4:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL, not surprisingly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, has looked into other potential sites for next month’s Super Bowl. That’s not unusual because the league does so every year. But with Los Angeles the site for this year’s title game, and restrictions
Month: January 2022
4:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Belmont Stakes is moving to Fox Sports as part of an eight-year deal beginning in 2023. The deal announced Wednesday between Fox and the New York Racing Association includes NYRA Bets as the title sponsor of the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown series. NYRA
4:43 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former Syracuse coach and Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Greg Robinson died Wednesday, his son Dominic told Syracuse.com. Robinson was 70. He died from a form of Alzheimer’s Disease, his son told Syracuse.com. Robinson helped the Broncos win two Super Bowl titles as their defensive coordinator during the 1997 and 1998
4:38 PM ET Texas A&M is hiring Ole Miss defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin for the same role, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Durkin, who spent the past two seasons at Ole Miss, oversaw a defense that improved significantly in 2021, helping the Rebels to a top-10 ranking and a Sugar Bowl appearance. He
4:39 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers had strong words for the MVP voter who said this week that he would not cast his vote for the Green Bay Packers quarterback because he’s “the biggest jerk in the league” and “a bad guy.” Those comments came from Hub Arkush, a Chicago-based reporter who
11:44 AM ET Breaking News: the wait is over. The Brooklyn Nets just signed European superstar “Jean Patrick.” NBA GMs attempted to lure the fictional French 2-guard to the Association for years. Dangling huge contracts. Sponsorship deals. Untold amenities. Just for the hint of a rumor of the chance of retaining Jean Patrick’s services. Last
8:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This story originally published on April 3, 2019. On Wednesday night, the Dallas Mavericks will retire Dirk Nowitzki’s No. 41 jersey after their game against the Golden State Warriors (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Before stepping foot on American soil, 19-year-old Dirk Nowitzki played on a second-division team in his German
3:26 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins was activated from the COVID-19/reserve list on Wednesday and will start in the season finale against Chicago, according to coach Mike Zimmer. Cousins was unable to play in the Vikings’ 37-10 loss at Green Bay on Sunday, a defeat that knocked Minnesota out of postseason
2:55 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will continue his rehab away from the team as he tries to return from a fractured foot, the team announced Wednesday. While the Pelicans did not announce the location, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Williamson is doing his rehab in Portland, Oregon. In
1:39 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Portland Trail Blazers superstar guard Damian Lillard will be out for at least another week due to the ongoing lower abdominal tendinopathy that has bothered him all season, the team said Wednesday. Lillard will miss Portland’s next three games — home matchups against the Miami Heat, Cleveland Cavaliers and Sacramento
1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks acquired forward Sam Lafferty in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday in exchange for forward Alex Nylander. Lafferty is slated to join the slumping Blackhawks in Arizona. The 26-year-old Lafferty, who is signed through this season with a $750,000 salary-cap hit, has no
2:53 PM ET Georgia linebacker Nolan Smith isn’t afraid to say what he did after Alabama handed the Bulldogs their first loss of the season, a 41-24 defeat in the SEC championship in Atlanta on Dec. 4. “Want the honest to God truth? I cried,” Smith said Wednesday. “I’m 20 now. I’ve been playing football
2:09 PM ET Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchinson, the projected No. 1 selection in the 2022 NFL draft, announced Wednesday that he will be leaving the Wolverines program to turn pro. Hutchinson was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2021, becoming the third defensive player to finish second in the history of the award. He was
Pujara and Rahane quickly reversed the momentum of the game, putting on 111 at a run rate of 4.75. It was, according to available records, India’s fastest-ever century partnership in South Africa – though the fifth-wicket stand of 222 between Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin in Cape Town in 1997 (the scorecard lacks fall-of-wickets information)
12:15 PM ET Associated Press Ross Browner, a two-time All-American at Notre Dame and one of four brothers who played in the NFL, has died. He was 67. Browner’s son, former NFL offensive lineman Max Starks, posted on Twitter early Wednesday morning that his father had died. “The world has lost a Titan,” Starks said.
1:45 PM ET CHICAGO — Rookie quarterback Justin Fields will start the Bears’ season finale in Minnesota on Sunday after missing the last two games with an ankle injury, head coach Matt Nagy announced on Wednesday. The Bears say Fields has improved enough to practice all week and their intention is to play him. He’ll
Dutch cyclist Amy Pieters is to be transferred to a hospital in the Netherlands to continue treatment following a fall in training. The incident happened in Alicante on Thursday, 23 December during a Dutch training camp. Pieters was taken to a Spanish hospital by air ambulance and had surgery to relieve pressure on her brain.
7:53 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN We kick off 2022 waiting and wishing for the marquee fights — the ones that can make boxing the focal point of the sports world, if only for a day, and the kind of fights that were in short supply in 2021. The anticipated undisputed heavyweight championship bout between Tyson
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