TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Thousands of excited football fans partied in streets around the University of Alabama after the Crimson Tide defeated Ohio State 52-24 for the national championship, ignoring pleas for common sense and safety at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Students and others poured out of jam-packed bars near campus as time expired in Miami late Monday, traffic […]

The Jets have completed close to a dozen head-coaching interviews, and their narrowed-down group of candidates includes a hot defensive name. Robert Saleh is one of the finalists for the Jets job and is flying into the New York/New Jersey area for a second interview, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported. Saleh is the first […]

George Paton is inching closer toward potentially leaving Minnesota after 14 years with the Vikings. Paton is heading to Denver for a second interview with the Broncos for their vacant general manager job, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Tuesday. Paton has been a popular name in general manager hiring cycles for some time now, annually completing multiple interviews with various […]

We put in a marathon couple of shifts over the weekend as Sky Sports NFL brought viewers six live playoff games with 11 hours of coverage on Saturday followed by another 11 through Sunday night and into the beginning of Monday morning. But we were not alone. It was close to 5am on Monday and people were still tweeting to […]

Alabama’s offense wasn’t at full strength in the final minutes of Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game. Receiver DeVonta Smith left the game early in the third quarter with a dislocated finger. A still-recovering Jaylen Waddle was hindered in limited action. Quarterback Mac Jones hobbled off one last time after getting tackled awkwardly earlier in the game. And center Landon […]

An unprecedented 2020 college football season comes to its conclusion Monday when No. 1 Alabama plays No. 3 Ohio State in the College Football Playoff championship game. All that uncertainty makes it impossible to project what lies ahead in 2021. That said, Sporting News enjoys talking about college football in the offseason, which will come with new storylines — even […]

Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith did not return to Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game after sustaining a hand injury in the third quarter. The 2020 Heisman Trophy winner appeared to jam his fingers during a collision that occurred as he tried to haul in a pass over the middle. He spent more than 15 minutes in the medical tent before heading to […]

Alabama’s offense wasn’t at full strength in the final minutes of Monday’s College Football Playoff championship game. Receiver DeVonta Smith left the game early in the third quarter with a dislocated finger. A still-recovering Jaylen Waddle was hindered in limited action. Quarterback Mac Jones hobbled off one last time after getting tackled awkwardly earlier in the game. And center Landon […]

ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Despite playing with a hip pointer injury, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields wasn’t going to make any excuses for why the Buckeyes lost 52-24 to Alabama in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Fields was still on the mend from his injury sustained in the semifinal game against Clemson, […]

ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — At the end of a long, grueling, strange, uncomfortable season for college football, we finally got a small piece of normalcy as the final seconds ticked off the clock Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium: Alabama, hoisting yet another national championship trophy after winning […]