Month: September 2021

4:09 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens‘ horrid run of injuries continued Thursday, when cornerback Marcus Peters and running back Gus Edwards both suffered serious injuries in practice. Tests confirmed that Peters suffered a season-ending torn ACL, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Ravens fear that Edwards also tore his ACL in
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4:47 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After a contract negotiation that lasted throughout training camp, the Pittsburgh Steelers and outside linebacker T.J. Watt came to terms on a megadeal Thursday. Watt, 26, agreed to a four-year, $112 million extension, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The agreement includes $80 million in full guarantees, a source told
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4:09 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens fear they lost running back Gus Edwards and cornerback Marcus Peters to season-ending knee injuries Thursday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Ravens believe Edwards and Peters tore their ACLs during Thursday’s practice, sources tell Schefter. Baltimore wasn’t practicing in full pads Thursday. Both players
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3:36 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN A group of former New Orleans Pelicans players is making donations to the communities in the areas of Southeast Louisiana affected by Hurricane Ida last month, with Jrue and Lauren Holiday leading the charge. The Holidays, Langston Galloway, Jahlil Okafor and Frank Jackson have committed to sending four truckloads of
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12:55 PM ET Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat produced a scorching 8-under-par opening round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Thursday to take a share of the lead alongside South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout while those vying for Ryder Cup spots experienced mixed fortunes. Aphibarnrat and Bezuidenhout carded rounds of 64, handing them a one-stroke lead
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1:19 PM ET ESPN News Services COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Longtime NHL player, coach and executive Paul Holmgren, retired forward Peter McNab and broadcaster Stan Fischler make up the 2021 class of the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. USA Hockey announced the class Thursday. Holmgren, McNab and Fischler are set to be inducted along with
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1:38 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are considering the possibility of elevating running back Le’Veon Bell from the practice squad to the active roster for Monday night’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders. “I think there’s a chance,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said before Thursday’s practice. Bell, 29, was signed to
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2:47 PM ET The New Orleans Saints have finalized their trade for cornerback Bradley Roby, sending a 2022 third-round draft pick and a 2023 conditional pick to the Houston Texans, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In order to facilitate a trade to the Saints, the Texans converted $7.6 million of Roby’s base salary into a
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1:20 PM ET ESPN News Services A young giraffe named after Cincinnati Bengals quarterback and former LSU star Joe Burrow died Wednesday, a day after falling ill. Officials at the Baton Rouge Zoo said in a release Thursday that the 20-month-old giraffe named Burreaux had died after developing a sudden onset of symptoms Tuesday, including
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11:14 AM ET Cristiano Ronaldo is back at Manchester United and ready to wear the club’s No. 7 shirt for the first time since 2009 in Saturday’s Premier League clash against Newcastle United at Old Trafford. But giving the Portugal forward his old number is the easy part for United; the big challenge now is
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12:00 PM ET Jaylen Clark, a UCLA basketball reserve, will be the first collegiate athlete to have his own cryptocurrency, he announced on his YouTube page Thursday. Clark, who averaged 2.5 points per game last season for a UCLA squad that lost to Gonzaga in the Final Four, said he worked with Rally, a personal
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11:54 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Much like they did with left tackle Duane Brown earlier this week, the Seattle Seahawks have tweaked free safety Quandre Diggs‘ contract as a compromise in the absence of a new deal. Diggs had been seeking an extension as he enters the final year of his current
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12:02 PM ET Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna has agreed to enter a diversion program that could result in his domestic violence case being dismissed. Ozuna agreed to the pretrial resolution Thursday, more than three months after being arrested on assault charges for allegedly assaulting his wife. He faces misdemeanor charges of family violence battery
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11:43 AM ET Before they have played a regular-season down, New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones and Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields already have jerseys that are among the most popular in the NFL. According to sports apparel site Fanatics, which is an apparel partner for the NFL, Jones and Fields have two of the
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