3:47 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — About an hour-and-a-half after J.J. Watt broke the news on Twitter he’s signing with the Arizona Cardinals, defensive linemate Jordan Phillips tweeted the question everybody is asking. “Who are you gonna double now lol,” he posted with a few laughing emojis followed by a skull emoji. In other words:
Month: March 2021
3:51 PM ET The National Invitational Tournament is downsizing and moving its annual tournament this month, the NCAA announced Monday. The NIT will feature 16 teams all playing in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, with games being held at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas and at UNT Coliseum on North Texas’ campus in Denton, Texas.
Feb 23, 2021 Niamh Lewis When Eammon Ashton-Atkinson, an Australian television reporter, decided to film his rugby club as they went to the biannual Bingham Cup in 2018, he could never have imagined the positive reaction a documentary about it would receive. The film Steelers is about London-based Kings Cross Steelers, the world’s first gay
1:57 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville forward/center Malik Williams will miss four to six weeks after reinjuring his right foot in just his third game after returning from nearly a year away because of injury. Williams won’t require additional surgery for the third injury to the foot since September 2019. The 6-foot-11
2:24 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. — University of Albany men’s basketball coach Will Brown is out after two decades. Brown said in a news release issued Monday that he and the school had agreed “to mutually part ways.” The 2020-21 season was the final year of his contract extension. “Anyone who knows me knows this
2:32 PM ET Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton agreed to a five-year extension through the 2024-2025 season that will pay him $2.25 million annually plus bonuses, the school announced Monday. Hamilton, 72, is the all-time winningest coach in school history and has the Seminoles on the verge of winning back-to-back ACC regular-season titles. Florida State
12:10 PM ET Fantasy staff Here are Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, AJ Mass, Kyle Soppe, Todd Zola and Mike Sheets to discuss the the notable players they are passing on in fantasy drafts this season. Eric: Well, it depends on format to some degree, but a few players make my fade list, and for
12:27 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs are hopeful quarterback Patrick Mahomes will have recovered from recent toe surgery to participate in the team’s June mini-camp. The expectation is that he will be ready to go by the start of training camp later in the summer. Mahomes had surgery for turf
12:57 PM ET Star defensive end J.J. Watt is signing with the Arizona Cardinals, he announced Monday. He received a two-year, $31 million deal that includes $23 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Watt made the announcement by sharing a photo on Twitter: source: me. pic.twitter.com/1Y6okQBUy5 — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 1, 2021
Britain’s Mark Cavendish says Deceuninck-Quick Step team-mate Fabio Jakobsen will return to the top level after serious crash injuries. Jakobsen, 24, sustained head and facial injuries during last year’s Tour of Poland after a high-speed crash with Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan Groenewegen. “He’s going to come back at a very high level,” said Cavendish, 35, who re-joined
12:22 PM ET Associated Press Michigan finally broke the stranglehold of Gonzaga and Baylor atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll on Monday, taking advantage of the Bears’ loss at Kansas to leap into the No. 2 spot behind the Bulldogs. Gonzaga continued to hold down the top spot in the Top 25, just
12:20 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Teddy Allen, the Nebraska scoring leader who set the Pinnacle Bank Arena scoring record less than a week ago, left the Huskers basketball team on Monday. Nebraska was Allen’s third Division I program in a mercurial career on and off the court. Coach Fred Hoiberg mentioned last
9:34 AM ET Novak Djokovic tied Roger Federer‘s tennis record for most weeks as ATP world No. 1 on Monday, holding the top spot for the 310th week. Djokovic’s ninth Australian Open title last month guaranteed that he will surpass Federer’s record on March 8. Having reached another career milestone, Djokovic had said he would
News Jeetan Patel says offspinner is in ‘good spirits’ and ready to return after being dropped Jack Leach and Jeetan Patel have backed Dom Bess to recover from the disappointment of being dropped and play a major role if selected for England’s fourth Test in India as they look to square the series 2-2. Bess
8:00 AM ET The 2020-21 Premier League title race has now become a battle for second place with Manchester City stretching their lead at the top to 12 points over the weekend. A win at home to Wolves on Tuesday would take City 15 points clear of the pack and register their 21st consecutive victory
11:13 AM ET New York Mets president Sandy Alderson says his organization was shortsighted in its hiring process while vetting former manager Mickey Callaway, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a recent report by The Athletic. “When we hired Mickey, Mickey was the hot commodity,” Alderson said Monday. “There were
7:00 AM ET “Nobody knows what I’ve been doing since I left the game,” Theo Fleury says. “Everyone thinks I’m still this crazy person with problems and issues, but I’ve actually been trying to figure it out.” Fleury last played in the NHL in 2003; he was suspended by the league for violating its substance
12:17 PM ET Macklemore (aka Ben Haggerty) has fallen hard for golf. Now, when he sits up straight in bed, it isn’t because he thought of new rap lyrics: It’s about golf. But don’t get things twisted. He didn’t always feel this way. And that’s how this conversation starts, with me calling him out! Collins: