Month: February 2022

3:20 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — A day after Aaron Rodgers set the NFL world into a frenzied speculation about his future because of a lengthy Instagram post, the Green Bay Packers quarterback said Tuesday that he did not have any news to report or a decision made about whether he will play in
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3:20 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs have released linebacker Anthony Hitchens, it was announced Tuesday. Hitchens had 80 tackles and an interception in 15 games last season. Hitchens, 29, joined the Chiefs as a free agent in 2018 and he registered a career-best 135 tackles that season. In four seasons with the Chiefs, Hitchens
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12:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were part of the first Ryder Cup committee that came out of the task force following the infamous 2014 matches. Woods has been among the three players on the six-member committee ever since as part of a veteran crew. Now the committee is going
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11:47 AM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell has received a two-year contract extension through 2028 and a raise to $5 million per year after leading the Bearcats to the College Football Playoff. The university board of trustees approved the contract extension Tuesday, also increasing the football staff salary pool to $5.2
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11:05 AM ET Savannah Marshall’s defense of her WBO middleweight title will have to wait a few more weeks. BOXXER, which is putting on Marshall’s fight against Femke Hermans, announced Tuesday that Marshall will now fight Hermans on April 2 in Newcastle, England, after being previously scheduled for March 12. This is the latest move
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11:30 AM GMT Former England lock George Kruis will retire from rugby at the end of the season to focus on business commitments, the 32-year-old announced on Tuesday. Kruis played 45 times for England and was part of their squads for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cups, as well as two Six Nations triumphs,
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11:00 AM ET Dallas Mavericks governor Mark Cuban credited Luka Doncic‘s recent dominance in part to the 22-year-old superstar’s reaction to criticism regarding his conditioning early in the season. “I think he was humbled a little bit,” Cuban said Tuesday during an appearance on 1310 The Ticket in Dallas. “I think he didn’t like being
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11:28 AM ET Caitlin Murray It’s one thing for the decision-makers around women’s soccer to vow, after a year plagued by off-field problems, that they are finally listening to the players. It’s apparently quite another thing for everyone to actually do it. Look no further than the Washington Spirit, where an ugly and unnecessary ownership
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2:25 PM GMT Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has added six players to his Six Nations squad ahead of Saturday’s match at home to France after some players were forced to withdraw due to injuries, it was announced on Monday. James Lang, Ollie Smith, Oli Kebble, Simon Berghan, Kiran McDonald and Marshall Sykes have joined the
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10:49 AM ET The Los Angeles Rams are expected to hire Kentucky offensive coordinator Liam Coen for the same role, sources told ESPN. Coen, a Rams assistant from 2018 to 2020, would replace Kevin O’Connell, who left to become Minnesota Vikings head coach. A deal for Coen has not been finalized but should be in
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9:48 AM ET Georgia football signee E.J. Lightsey was shot multiple times in his hometown of Fitzgerald, Georgia, on Monday and is in stable condition, according to Fitzgerald Police Chief William Smallwood Jr. Smallwood told ESPN that his officers responded to reports of a shooting at a park in Fitzgerald around 6:30 p.m. Monday, where
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9:19 AM ET Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry tweeted Tuesday that he would “like to stay” in Cleveland, but added that he is confident he can still be a piece for another team in “winning a championship.” Landry struggled with injuries throughout the 2021 season, beginning with, as he noted in the Twitter thread, a
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