Inside Urban Meyer’s disastrous tenure as Jacksonville Jaguars coach
Dec 17, 2021Hallie GrossmanCloseESPN Staff WriterStaff Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Joined ESPN The Magazine after graduating from Penn State University. Covers college football and college basketball.Michael DiRoccoCloseESPN Staff WriterCovered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winnerTWO WEEKS TO the day…
Mbappe, Pogba, Rudiger, Dybala top list of best free agents
The winter transfer window opens in just under two months, and some of the biggest stars in football will enter the final six months of their contracts, enabling them to agree to terms with clubs outside their own leagues starting on Jan. 1.2 RelatedPlayers like Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, Antonio Rudiger and Paulo Dybala are…
Thursday Night Football DraftKings Picks: NFL DFS lineup advice for
Week 10 kicks off with a Thursday Night Football showdown between the Ravens and Dolphins. The Ravens are road favorites, laying 7.5 points at several Las Vegas sportsbooks, and the total opened as high as 48.0. This has the makings of another dominant Baltimore performance, and it’s why we’re going to break our DFS budget to…
The most unlikely college hoops powerhouse, centuries in the making
THE PARENTS OF Ryan Turell, the best player on the team with the longest active winning streak in men's college basketball, originally wanted their son to attend another school.They're sitting on an August Sunday afternoon in the living room of their ranch house in Sherman Oaks, California. Laurel, a personal trainer who appeared in some…
Ruggs’ attorneys want medical records sealed
LAS VEGAS -- Attorneys for former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III are fighting to keep his medical records away from prosecutors charging him with driving under the influence in a fiery car crash that killed a woman earlier this month.Already facing felony DUI resulting in death and reckless driving charges, Ruggs, who did not…
Allegations of racism and misogyny within the Phoenix Suns: Inside
ON THE EVENING of Oct. 30, 2016, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix, Earl Watson, in just his third game as the Suns' head coach, faced a tall task: beat the powerhouse Golden State Warriors.The young Phoenix Suns team had been toiling at the bottom of the NBA's standings for years, missing the…
Steelers still can win with Ben Roethlisberger at QB, but
The conclusion arrived not on the horrid interception that even the beneficiary could not comprehend, nor on the laughable decision to throw a flare pass to a running back on fourth-and-10 from the opponent’s 11-yard-line. These were calamitous, certainly, and not what anyone would expect from a quarterback who ranks among the game’s greats in…
Yahoo DFS Picks Week 4: NFL DFS lineup advice for
Last week was an unusual one for daily fantasy football, but that's in the rearview mirror. Time to look toward and build the best Week 4 Yahoo DFS tournament lineups. Because of the boom-or-bust nature that often accompanies at least a few GPP picks, we have a play at wide receiver that might shock you, but…
FanDuel Picks Week 4: NFL DFS lineup advice for daily
The Chiefs heading into Week 4 with a 1-2 record is among the biggest surprises of the young season so far. A trip to Philadelphia for a date with the Eagles looks like it could be the elixir they need to get back on the winning track -- and what you need to boost your…
Week 8 takeaways, big questions: Cowboys win without Dak, a
Oct 31, 2021NFL NationESPN Week 8 of the 2021 NFL season had some close Halloween matchups, including the Cowboys edging the Vikings with Dak Prescott sidelined and quarterback Cooper Rush making his first start. The Titans and Colts went to overtime after a wild pick-six for Tennessee in the final two minutes followed by a…