Indianapolis Colts, a group that has been mostly outstanding for general manager Chris Ballard. In his second draft as general manager, Ballard hit on almost all these selections so far.
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