Month: December 2022

2:15 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Now comes the hard part. This time, Aaron Rodgers thinks the Green Bay Packers can handle it. With the five-game midseason losing streak well behind them and with two straight wins to lift their spirits, Rodgers and coach Matt LaFleur said after Monday night’s 24-12 win over the
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1:50 AM ET PHOENIX — With the Phoenix Suns‘ lead already ballooning to begin the second half, Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley scored a layup while being fouled by Chris Paul early in the third quarter on Monday. After the whistle, Beverley placed his right hand a few inches from the floor, suggesting Paul
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12:58 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Los Angeles Rams were eliminated from playoff contention with Monday night’s 24-12 loss to the Green Bay Packers, in the midst of what Rams coach Sean McVay called “a very humbling season.” Following the game, McVay was asked whether he could have imagined Los Angeles’ 4-10 record
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11:25 PM ET Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association GREEN BAY — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Baker
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9:58 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell wasn’t seeking revenge. He still has several close friends on the Utah Jazz, tight teammates he stays in touch with regularly on a group text. On Monday night, Mitchell showed he’s doing fine since leaving them. The All-Star guard scored 23 points in 23 minutes
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9:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard passed Clyde Drexler as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer Monday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Drexler had 18,040 points in 867 career games for Portland. Lillard surpassed that mark at 1:33 in the third quarter, with the first of two free
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9:43 PM ET Ohio State offensive lineman Avery Henry has been diagnosed with a form of bone cancer, he announced Monday. Henry, a freshman from St. Clairsville, Ohio, said he recently was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer most commonly found in teenagers and young adults. “I will fight this!” Henry wrote on Twitter. “I
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9:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Cincinnati left-hander Tom Browning, the former 20-game winner and World Series champion who crafted the only perfect game in Reds history, died Monday. He was 62. Browning, the National League Rookie of the Year runner-up in 1985 who won 14 or more games six times in his career, was
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8:13 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Noah Syndergaard is hoping to have the same success on a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers as Tyler Anderson and Andrew Heaney. “I feel like everything they touch turns to gold,” Syndergaard said during a conference call Monday. “I definitely want to be in that
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5:20 PM ET The Washington Commanders will stick with Taylor Heinicke at quarterback — for now. But coach Ron Rivera said Monday that he’ll consider making a change to Carson Wentz if they don’t “get back on track.” Heinicke has started the past eight games after Wentz suffered a broken right ring finger Oct. 13.
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8:11 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Jose Ramirez has passed up a title shot against Regis Prograis after the WBC set the purse split at 65-35 in favor of the junior welterweight champion, Ramirez told ESPN on Monday. Now, Ramirez (27-1, 17 KOs) is set to return March 25 in Fresno, California, in an ESPN/ESPN+ main
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6:05 PM ET Former New England Patriots linebacker and current NFL Network analyst Willie McGinest was arrested Monday in West Hollywood, California, on a potential charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The arrest was in connection to a Dec. 9 incident at a club in the
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