Month: October 2022

5:39 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will prepare this week as the team’s starter for Sunday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Mike McDaniel said, marking his return to the football field after spending the past two weeks in concussion protocol. Tagovailoa hasn’t played since Miami’s loss to the
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5:24 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers expect to be without Dennis Schroder for 3-4 weeks after the veteran guard had a procedure Monday to repair a ligament injury in his thumb, coach Darvin Ham said. The news comes on the eve of the regular season. The Lakers visit the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday
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3:47 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall have agreed to terms for a Feb. 4 rematch in the U.K. for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight championship, sources told ESPN. Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) retained his four 140-pound titles via a controversial split decision when he faced Catterall in February in his native Scotland.
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4:51 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — New athletic director J Batt knows most Georgia Tech fans want to know who’s going to be the Yellow Jackets’ next permanent football coach. The fans will have to wait, however, to see how Batt goes about his business and learn how Brent Key performs as interim coach
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4:34 PM ET Washington Commanders quarterback Carson Wentz will undergo surgery on his right ring finger Monday in Los Angeles, a source confirmed to ESPN, but the team still isn’t sure how much time he will have to miss. Wentz fractured the finger in Washington’s 12-7 win over the Chicago Bears on Thursday night. Taylor
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2:57 PM BST Premiership club Wasps have been placed into administration, the Coventry-based side said on Monday after they were suspended by England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) last week when they were unable to find a solution to their financial woes. 167 employees were made redundant as a result of the club being placed into
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12:00 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The losses are taking their toll on Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey. You could see it on his face after Sunday’s 24-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, Carolina’s fifth defeat in six games this season and 12th in their past 13 going back to last season. The
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10:52 AM BST Eddie Jones has recalled Kyle Sinckler for England’s autumn internationals but there is no place in the squad for Henry Slade. Jack Willis is the sole player included from Wasps as the club look set to go into administration. Of the six uncapped players in the group, Harlequins winger Cadan Murley makes
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3:22 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi is expected to be out for four to six weeks with an upper-body injury. The team made the announcement Monday before hosting the Los Angeles Kings. Bertuzzi helped Detroit win its first two games this season, giving the rebuilding team a much-needed solid
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2:41 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. — Dutch wheelchair star Esther Vergeer is among three new International Tennis Hall of Fame nominees for the Class of 2023 announced Monday, joining the half-dozen holdovers from the vote last year, the first time in history no one on the ballot was selected. Vergeer, who won 44
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2:30 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets guard James Bouknight has been charged with driving while impaired just days before the team was set to open the regular season. Bouknight, 22, was arrested at 1:51 a.m. Sunday by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, according to a police report. Bond was set at $2,500.
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3:31 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Monday that quarterback Tom Brady missing the team’s walk-through to attend New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s wedding in New York had no impact on the Bucs’ 20-18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday. He also doesn’t believe Brady is receiving preferential
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3:21 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte Hornets All-Star point guard LaMelo Ball is expected to miss Wednesday night’s season opener against the San Antonio Spurs with a sprained left ankle. Hornets coach Steve Clifford said Monday that Ball is doubtful for the game and is uncertain if he will make the trip
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2:03 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 — Rams left tackle Joe Noteboom tore an Achilles tendon in Sunday’s 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers, sources told ESPN on Monday. Noteboom will
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