But Heisman Trophy contender Fernando Mendoza choreographed a game-winning drive that ended in an acrobatic touchdown grab by Omar Cooper Jr., moving the No. 2-ranked Hoosiers to 10-0 on the season after the 27-24 win. It has been that kind of season for Curt Cignetti and Co. so far, and the second-year coach showed some rare emotion in the immediate ...
The Senate is in for a rare weekend session as the chamber remains in limbo while lawmakers try to find a way out of the government shutdown. Behind the scenes, appropriators are cooking up a trio of spending bills to attach to the House-passed continuing resolution (CR), along with an extension to the bill that would, if passed, reopen government ...
Gus Johnson’s voice has been the excitable soundtrack to dozens of thrilling moments in college football over the course of his decorated broadcasting career. On Saturday, he narrated a play so exciting he nearly lost that distinctive voice. Facing a third-and-goal from the Penn State 7-yard line, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza beat a ferocious oncoming pass rush to get off ...
President Donald Trump wants the new Washington Commanders stadium to be named after him, reports ESPN.com. According to the report, the White House has been in contact with the Commanders’ ownership group to express interest in having the new facility named after him. The proposed $3.7 billion domed stadium will be situated on the same site as the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial ...
Don’t read too much into the score of the first game of the U.S. women’s Rivalry Series against Canada. The Americans beat their archrivals 4-1 on Thursday night in Cleveland, thanks to three power-play goals by Abbey Murphy and a vault-like effort in the final two minutes by goaltender Aerin Frankel. It was the third win in a row over ...
The college football season is building to a crescendo when the College Football Playoff field is announced next month. Between now and that final weekend, there are five Saturdays of games that will set the table for sorting out the 12 teams selected. As the games have more magnitude, the pressure is greater on teams and coaches. That pressure can ...
As Ohio State football picked up its ninth win of the season against Purdue on Saturday, Nov. 8, the top-ranked Buckeyes did so without one of their top wide receivers in Carnell Tate. After not playing a single first-half snap against Purdue, the Buckeyes’ wide receiver, who has been one of quarterback Julian Sayin’s go-to targets this season, was held ...
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia was one of the most trusted relievers in the bullpen this past season and earned two postseason wins for the team in 2025. Vesia did not finish out the postseason, missing the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays due to the death of his daughter, Sterling Sol Vesia. The veteran pitcher and his ...
Kyle Shanahan’s starting quarterback, Brock Purdy, was struck by a turf toe injury that has limited him to two starts. The stud pass-rusher? Nick Bosa’s season was wrecked in Week 3 by a torn ACL. Fred Warner, the heart and soul of the San Francisco 49ers defense, went down in Week 6 with a broken and dislocated ankle. Dynamic wide ...
In HBO’s ‘Alex vs. ARod’ (Part one streaming now, new episodes Thursdays, 9 p.m. ET/PT), sports talk radio icon Mike Francesa calls former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez ‘a Shakespearian figure’ and a flawed man. The person Francesa was talking about couldn’t agree more, saying that the media personality’s observation is, ‘the line of the documentary.’ ‘I think that ...