Masters champion Jon Rahm has agreed to leave the PGA Tour for the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf League, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
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After a recent series of disappointing decommitments, Colorado has landed five-star offensive line prospect Jordan Seaton from IMG Academy, the highest-ranked offensive tackle to ever commit to the Buffaloes.
Former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer, and former two-division champions Ricky Hatton and Ivan Calderon were among those elected Thursday to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Tight end Hayden Hurst does not believe the post-traumatic amnesia he was diagnosed with by an independent neurologist after suffering a concussion will end his NFL career.
Florida running back Trevor Etienne entered the transfer portal Thursday.
James Madison announced Thursday that it’s hiring former Holy Cross coach Bob Chesney to be the program’s new coach. He agreed to a five-year deal and replaces Curt Cignetti, who accepted the Indiana job after guiding the Dukes to a 11–1 record this season.
“We were methodical and intentional in casting a wide net to identify the next head coach of James Madison football, and I confidently believe that we found the total package in Bob Chesney,” James Madison athletic director Jeff Bourne said in a statement.
Much of two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani’s free agency has been kept under careful wraps, such that any crumb of information has become the subject of ruthless dissection by baseball writers and fans alike.
The latest nugget seemingly came courtesy of an unlikely source: Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly.
As recounted by Bob Nightengale of USA Today Thursday morning, Los Angeles called Kelly this week and asked the two-time World Series champion if he would be willing to give his No. 17 jersey for Ohtani.
Kelly, who has worn the number since 2019, eagerly agreed.
Michigan is working on a contract extension for football coach Jim Harbaugh worth $11 million annually over five years, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations. The main hurdle remaining is a commitment in writing from Harbaugh that he will not pursue an NFL job this cycle. The salary number would take him above Ohio State coach Ryan Day and make him the second-highest-paid coach in the sport behind Alabama’s Nick Saban and his $11.4 million–per-year salary.
Nugget penalty!
There have been countless reasons players have been penalized over the years, but an ECHL game has gifted the universe with the first penalty caused by chicken nugget.
Something gets thrown onto ice — at a morning kids game in Toledo — and Kirill Tyutyayev shoots it back into crowd. Gets a 10-minute misconduct. Gonna be interesting to see if league gives supplemental discipline. It’s pretty vanilla, but they don’t like shooting into stands. pic.twitter.com/ci1cd4kilw
— Justin A.
1. ESPN’s Booger McFarland caused a stir last weekend when he said Florida State’s absence from the College Football Playoff, after going 13–0, was a “travesty to the sport.”
Those who have followed McFarland’s career weren’t surprised he’d have such a strong moment on ESPN’s college football studio show because he has become one of the network’s best analysts over the years.
However, to get to this place, McFarland had to endure a two-year stint on Monday Night Football that ultimately didn’t work out.