ESPN Search

Three-star safety Derrick Dixon (Dallas/Skyline) has known for a while where he wanted to play college football. To keep a fair, unbiased mentality, he chose to keep his recruiting process open. Dixon felt Wednesday afternoon was the perfect time ...

Blog | June 19, 2013

Texas Tech's reputation on the field across Texas has slipped with high-achieving teams like Texas A&M, TCU and Baylor all surpassing Tech's best accomplishments in the past three seasons. Winning it back starts by beating those in-state teams. ...

Three months ago, Silvester Hayes (Dallas/South Oak Cliff) was looking for his first offer. Now, the three-star defensive end is balancing 14 offers and could have a few more this summer. Hayes' first offer came from Texas Tech in February. The bi...

Blog | June 19, 2013

Looks like Aron Baynes will have to wait another day for his first NBA title. Good piece here from the Bylaw Blog about how transfer release appeals are not supposed to take "awhile," like Wes Lunt thought they did. Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman ...

Midweek mail call: Bryce from Fayetteville, Ark., wants to know if I think undrafted free agents Kwame Geathers and Byron Jerideau can make the Chargers' 53-man roster. Bill Williamson: I hate to put any expectations on an undrafted free agent ...

Our colleagues at ESPN.com are taking a look at the future of college football this week, and that includes a ranking of the top 25 teams over the next three years. You'll need Insider to see the full rankings , which we won't be giving away here,...

High three-star offensive tackle Ty Barrett (Dallas/Skyline) recently trimmed his list of schools to seven. Don't be surprised if he has a top three soon. Barrett said he is getting closer and closer to making a final decision, and a top three cou...

Blog | June 19, 2013

According to multiple reports, offensive tackle Derrick Kelly Jr. (Quincy, Fla./East Gadsden) is the latest 2014 prospect to select Kentucky. Florida A&M, Middle Tennessee, South Florida and UCF also extended scholarship offers to the 6-foot-5...

At this point of the offseason, salary-cap totals don't mean nearly as much as they did three months ago. But I know there is always interest in cap numbers -- so, thanks to the invaluable John Clayton, I have gotten ahold of the latest figure for ea...

Insider NFL analysts Mel Kiper, Gary Horton, Matt Williamson, Field Yates and Herm Edwards break down every NFL team in five key categories to see how the league might stack up three years from now entering the 2016 season.

Story | Conversation | June 19, 2013

TCU fans who have been wondering where the commits have been can breathe a little bit. The Horned Frogs have picked up their second commit in a week with a pledge Tuesday. Inside linebacker Jarrell Owens (Palestine, Texas/Palestine) confirmed Tues...

Blog | June 18, 2013

Magic. Travis Hines of the Ames Tribune writes about Paul Rhoads' "Ride to Remember" fundraiser. Cool promotion. Enjoyed this column from colleague Gene Wojciechowski about how much one guy can change the face of a football team. Nice new pai...

RecruitingNation's Dave Telep looks at how each basketball team in the Big 12 is shaping up for 2014 recruiting, including who they have, who they want, storyline to watch, bold prediction and overall recruiting trend.

Story | Conversation | June 18, 2013

There are a few Green Bay connections in the AFC West with Reggie McKenzie becoming the general manager in Oakland last year and John Dorsey taking over in Kansas City earlier this year. Both men came from Green Bay. Naturally, when a Green Bay pl...

We're continuing our series today looking at the "most important" game of the year for each team in the Big 12. I have my own opinions on that for every team, but I'll ask the fans what they think first before I weigh in on what game I'd pick and ...

There were major sewage problems Sunday at the Oakland Coliseum that forced the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners to use the same locker room after Sunday's game. The Oakland Raiders also use the stadium. It is the last stadium in the country th...