Month: September 2021

3:46 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — How many football fans are going to be attempting 66-yard field goals with Justin Tucker on Madden 22 now? Count the makers of the Madden video game as those who believe Tucker is one of the greatest of all time, giving the Baltimore Ravens kicker a 99 rating
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4:54 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley came into this season with a mindset not to use last year’s knee injury as an excuse. Not under any circumstance. Barkley, however, hasn’t exactly lived up to his own standards after coming back from a torn ACL in his right
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5:35 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will perform for the first time onstage together at the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. The NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the five music icons will perform on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium
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6:29 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid called the situation with his disgruntled co-star Ben Simmons “disappointing” and “borderline kind of disrespectful” to the rest of the team. The comments came following a report by The Athletic that Simmons feels his partnership with Embiid has “run its course.” Simmons has yet to report to
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6:28 PM ET Jeff Borzello Close ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Paul Biancardi Close Basketball Recruiting National Recruiting Director for ESPN.com 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State Jaden Bradley, the top-ranked point
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4:45 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady says his breakup 18 months ago with the New England Patriots was handled “perfectly” and that “things worked out the best” for himself, his former team and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady’s comments came one day after Bill Belichick denied a passage in a soon-to-be released book
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5:21 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees slugger Joey Gallo received some positive news on Thursday when X-rays and CT cans on his injured left hand/forearm came back negative. Gallo will be an option off the bench for Thursday night’s game at the Toronto Blue Jays. Gallo was injured when he was hit
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3:30 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The average ticket price to see Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady in his return to face the New England Patriots on Sunday night is $1,101, which ranks among the most expensive tickets for any sporting event in Boston-area history, according to Vivid Seats. The only game that tops
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3:38 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings don’t plan to swap left tackles for their Week 4 game against the Cleveland Browns. Despite rookie first-round draft pick Christian Darrisaw being a full participant at practice Wednesday for the first time since having groin surgery in August, the Vikings plan to keep Rashod Hill
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2:21 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Ons Jabeur was hardly thrilled about needing to wake up at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday ahead of her 9 a.m. match and got off to a slow start before reaching the Chicago Fall Tennis Classic quarterfinals by coming back to beat Jessica Pegula 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. The sixth-seeded
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8:25 AM ET As the 2021-22 NHL season opens, the Arizona Coyotes are the only team with plans to fully relax their game-day dress code for players, according to an ESPN survey of all 32 teams. The NHL is the only one among the four North American major men’s professional sports league with a strict
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1:23 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt named Adam Wainwright as the starter in the wild-card game against either the Los Angeles Dodgers or San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. Wainwright is 17-7 with a 3.08 ERA this season. “He gets better as the game goes, he goes deep
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1:15 PM ET Associated Press Tyrrell Hatton recovered from the disappointment of Europe’s heavy loss at the Ryder Cup last week as he took a share of the first-round lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday. Each player in the 168-man field plays a round at all three venues, before the final round
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12:39 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is dealing with “a little back flare-up,” offensive coordinator Greg Roman said before Thursday’s practice. “I don’t think it’s anything serious,” Roman said. “But we’re just going to have to kind of wait and see. I think he’s going to be in good
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12:35 PM ET Notre Dame quarterback Jack Coan is making good progress in his return from a left ankle injury, although he split time with Drew Pyne leading the starting offense in practice this week, coach Brian Kelly said Thursday. Coan left last week’s game against Wisconsin with an ankle injury in the third quarter
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12:23 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Running back LeSean McCoy will officially retire as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday, the team announced. McCoy, the franchise’s all-time leading rusher, will be honored at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday. The visiting Kansas City Chiefs are led by Andy Reid, who was McCoy’s longtime coach while
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