12+ min ago (244+ words) Florida State Seminoles vs. Florida Gators: Full Highlights (1:14) Florida is finalizing a six-year deal to hire Tulane's Jon Sumrall as its next football coach, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Sunday. The deal is for an average of nearly $7.5 million per year, with significant incentives tied to the College Football Playoff, sources told ESPN. Sumrall, 43, is 42-11 in four seasons as a head coach -- two in the Sun Belt at Troy and two in the American at Tulane. He has reached the conference title game in all four seasons. The Green Wave are 10-2 and have clinched a spot in the American Conference championship game against North Texas. Sumrall would remain with the Green Wave for next week's title game and through the College Football Playoff, if Tulane gets a berth. He brings extensive experience in the SEC, as he played and…...

12+ min ago (148+ words) Florida is finalizing a six-year deal to hire Tulane's Jon Sumrall the next head coach of the Gators, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Sunday. The deal is for an average of nearly $7.5 million per year, with significant incentives tied to the College Football Playoff, sources told ESPN. Sumrall, who is 42-11 in four seasons as a head coach -- two in the Sun Belt at Troy and two in the American at Tulane. He has reached the conference title game in all four seasons. He brings extensive experience in the SEC, as he played and was a graduate assistant at Kentucky, coached linebackers at Ole Miss (2018) and inside linebackers at Kentucky. Sumrall will succeed Billy Napier, who was fired in mid-October and replaced by interim coach Billy Gonzales. The Gators finished with a 4-8 record after beating rival Florida State on Saturday....

31+ min ago (502+ words) Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Auburn Tigers: Full Highlights (1:29) Auburn hired South Florida's Alex Golesh as its next head football coach, the school announced Sunday. Golesh agreed to a six-year deal with the Tigers, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel. The 41-year-old coach went 23-15 over three seasons at South Florida and just led the Bulls to a 9-3 record -- their best season since 2017. "Auburn football is one of the proudest, most tradition-rich programs in all of college football and my family and I could not be more excited to join the Auburn family," Golesh said in a statement. "This will be a player-driven program, and no one will outwork our staff. Auburn has won, can win and will win championships. Let's get to work." Golesh takes over an Auburn program that has endured five consecutive losing seasons under former coaches Hugh Freeze and…...

35+ min ago (167+ words) Missouri Tigers vs. Arkansas Razorbacks: Full Highlights (1:19) Arkansas is set to hire Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield as its new football coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. Silverfield, 46, is 50-25 at Memphis, including a win over Arkansas in September and four consecutive wins against Power 4 opponents, including West Virginia and Iowa State in bowl games the past two seasons. He replaces Sam Pittman, who Arkansas fired Sept. 28 following a 2-3 start, which included the loss to Memphis. Bobby Petrino replaced Pittman on an interim basis, and Arkansas lost its final seven games after Pittman's firing. He won all four bowl games he led Memphis to as the team's permanent coach. Memphis went 6-2 in conference play in each of the past two seasons before finishing 4-4 this fall. South Florida's Alex Golesh had emerged last week as a potential target for Arkansas but instead…...

35+ min ago (278+ words) The long holiday weekend wraps up with the Denver Broncos visiting the Washington Commanders on "Sunday Night Football." The Broncos have won eight straight and are coming off a bye after beating the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 11. Denver's two losses have come by a combined four points. After reaching the NFC title game last season, the Commanders are in the midst of a lost campaign. Washington has lost six straight and once again will be without quarterback Jayden Daniels. The Commanders head into Sunday night's tilt as 6.5-point underdogs to the AFC West-leading Broncos. Matt Bowen, Liz Loza, Pamela Maldonado and Eric Moody offer their picks, prop plays and analysis to help you bet the game. Jump to: Game picks | Prop bets | Betting trends Denver Broncos at Washington Commanders Field Yates explains why Bo Nix is a top-10 quarterback…...

47+ min ago (351+ words) Max Verstappen overtakes Lando Norris to take second place on the opening lap of the Qatar Grand Prix. (1:17) Max Verstappen has told Zak Brown to call him "Chucky" after the McLaren CEO likened the reigning champion's persistence in this year's title race to a villain in a horror movie. "He's like that guy in a horror movie, that right as you think he's not coming back, he's back!" Brown said. Verstappen's victory in Qatar means he is now Lando Norris' closest title rival, just 12 points behind the McLaren driver ahead of next weekend's season finale in Abu Dhabi. Asked what he thought of Brown's quotes and whether he felt as though he was in the heads of McLaren's team leadership Verstappen referenced the famous horror movie franchise Child's Play and its death-defying lead character. Verstappen took his 3rd straight win at…...

59+ min ago (649+ words) SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall says he was unsure of his fate after he was shot in the chest during an armed robbery last year near San Francisco's Union Square. "My adrenaline was rushing. I didn't feel, really, much pain at all. It was just more of like a burning sensation," Pearsall told ESPN in a sit-down interview. "I'm very religious. I'm a Christian. I just didn't know if I was going to go to heaven or hell. Recounting the Aug. 31, 2024, situation in-depth for the first time, Pearsall said he saw in his peripheral vision someone approaching him as he opened the back of his car to place shopping bags inside his vehicle. Pearsall, who earlier in the day hosted a nearby autograph signing, said he initially thought the person was a fan. "Then, I analyzed the…...

59+ min ago (654+ words) SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall says he was unsure of his fate after he was shot in the chest during an armed robbery last year next to San Francisco's Union Square. "My adrenaline was rushing. I didn't feel, really, much pain at all. It was just more of like a burning sensation," Pearsall told ESPN in a sit-down interview. "I'm very religious. I'm a Christian. I just didn't know if I was gonna go to heaven or hell. Recounting the Aug. 31, 2024, situation in-depth for the first time, Pearsall said he saw in his peripheral vision someone approaching him as he opened the backseat of his car to place shopping bags inside his vehicle. Pearsall, who earlier in the day hosted a nearby autograph signing, said he initially thought the person was a fan. "Then, I analyzed the…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (600+ words) Rohit Sharma broke the record for the most sixes in ODIs (351) during the first match against South Africa in Ranchi. He overtook Shahid Afridi, who had held the record for 15 years. Rohit was not a prolific six-hitter at the beginning of his ODI career. He hit his first in his third innings - against Pakistan in Jaipur - but by the time he scored his maiden hundred in his 40th innings, in May 2010, he had only five sixes off 1023 balls faced. Three years later, against Australia in Bengaluru, Rohit let loose, smashing 16 sixes - a record for an ODI innings at the time - on his way to the first of three double-centuries. Until then, he had hit only 36 sixes in 102 ODI innings at a rate of 102.14 balls per six. His six-hitting skyrocketed after that - 316 in 167 innings with a six every 27.35 balls on average. During…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago (137+ words) The Jaguars lost starting left tackle Walker Little and starting receiver/punt returner Parker Washington to injuries against the Titans. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars have lost starting left tackle Walker Little and starting receiver/punt returner Parker Washington to injuries against the Tennessee Titans. Little was evaluated for a concussion late in the first half while Washington suffered a hip injury on an incomplete pass from Trevor Lawrence. Cole Van Lanen moved from right guard and replaced Little at left tackle while rookie Wyatt Milum replaced Van Lanen at right guard. The Jaguars were already down starting right guard Patrick Mekari because of a concussion sustained last week. In addition, long snapper Ross Matiscik missed much of the first half because of a back injury. Defensive tackle DaVon Hamilton handled snaps punts, field goals and PATs....