7:45 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Defensive end John Franklin-Myers, one of the New York Jets‘ promising young players on defense, has agreed to a four-year contract extension, a source confirmed Thursday night. Financial details weren’t immediately available. Franklin-Myers, 25, was in the final year of his rookie contract, making $920,000 in 2021. The
Month: October 2021
7:47 PM ET ASHBURN, Va., — The Drug Enforcement Agency’s investigation into Washington Football Team trainer Ryan Vermillion centers on the distribution of prescription drugs, a source confirmed to ESPN. As a trainer, and not a physician or nurse practitioner, Vermillion would not be allowed to give out prescription drugs according to federal law. Nor
7:31 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Calgary Flames forward Blake Coleman was suspended for one preseason game and one regular-season game without pay Thursday for boarding Winnipeg Jets forward Jansen Harkins. Coleman was assessed a minor penalty for boarding at 6 minutes, 15 seconds of the second period in the Flames’ 3-2 preseason
6:00 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Sunday was a big night for one Tom Brady. As if seeing his ex, er … former
5:27 PM ET James Jackson Can you imagine covering seven-plus decades of history within three minutes? The NBA, in an ode to its season-long celebration the league’s 75th anniversary, took hoops fans on a star-studded tour down ‘NBA Lane’ with Michael Jordan in the driver’s seat. 2 Related Though His Airness’ Team 23XI is basking
5:22 PM ET Associated Press PROVO, Utah — Gordon Hudson, an All-American tight end for BYU and a College Football Hall of Famer, died Sept. 27. He was 59. He died in San Jose, California, the school said. Hudson suited up for the Cougars from 1980 to ’83, earning All-America honors as a junior and
7:00 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Seahawks running back Chris Carson is inactive for Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams because of a neck injury. The Seahawks are also without tight end Gerald Everett, who remains on COVID-19/reserve and will miss his second straight game. Carson was listed as questionable after missing
7:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets listed Kyrie Irving as ineligible to play in their home preseason game Friday, another strong indication he has not met New York’s vaccination requirement. Irving has not been with the Nets for any of their practices in New York, where professional athletes are required
6:29 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference announced Thursday it will allow its member schools to decide the amount of education-related benefits athletes can be given in an academic year following a U.S. Supreme Court decision over the summer. Under current NCAA rules, students cannot be paid and the scholarship
4:21 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey says he “definitely” has a chance to play in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. McCaffrey missed Sunday’s 36-28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys because of a hamstring injury suffered the previous week in a Thursday night win at Houston. The initial prognosis
5:29 PM ET Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has taken to Twitter to poke fun at himself after his popcorn comment blew up in his face Saturday before Ole Miss’ 42-21 loss to No. 1-ranked Alabama. Kiffin tweeted a photo Thursday of different kinds of popcorn piled up on a chair in his office and
7:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson put Shane Waldron on the spot. The team was interviewing offensive coordinator candidates in mid-January, a search in which coach Pete Carroll involved Wilson heavily at his request. Through several rounds of Zoom sessions, Wilson could sense the knowledge Waldron soaked up
4:48 PM ET Associated Press Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton and Clemson receiver Justyn Ross, both of whom faced potentially career-threatening injuries, are among the nominees for college football’s Comeback Player of the Year award. Milton was one of the latest nominees announced this week for the 4-year-old award presented by the Mayo Clinic that
4:46 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors rookie Jonathan Kuminga has a strained patella tendon in his right knee, an MRI revealed, and he will be out at least a week, the team said Thursday. Kuminga, the seventh overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, was hurt in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s
2:33 PM ET Mark KriegelESPN Just days from his trilogy fight against Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury sat down with Mark Kriegel in Las Vegas to discuss his mindset ahead of the bout, his expectations from Wilder and his disappointment with Anthony Joshua’s loss to Oleksandr Usyk that derailed the megafight between the two British fighters
4:02 PM ET Associated Press A U.S. federal magistrate judge in Nevada is siding with Cristiano Ronaldo‘s lawyers against a woman who sued for more than the $375,000 in hush money she received in 2010 after saying the international football star raped her in Las Vegas. In a scathing recommendation to the judge hearing the
3:55 PM ET Top-40 senior Cameron Whitmore announced his commitment to Villanova on Thursday, choosing the Wildcats over North Carolina and Illinois. Whitmore visited Villanova in mid-September, a few weeks after taking official visits to his other two finalists. A 6-foot-6 forward from Archbishop Spalding High School (Maryland), Whitmore is ranked No. 36 in the
4:05 PM ET Running back CJ Verdell and safety Bennett Williams both will miss the remainder of the season for the No. 8 Oregon Ducks, coach Mario Cristobal said Thursday. Verdell, a fifth-year junior, sustained a left leg injury in the second half of Oregon’s loss to Stanford last Saturday. He leads Oregon with 78
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