Month: March 2022

3:37 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association plan to pick up talks on a new collective bargaining agreement Wednesday morning after deep-into-the-night discussions produced enough progress toward a potential deal for
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2:02 PM ET The Los Angeles Chargers and wide receiver Mike Williams have reached agreement on a multiyear deal, the team announced Tuesday. The contract is worth $60 million over three years and includes $40 million guaranteed and $28 million in Year 1, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Williams made a base salary of
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3:12 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers is back, and one way or another, it looks like Davante Adams will be as well now that the Green Bay Packers have placed the franchise tag on the All-Pro receiver. Shortly after the news of Rodgers’ return, the Packers on Tuesday tagged their star wide
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11:04 PM ET John BarrESPN.com Close Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features A grand jury will hear evidence Friday in the case involving Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, the same day he also will face questions
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9:10 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans managed to get a long-term deal done with Harold Landry, announcing on Tuesday night that they’ve agreed to terms on a multiyear contract with the outside
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Mar 8, 2022 After weeks of negotiations, in one of the biggest trades in NFL history, the Denver Broncos have agreed to send a significant package of players and draft picks to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The Broncos have agreed to trade quarterback
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9:34 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — A franchise-altering day for the Seattle Seahawks continued Tuesday evening with the team informing All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner that he is being released, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The news came hours after Schefter’s report that the Seahawks have agreed to trade quarterback Russell Wilson to the
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9:56 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As the quarterback carousel spins, the New York Giants are expected to make a run at free agent Mitchell Trubisky when the negotiating window opens next week, sources told ESPN. If Trubisky were to sign with the Giants, it would be with the intention of pushing incumbent Daniel
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10:48 AM ET Bellator is bringing one of its deepest cards in some time to Hawai’i. Cris Cyborg, one of the top female fighters of all time, will defend her Bellator women’s featherweight title against Arlene Blencowe in a rematch April 23 in Honolulu, Hawai’i, the promotion announced Wednesday morning. ESPN has Cyborg ranked as
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4:45 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Barbora Krejcikova withdrew Tuesday on the eve of the BNP Paribas Open because of an elbow injury. The world’s second-ranked woman said she has been bothered by the injury since the tournament in Qatar nearly two weeks ago. She said the pain worsened overnight, a day
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7:36 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com World No. 2 Novak Djokovic was announced in the draw for the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday, despite his status to enter the United States still uncertain due to being unvaccinated. “Novak Djokovic is on the tournament entry list, and therefore is placed into the draw today,” the California tournament
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