Month: February 2022

5:56 PM ET Free agent NFL running back Adrian Peterson was arrested Sunday morning at Los Angeles International Airport in connection with what airport officials said was a domestic violence incident. Peterson was arrested by the Los Angeles Airport Police and booked at the Los Angeles Police Department Pacific Division. He was given a $50,000
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6:13 PM ET The LA Clippers have lost yet another top player indefinitely this season after recently-acquired Norman Powell was diagnosed with a fractured bone in his left foot on Sunday. Powell suffered the injury last Thursday when he scored 19 points in 34 minutes during a 112-105 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Powell sat
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6:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Baylor forward Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua will have season-ending left knee surgery after an MRI revealed damage to multiple ligaments, the school announced Sunday. Tchamwa Tchatchoua suffered the gruesome injury during the 10th-ranked Bears’ 80-63 men’s basketball win over Texas on Saturday. Tchamwa Tchatchoua was going down the court after
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4:37 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team’s financial data. The ransomware gang BlackByte recently posted some of the purportedly stolen team documents on a site on the dark web in a file
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12:43 PM ET The San Jose Earthquakes have acquired Cape Verde international attacker Jamiro Monteiro from the Philadelphia Union in exchange for upwards of $450,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) plus an international roster slot, sources confirmed to ESPN. – ESPN+ viewers guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more– Futbol Americas on ESPN+: MLS, Liga
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3:47 PM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa Senators forward Austin Watson has been suspended two games for a hit on Boston’s Jack Ahcan. The NHL announced the suspension on Sunday. Watson leveled Ahcan along the end boards midway through the first period of Ottawa’s 2-0 loss to the Bruins on Saturday. He
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2:41 PM ET Milwaukee Bucks guard Pat Connaughton will undergo surgery to repair a fractured fourth metacarpal in his right hand on Monday and is expected to return to the lineup before the end of the regular season, sources told ESPN on Sunday. Connaughton suffered the injury on Thursday in a loss to the Phoenix
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1:19 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Anett Kontaveit overcame Maria Sakkari 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5 in the final of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Sunday for her fourth straight indoor title. The second-seeded Kontaveit needed nearly three hours to beat top-seeded Sakkari, recovering from being a break down in the second
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1:55 PM ET The Arizona Cardinals and franchise quarterback Kyler Murray are at odds after a season that began with promise ended with a thud in the first round of the playoffs. Murray, who scrubbed any reference of the Cardinals from his Instagram account recently, is frustrated with the franchise and was embarrassed by the
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10:24 AM ET The betting action on Super Bowl LVI was heavy and split at sportsbooks entering Sunday. The Los Angeles Rams remain consensus 4-point favorites, but there has been plenty of support for the underdog Cincinnati Bengals. DraftKings reported that it had taken more spread bets on the Bengals than on the Rams in
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11:25 AM ET The Green Bay Packers are prepared to go all-in for 2022 to entice Aaron Rodgers to return to the team next season, spending as close to the cap this year and spreading it into future years as much as possible, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. It’s an approach that was used by
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11:19 AM ET Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Zach LaVine is traveling to Los Angeles to get further evaluation on his left knee but still hopes to participate in next Sunday’s All-Star Game, sources told ESPN. LaVine has been experiencing discomfort in the knee for several weeks, and although a January MRI showed no structural damage,
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10:46 AM ET The glove that former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown threw into the stands during his infamous sideline meltdown at MetLife Stadium last month has sold for $16,911.60 in an online auction. The glove, which was auctioned off by Lelands, received 53 bids over a 13-day window that closed Saturday night.
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8:24 AM ET Los Angeles Rams victories this season will result in losses after the season. Offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell is set to become the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings after Super Bowl LVI, and he is expected to take Rams tight ends coach/passing game coordinator Wes Phillips with him as his offensive coordinator
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