Alabama football coach Nick Saban has offered his offensive coordinator position to Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees after interviewing him in Tuscaloosa on Thursday, sources confirmed to OutKick on Friday.
Details are being worked out, and Rees, 30, is close to accepting the job. But Alabama may not make an official announcement of the hire – if it happens – for several days after Saban makes other hires.
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Saban is also looking for a new defensive coordinator.
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The Colorado coach believes he could have added another sport to his repertoire.
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New Colorado coach Deion Sanders had a professional career that included moonlighting as a major league baseballer on top of his Hall of Fame football career.
But this week, a trip to a lacrosse game on campus in Boulder got Sanders thinking that he could have played yet another sport at a high level.
“I even went to the lacrosse game this week,” Sanders said as he met with the media on Friday.
In a shocking turn of events, Kyrie Irving has dropped a bomb, and requested a trade from the Brooklyn Nets. Not only does he want the trade, but with the trade deadline coming next week, it’s clear this will need to be a quick turnaround. Colin Cowherd reacts to this news, what this means for Kevin Durant, and how this may be linked to the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James and Russell Westbrook.
“This is becoming one of the biggest fights that can happen in boxing,” Bivol’s promoter says.
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Ten rounds while wondering while this weekend takes us one step closer to Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano II …
10. How important is the undisputed title to Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol? That’s likely what will determine if that fight will happen in 2023—or ever. In the aftermath of his knockout win over Anthony Yarde last weekend, Beterbiev called for a showdown with Bivol.
“I want Bivol,” Beterbiev said.
The point guard is in his fourth season with the team.
Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has requested a trade and would like to be moved by the trade deadline on February 9th, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports. If Irving isn’t traded, Charania reports he will not re-sign with the team in when he enters free agency this offseason.
In his fourth year with the team, Irving has played in 40 games for Brooklyn this year, averaging 27.1 points, 5.3 assists and 5.1 rebounds per game. The Nets currently have a 31-20 record, good enough for fourth place in the Eastern Conference and just 5.
Check out sports’ hottest seats, including the NFL Pro Bowl and NHL All-Star game.
All eyes may be on next week’s Super Bowl, but that doesn’t mean the rest of the sports world has gone quiet. College basketball is heating up, with a series of top-ranked matchups slated for the weekend, while the NHL holds its All-Star game and the NFL puts on the Pro Bowl. With so many exciting events on the schedule, there are plenty of opportunities to catch sports must-see contests in person.
Russell Wilson is nothing if not awkward, and we have to file this latest tweet under the ‘extremely awkward’ category, even for Mr. Unlimited.
Wilson took to Twitter on Friday to congratulate Geno Smith – the QB who replaced him, and excelled, in Seattle this season – for being voted the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year by NFL on FOX fans.
Congrats, 7!
Congrats 7! https://t.co/xt9RgY4yDL
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) February 3, 2023
Russell Wilson reaches out to Geno Smith for no reason at all
Wooooooooof.
Three former U.S. snowboarders have sued their former coach, Peter Foley, the national federation, its former CEO and the USOPC for sex trafficking, harassment, and enabling and covering up repeated acts of sexual assault and misconduct.
After weeks of negotiations failed to find an agreement on an early move, Texas and Oklahoma are slated to join the SEC in 2025, sources told ESPN.
According to data released by the NFL, there were 149 concussions during the 2022 regular season — an increase of 18% from the 2021 season.