Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterSep 1, 2024, 06:00 AM ETCloseMichael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow DiRocco on Twitter at @ESPNdirocco.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen was on the EverBank […]

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:10 AM ETClose College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.THE ANNOUNCEMENTS CAME 37 hours apart in November 2021, two coaching hires -- and abrupt departures -- that rocked college football and would forever bind USC's Lincoln Riley and LSU's Brian Kelly.Riley and Kelly left two programs that nobody leaves, Oklahoma and Notre Dame, respectively, for the chance to pursue […]

Aug 24, 2024, 07:01 PM ETUnited States star Christian Pulisic has given his full approval to the potential hiring of Mauricio Pochettino as new USMNT coach, adding that the time is right for a change.ESPN reported last week that Pochettino, a former coach of Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain ant Tottenham, has agreed to replace Gregg Berhalter, who was fired following the USMNT's group-stage exit from this summer's Copa América."I think it's […]

Aug 24, 2024, 07:04 PM ETNEW YORK -- Novak Djokovic gets why some tennis players question whether there's a double-standard in the sport after Jannik Sinner was not suspended despite twice testing positive for steroids, and said Saturday that he agrees that there is "a lack of consistency."Sinner tested positive twice in March for an anabolic steroid, but the International Tennis Integrity Agency determined the banned performance-enhancer entered his system […]