3:42 PM ET Associated Press NFL and network executives expected ratings to increase this season. But the rate through the first four weeks has still taken many by surprise. Games are averaging 17.3 million viewers on television and digital, a whopping 17% increase over last season and 3% compared to two years ago. Whether the
Month: October 2021
5:27 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr took umbrage Wednesday with Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa‘s critical comments of his play, intimating that they could serve as motivation. “I just thought it was unfortunate that he’d even think to say it,” Carr said. “Maybe he was just trying
4:26 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball is finalizing a policy that will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for minor league players for the 2022 season. While the league could face legal challenges in requiring vaccination for major leaguers without the cooperation of the players association, minor leaguers are not included in the big league union.
1:26 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer said he never considered resigning in the wake of two viral videos that emerged showing him with at least one woman who was not his wife in a Columbus, Ohio, bar. But he did apologize again Wednesday, once to players and staff in a
3:53 PM ET The Chicago White Sox are hopeful the reigning AL MVP, Jose Abreu, will be available to them in Game 1 of their division series against the Houston Astros on Thursday. Abreu, 34, has been ill since the weekend and didn’t travel with the team to Houston on Tuesday. He’ll be a game-day
1:07 PM ET Rookie Justin Fields will remain the Chicago Bears‘ starting quarterback going forward this season, coach Matt Nagy announced Wednesday. Nagy had previously said veteran Andy Dalton would regain the starting job once he was healthy enough to return from a knee injury that has sidelined him the past two weeks. Fields led
4:28 PM ET NBA players won’t be subject to random marijuana testing this season, according to a players’ association memo shared with players and obtained by ESPN on Wednesday. The agreement between the NBA and the NBPA is a repeat of an amended policy that began with the 2020 Orlando restart and continued through the
3:50 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane is being investigated after allegations that he used a fake COVID-19 vaccination card, a source told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan on Wednesday, confirming earlier reports. According to a source, the investigation centers on whether Kane submitted a fraudulent vaccination card
3:52 PM ET The San Diego Padres have fired manager Jayce Tingler after the team failed to make the playoffs despite entering the season with hopes of challenging for a World Series title. Tingler is out after two seasons, finishing with a 116-106 overall record, including a disappointing 79-83 this year. He had one year
2:42 PM ET A day after the announcement that he would be taking on Bryson DeChambeau in a made-for-TV match, Brooks Koepka didn’t have much to say about it. Koepka said he is looking forward to the Nov 26 match in Las Vegas but stopped short of going into much detail. Asked at the Shriners
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The final high school game of current Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ended on an interception. Mahomes’ last pass, with his team frantically trying to score the winning touchdown in the final minute of a 2013 Texas state playoff game, bounced off the hands of a receiver
10:50 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots‘ plans to trade cornerback Stephon Gilmore came as a surprise Wednesday. Gilmore, who started the season on the physically unable to perform list after having surgery on a torn quad suffered in Week 15 of the 2020 season, was sent to the Carolina Panthers for
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will start this weekend’s Turkish Grand Prix from the back of the grid as a result of an engine-related penalty. Sainz’s car will be fitted with a new power-unit – taking him over his permitted number of engines for the year. The same happened to team-mate Charles Leclerc at the last
12:56 PM ET Missouri cornerback Ennis Rakestraw Jr. is out indefinitely after sustaining a torn ACL in practice Tuesday, the team announced. Rakestraw has appeared in four of Missouri’s five games, recording 13 tackles and two pass breakups. The sophomore from West Dallas, Texas, started all 10 games last season, recording 24 tackles and six
1:53 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are planning to keep manager David Ross around for the foreseeable future, Jed Hoyer, the team’s president of baseball operations, reiterated Wednesday. With Ross entering the final year of his contract in 2022, Hoyer indicated that talks for an extension are ongoing. “David has done a fantastic
1:08 PM ET Alabama outside linebacker Drew Sanders is expected to miss Saturday’s game at Texas A&M after having surgery on his injured hand. Alabama coach Nick Saban said Wednesday that Sanders is “probably going to be out” for the game. “It was maybe a little worse than we thought,” Saban said. “So he’s going
1:16 PM ET The New England Patriots have traded four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Stephon Gilmore to the Panthers for a 2023 sixth-round pick, Carolina announced Wednesday. The trade comes after the Patriots and Gilmore could not agree to terms on a restructured contract, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and both sides had said public farewells.
10:59 AM ET LSU All-America cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. had a medical procedure done on his left foot, the school announced on Wednesday. Stingley, a junior, originally injured the foot in the summer but was able to return and play in the Tigers’ first three games this season. He re-injured his foot last month and
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