Month: September 2021

11:51 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Probellum, a boxing promotion and media company, launched on Monday, the company’s president, Richard Schaefer, told ESPN. The company aims to take a global approach to the sport, using alliances in different territories — Europe, Eastern Bloc, Asia, Middle East and Africa among them — in an attempt to unify
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2:39 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Manny Pacquiao has not made a decision on his future despite comments from the boxer suggesting he has retired, Sean Gibbons, the president of Pacquiao’s promotional company, told ESPN on Monday. The future Hall of Famer, during an interview with Filipina star Toni Gonzaga on Sunday, said his “boxing career
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1:46 PM ET Associated Press Doctors gave Indiana quarterback Michael Penix Jr. the all clear to play this weekend at Western Kentucky, and Hoosiers coach Tom Allen said he remains confident his star will pull himself out of an early-season funk. Allen said Penix would remain the starter despite concerns over his low completion percentage
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1:54 PM ET LSU defensive end Andre Anthony will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, coach Ed Orgeron told reporters on Monday. Anthony, who ranks second on the team with 3.5 sacks, suffered the injury during Saturday’s win over Central Michigan. In the first quarter of the game, Anthony recovered a
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1:14 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — In the hours since the Chicago Bears‘ 20-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, head coach Matt Nagy declined multiple times to clarify whether veteran Andy Dalton (left knee) would remain the team’s starting quarterback if healthy. However, five minutes after Nagy’s Monday morning’s news conference concluded, where Nagy
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1:44 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — One week after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed starting cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting on injured reserve, coach Bruce Arians said that general manager Jason Licht has reached out to veteran cornerback Richard Sherman to gauge his interest. “Jason’s reached out. We got to see,” Arians said Monday, one day after
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News Allrounder relinquishes role after tough campaign at New Road Joe Leach has chosen to return to the ranks at Worcestershire, after five years as the captain. Leach will lead his side for the final time this week, when Worcestershire take on Leicestershire in their final LV=Insurance County Championship match of the season, starting at
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12:23 PM ET Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has avoided a serious rib injury, a source confirmed to ESPN. Follow-up X-rays were negative on Tagovailoa’s ribs, and the second-year quarterback’s availability for Week 3 and beyond will be determined based on his pain tolerance, the source said. Dolphins coach Brian Flores is expected to address
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11:29 AM ET HOUSTON — Quarterback Deshaun Watson will not be active for the Houston Texans‘ game against the Carolina Panthers on Thursday night despite starter Tyrod Taylor‘s uncertain status, coach David Culley said Monday. Taylor is getting an MRI on his left hamstring and is considered day-to-day, Culley said. Taylor was replaced by rookie
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8:22 AM ET Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Miami quarterback D’Eriq King has a shoulder injury that will need further evaluation this week, the latest blow to the reeling Hurricanes. King will meet with doctors again on Tuesday, coach Manny Diaz said. The Hurricanes, who fell out of the AP Top 25 on Sunday
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