Month: March 2023

1:56 PM ET San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo plans to sign with the Las Vegas Raiders, sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini and Adam Schefter. Garoppolo agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million deal, including $34 million guaranteed, a source told Schefter. He played for Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels with the New England Patriots and
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12:19 PM ET Millions of brackets will be filled out, then busted, and billions of dollars will be bet on one of America’s favorite wagering events — the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. In the first 14 hours after the field was set Sunday night, roughly 2,600 brackets per minute — totaling 2.2 million — were
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12:53 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 COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler is requesting permission to speak with other teams about a potential trade after preliminary talks with
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12:22 PM ET Pete Thamel Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Boston Celtics assistant Damon Stoudamire is finalizing a five-year deal to become Georgia Tech‘s next head coach, sources said. The school’s Board of Trustees is planning to approve the hire
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11:38 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons have traded a 2023 seventh round pick (pick No. 245) to the New England Patriots for tight end Jonnu Smith, sources told ESPN on Monday, confirming multiple reports. Smith signed with New England in 2021 after spending the first four years of his career with the Tennessee Titans, where
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10:10 AM ET Associated Press One of many highlights of Bob Bryan’s time as half of a record-breaking men’s doubles duo was helping the United States claim the 2007 Davis Cup — the last time the country won the competition. Now Bryan will try to end that drought from the sideline. The U.S. Tennis Association
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9:38 AM ET Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Pete Thamel Chris Beard and Ole Miss are closing in on an agreement to make him the Rebels’ next men’s basketball coach, sources told ESPN. An official announcement is expected to come
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9:23 AM ET A painful experience at the World Baseball Classic had a sweet ending for William Escala — thanks to an unexpected visit from Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki. Two days after plunking Escala with a 101 mph pitch, Sasaki apologized to the Czech Republic outfielder Monday morning and brought him two bags filled with
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9:43 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have restructured the record-setting contract of quarterback Deshaun Watson, clearing $36 million in cap space ahead of free agency, a source told ESPN. The Browns signed Watson last offseason to a new five-year deal worth an NFL-record $230 million fully guaranteed. Before restructuring Watson’s deal, the
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