Month: July 2022

4:26 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers are scheduled to open training camp next week, and All-Pro safety Derwin James is prepared to report regardless of whether
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6:14 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Miami Marlins All-Star second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. likely will be out through the end of August. Tests revealed Chisholm has a stress reaction in his lower back, the Marlins said Friday. He is expected to miss six weeks. Chisholm, 24, was selected to the National League All-Star
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6:04 PM ET IRVINE, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey will start training camp on the physically unable to perform list after his offseason shoulder surgery. Ramsey cannot practice while on the PUP list but can be activated at any time. He is one of four players who will be placed on the
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4:59 PM ET Associated Press Paul Waring retained his two-shot lead at the Cazoo Classic on the European tour by shooting 2-under 70 in the second round on Friday. Grant Forrest, Jens Dantorp and Julien Guerrier all shot 69 and were Waring’s nearest challengers at Hillside near Liverpool in northwest England. Daan Luizing (68) was
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3:05 PM ET Associated Press Patrik Laine has signed a long-term deal to stay with the Columbus Blue Jackets, completing the final major item on their checklist to cap off a successful offseason. The winger re-signed Friday for four years and $34.8 million, a contract that carries an $8.7 million salary cap hit through 2026.
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5:02 PM ET Big Ten football players have had conversations with league commissioner Kevin Warren this week about giving athletes a bigger voice in the future and about improving a variety of benefits for players. Warren also spoke with the leader of a nascent players association about the possibility of having an independent group represent
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4:15 PM BST England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) have recommended that only players recorded as female at birth be allowed to play in women’s rugby and will hold a vote on transgender participation next week. The RFU said on Friday that it began a review of its existing policy in 2020 with a survey that
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3:49 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Chris Low Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee The NCAA has charged Tennessee’s football program with 18 Level
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10:39 AM ET Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany — American Bernarda Pera will play top-seeded Anett Kontaveit in the women’s final of the Hamburg European Open after both won their semifinal matches in straight sets Friday. The 27-year-old Pera, who claimed her first WTA title in Budapest last week, advanced with a 6-2, 6-4 win over
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3:43 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — After a season of turmoil, tragedy and an unlikely playoff berth, Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr said he hoped having to deal with such off-the-field issues was a thing of the past. Especially with a new regime leading the organization under owner Mark Davis, from president Sandra Douglas
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2:57 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson reported to training camp Friday as he and his new team continue to wait to see whether he’ll face a suspension this season. Watson, along with Cleveland’s other quarterbacks and the team’s rookies, arrived at the Browns’ training facility in preparation for training camp.
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Jul 22, 2022 Hockey Canada released a statement Friday saying it has been made aware of an “alleged group sexual assault” involving members of its 2002-03 national junior team during the 2003 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia. TSN/CTV reporter Rick Westhead notified Hockey Canada of the alleged assault in an email Thursday
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1:45 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Wasserman Media Group, whose baseball division is headed by Joel Wolfe, acquired Jet Sports, the agency headed by B.B. Abbott, in a consolidation in the representation industry. Jet’s clients include Byron Buxton, Matt Olson, Chris Sale, Zack Wheeler, Charlie Morton and Corey Kluber. Abbott becomes an executive
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12:36 PM ET CINCINNATI — The reigning AFC champions will have a new look — for at least one game. The Cincinnati Bengals unveiled their alternate helmets for the upcoming NFL season. For the first time in franchise history, the team’s lids will feature white as the primary color instead of the team’s traditional orange.
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