Things have gone wrong. Tune in to First Take to see Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith debate the hottest topics in sports every Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. ET on ESPN2. Embrace Debate In each case I wound up publicly pilloried as a madman, a football fool, a quarterback hack who is daft […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. Relive the biggest storylines from the Alabama Crimson Tide and Michigan Wolverines as they face off New Year’s Day in the 2024 Rose Bowl Game on ESPN. (1:05) LOS ANGELES — For two seasons in the NFL, Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter had to face Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson in […]
Continue readingAYE, BRO, DO you remember the little thing from Men in Black? I say. What thing? he says. The thing where they like erase people’s memories? I say. Ahhh yeah, I remember, he says. Well, think of my memories like this, I say. Imagine the little silver thing, instead of erasing your memories, it stores […]
Continue readingIt’s been 10 years since Lane Kiffin was fired as USC’s coach, supposedly on the tarmac at LAX. The truth of what happened in the early-morning hours of Sept. 29, 2013, is, like so many things with Kiffin, a bit more complicated. ESPN spoke to nearly two dozen people who witnessed Kiffin’s tenure at USC, […]
Continue readingFormer USC running back Reggie Bush will file a defamation lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, according to his lawyers. “The lawsuit is based on the NCAA maliciously attacking his character through a completely false and highly offensive statement that was widely reported in the media and substantially and irreparably damaged his reputation,” according to […]
Continue readingA bit of a coincidence — Roethlisberger missed Week 11 of the 2012 season at home against Baltimore as well. The early line came out a week before the Baltimore game back then, with Roethlisberger healthy, and Pittsburgh as a 3.5-point favorite. The line ended up closing after Roethlisberger’s injury with Baltimore as a 3.5-point […]
Continue readingThursday morning line at Westgate SuperBook: Seattle -6.5, 42 | Current offshore lines • As of Wednesday evening, 80 percent of the money wagered at William Hill’s Nevada sportsbook was on the Seahawks. • Sophisticated bettors at Las Vegas sportsbook operator CG Technology had bet up the Seahawks to -7 (-105) by Wednesday night, according […]
Continue readingSomething feels wrong about what’s happening for running backs in the NFL. As teams approach training camp later this month, four respected veteran rushers remain free agents, seemingly with little interest. Kareem Hunt wasn’t re-signed by the Browns after his contract expired, while Ezekiel Elliott, Leonard Fournette and Dalvin Cook were released by their respective […]
Continue readingThis year, USC’s Caleb Williams, TCU’s Max Duggan, Georgia’s Stetson Bennett or Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud will become the newest member in the Heisman brotherhood. All have had outstanding years, leading their teams to top-10 rankings in the final College Football Playoff poll. If Williams wins the award, he would be the seventh Trojans player […]
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