1:09 PM ET ESPN News Services Toronto Raptors guard Fred VanVleet plans to take his time making a decision on his contract option. One day after the Raptors were eliminated from the play-in tournament in a home loss to the Chicago Bulls, VanVleet said Thursday he’s not rushing the call on whether to stay in
Month: April 2023
12:00 PM ET Two weeks ahead of the NFL draft, Bryce Young is the new consensus betting favorite to be the No. 1 pick ahead of C.J. Stroud at sportsbooks around the nation. Young moved past Stroud this week after a surge of bets came in on the former Alabama quarterback and flipped the odds
12:08 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Major League Baseball umpire Larry Vanover remained hospitalized Thursday after being hit in the head with a relay throw during Wednesday’s game between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Guardians. Vanover was struck on the left side of his head in the fifth inning by a throw from
11:07 AM ET Former UFC middleweight champion and multidivision kickboxing champion Alex Pereira is moving up in weight after his knockout loss to Israel Adesanya last weekend. Pereira, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, formally announced the news Thursday on his YouTube channel. Pereira won the UFC’s 185-pound championship by knocking out Adesanya in the fifth round
11:34 AM ET The Cleveland Browns have ended their stadium naming rights agreement with FirstEnergy Corp., leaving the team’s home field to be called Cleveland Browns Stadium for now. “We’ve had a great association with FirstEnergy for more than two decades, and we appreciate this partnership and what it has created for our team and
11:14 AM ET Quinnipiac head coach Baker Dunleavy stepped down from his position Thursday morning to become Villanova‘s general manager of basketball. Dunleavy had been the head coach of the Bobcats for six seasons. “After a period of post-season reflection, I have decided to step down from my position as Head Men’s Basketball Coach,” Dunleavy
10:56 AM ET California high school guard A.J. Johnson, a projected 2024 NBA draft lottery pick, told ESPN on Thursday that he has decommitted from the Texas Longhorns and signed a deal with the Illawarra Hawks of the National Basketball League in Australia. Johnson, a 6-foot-6 senior at the Southern California Academy, is the highest-profile
9:00 AM ET It’s quite a flex to decide you’re going to shatter NHL records because, essentially, you’re bored. But that only underscores how stupidly dominant the Boston Bruins have been this season. Brad Marchand told me several weeks ago that his team didn’t really care about the NHL single-season records for wins (63) and
10:00 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Zack Steffen has had a strange 10 months. It started with a loan move from Manchester City to Middlesbrough and despite joining in July, his career there started with a winless run which lasted until early October. Then, in November, the goalkeeper got the devastating news that he would not
9:25 AM ET Associated Press The women’s professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing Thursday the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault. WTA chairman and
9:25 AM ET ESPN News Services Several baseball teams have amended their alcohol sale policies in response to shorter game times this season, and at least one major leaguer isn’t wild about the change. Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm said during a recent podcast that he disagreed with extending alcohol sales beyond the traditional seventh-inning cutoff,
9:42 AM ET Associated Press The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL and NFLPA, the Associated Press has learned. The helmet, manufactured by Vicis, reduces severity of helmet-to-ground impacts, which league data says account for approximately half of quarterback concussions, including the one suffered by
9:00 AM ET The NBA playoffs have arrived and that also means some bettors will make their first wager of the season. So what’s the best approach? Handicapping the regular season is an acquired taste and not for the weak-minded. It requires discipline, dedication and tolerance to stomach load management and other variables. Many recreational
8:16 AM ET CHRISTINA LINARDATOU WILL return to the ring Saturday against Mikaela Mayer. While no title will be on the line, it’s a fight of significance, as Mayer is the type of opponent Linardatou worked toward facing again. However, it’s just not the fight — or fighter — she initially wanted or expected to
6:00 AM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — A quick scan down the Buffalo Bills’ depth chart last season shows a clear trend. The Bills had one player on offense who was a former first-round pick — quarterback Josh Allen — compared to seven defensive players who were had been first-rounders and played meaningful roles.
7:00 AM ET There’s a new top team in our rankings! After two weeks of baseball, the Rays remain undefeated, their 12-0 start the best since the 1987 Brewers. Will they be able to keep up this dominance? Or will the division rival Yankees catch them soon enough? As if that wasn’t surprising enough, elsewhere
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — To trade or not to trade: For the Arizona Cardinals sitting at No. 3 in this year’s NFL draft, that is the question. Until the first round kicks off on April 27 (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App), the Cardinals will mull whether they should stay put
7:52 AM ET Nate Diaz and Jake Paul have been exchanging trash talk on social media and in the press for over a year. Their two teams got into a physical altercation backstage during one of Paul’s fights. Paul called Diaz out on several exchanges, including in his postfight interview after beating Anderson Silva last
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