Month: June 2021

1:10 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Tuesday he’s unsure how much quarterback Tom Brady will do in next week’s mandatory minicamp because of his recovery from offseason knee surgery. Brady has been throwing in private workouts with teammates instead of OTAs, but Arians said he might err on
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1:21 PM ET Associated Press KENT, Ohio — Kent State signed men’s basketball coach Rob Senderoff to a contract extension through the 2025-26 season. The 47-year-old is the winningest coach in Golden Flashes history. He’s gone 196-129 in 10 seasons, including 99-77 in the Mid-American Conference. Kent State has finished .500 or better in each
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12:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Essential Quality was set Tuesday as a 2-1 favorite for the Belmont Stakes, which will be run without a horse from trainer Bob Baffert pending an investigation into Medina Spirit’s failed drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby. Preakness winner Rombauer and Essential Quality headline a field
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12:01 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, playing in his 17th NHL season, earned his first nomination for the Vezina Trophy, given to the NHL’s top goaltender. Fleury, Philipp Grubauer of the Colorado Avalanche and Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning were chosen by the league’s general managers as the award’s finalists.
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11:19 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills converted more than $11.7 million of wide receiver Stefon Diggs‘ base salary into a signing bonus, a source tells ESPN’s Field Yates, saving the team roughly $8 million of salary-cap space. Diggs was slated to make roughly $12.7 million in base salary in 2021;
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10:30 AM ET ESPN News Services Top-ranked Ash Barty overcame a strong challenge from American Bernarda Pera to win her first match at Roland Garros since she claimed the 2019 French Open title. Barty played with her left thigh bandaged and struggled before getting medical treatment at the start of the deciding set. Barty improved
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7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball will significantly expand its nonfungible tokens offerings this fall, partnering with a new company that plans to eschew the highlight-driven NFTs popularized by NBA Top Shot and instead focus
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