Month: November 2022

10:13 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Cincinnati starting quarterback Ben Bryant will not play again this season due to a foot injury, a source told ESPN on Friday. With Bryant out, redshirt sophomore Evan Prater made his first career start during the No. 24 Bearcats’ 27-24 loss to No. 19 Tulane on Friday. Prater, who was
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11:58 PM ET Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin says he anticipates staying with the Rebels in 2023, even if Auburn offers him the chance to fill its head-coaching vacancy. Kiffin was asked about his status after Thursday’s 24-22 home loss to Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl, Ole Miss’ third consecutive defeat to end the
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3:18 PM ET Nebraska has zeroed in on Matt Rhule as the Cornhuskers‘ next head coach and the two sides are working on finalizing a deal in the coming days, sources told ESPN on Friday. Rhule, who was fired by the NFL’s Carolina Panthers in October, previously had successful stints in college at Baylor and
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8:15 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Thanksgiving afternoon game between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys set the mark for the most-watched NFL regular-season game on record. The Cowboys’ 28-20 victory on Fox averaged 42 million viewers, according to Nielsen, surpassing the 41.55 million average for the Dec. 3, 1990, Monday
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3:31 PM ET CHICAGO — Bears quarterback Justin Fields is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game against the New York Jets. Fields said he is dealing with a separated shoulder with partially torn ligaments, calling it “basically an AC joint” injury after he landed out of bounds on his left, non-throwing shoulder upon being tackled
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6:01 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is set to start Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers after missing two games with a hamstring injury. “Yeah, looks that way,” coach Kliff Kingsbury said Friday. Murray went through full-speed reps on Friday, according to Kingsbury, who was pleased with what he saw
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12:12 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Bills pass-rusher Von Miller did not tear an ACL during the team’s 28-25 win over the Detroit Lions on Thursday, but he is considered out indefinitely while he gathers more opinions on his right knee injury, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Miller will miss at
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6:15 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim The PFL will crown its Season 10 champions in six weight classes on Friday night inside Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. This finale will give the winning fighters $1 million each. Undefeated two-time champion Kayla Harrison, currently ranked No. 8 in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings, will go
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7:42 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” First baseman Carlos Santana and the Pittsburgh Pirates are in agreement on a one-year, $6.7 million contract, pending the results of a physical, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN. Santana, 36,
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4:38 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Bruins set the NHL record for most home victories to start a season with their 12th straight, topping the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in overtime Friday with a power-play goal from David Pastrnak. The Bruins broke the mark of 11 that was set by the 1963-64 Chicago
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