Month: April 2020

1:10 PM ET Several NFL teams are doing serious homework on Utah State’s Jordan Love, one of the most polarizing quarterbacks in the draft. Texas Tech coach Matt Wells — who recruited and coached Love at Utah State — told ESPN he’s discussed Love with seven NFL head coaches who called him in the past
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11:09 AM ET Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday morning after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week. He was 25. Cave’s wife, Emily, released a statement on Saturday confirming the news. “It is with great sadness to share the news that our Colby Cave passed away this morning,” the statement said. “Both
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8:07 AM ET You love baseball. Tim Kurkjian loves baseball. So while we await its return, every day we’ll provide you with a story or two tied to this date in baseball history. ON THIS DATE IN 2011, Sam Fuld didn’t stop. Willie Mays never hit for the cycle. Neither did Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth
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7:24 PM ET Associated Press Victor Oladipo is going to be busy on the next few Friday nights. The Indiana Pacers guard is hosting a Friday night Instagram Live concert series called BASE:LINE LIVE. Each week, three independent artists will be featured on the NBA’s Instagram account for the show. It speaks to one of
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6:36 PM ET Associated Press Tom Webster, the former NHL and WHA forward who went on to coach the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings, died Friday. He was 71. The Carolina Hurricanes announced Webster’s death. Webster scored 53 goals and helped the franchise — then the New England Whalers — win the World
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5:49 PM ET Drew Brees appears to have his second career lined up. The New Orleans Saints quarterback has agreed to join NBC Sports as a football analyst when he is done playing, the New York Post reported Friday. Brees, 41, has not announced when he plans to retire. He plans to play the 2020
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5:25 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenseman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. The Strathroy Rockets, a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team with which Stapleton was involved,
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6:05 PM ET Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Quarter horse trainer Bobby R. Martinez, whose combined earnings over a decades-long career total nearly $13 million, has been hit with a hefty fine and a 34-year suspension for several doping violations. Documents obtained from the New Mexico Racing Commission show the violations involved horses that tested
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5:53 PM ET The PGA Tour on Friday sent a memo to players that outlined efforts to reconfigure the schedule and said events initially could be played without spectators. The tour confirmed that Tyler Dennis, chief of operations for the PGA Tour, sent a memo to the membership as he has been doing every Friday
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4:52 PM ET Cities and venues across North America have reached out to the NHL to pitch themselves as potential hosts for neutral-site playoff games, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN on Friday. “We do have people putting together the comprehensive laundry list of what we would need from facilities and evaluating some facilities
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