1:54 PM ET Tests confirmed that Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray suffered a season-ending torn ACL in Monday night’s game against the New England Patriots, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Murray went down with the noncontact injury after a 3-yard run to the right on the third play of the game. The
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2:19 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93. His death on Tuesday at his Ambler, Pennsylvania, home was confirmed by the Phillies, who did not specify a cause. One of the greatest pitchers in franchise history, the
2:30 PM ET All struggling fantasy franchises should be asking two questions. 1) What should it take to get Nikola Jokic?2) What would it take to get Jokic? A middling manager should be asking those questions for a simple reason: in theory, rolling the dice on post-New Year Jokic dominance is a sound high-risk/high-upside move.
1:54 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals had their worst fears confirmed on Tuesday: Quarterback Kyler Murray suffered a season-ending torn ACL in Monday night’s game against the New England Patriots, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Murray was carted off the field with the noncontact injury to his left knee
2:17 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Clemson defensive end Myles Murphy, Mel Kiper’s No. 10 overall projected player in the upcoming draft, told ESPN on Tuesday that he’s skipping the Orange Bowl and will declare for the NFL draft. Murphy is one of the top prospects in the draft, as he’s Kiper’s No. 1-ranked defensive end.
1:41 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Ross Stripling and San Francisco on Tuesday agreed to a two-year, $25 million contract that includes an opt-out after the first season, enriching a Giants rotation with another free agent acquisition.
2:09 PM GMT Bernard Laporte, the head of the French Rugby Federation, got a two-year suspended prison sentence and a €75,000 ($79,000) fine after being found guilty in a trial over influence peddling and illegally acquiring assets, French media, including AFP, reported on Tuesday. In the same verdict, the Paris criminal court also handed top
1:32 PM ET PALM BEACH, Fla. — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said he recently met with actor Ryan Reynolds about potentially being involved with the Ottawa Senators‘ new ownership group. “[Reynolds] very much impressed us,” Bettman said at the NHL’s board of governors meetings on Tuesday. “If we can figure out a way to have
Azeem Rafiq, the former Yorkshire allrounder, has warned that English cricket remains “in denial” about the extent of the institutional racism in the sport, 13 months on from his powerful testimony at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Parliamentary select committee. Returning to Westminster for his second appearance before the DCMS committee, Rafiq
6:00 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — It was earlier this season when Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Dave Ragone got up in front of his quarterbacks and told his story, revealing his emotions. He once sat where they did and harbored hopes of a long NFL career. When Ragone, 43, began to speak to Falcons
12:04 PM ET The Cleveland Guardians and free agent catcher Mike Zunino have reached agreement on a 1-year, $6 million deal, sources confirmed to ESPN. Zunino, 31, played in only 36 games last season for the Tampa Bay Rays due to thoracic outlet syndrome in his left (non-throwing) shoulder. The ailment affected him at the
11:48 AM ET As if throwing two interceptions in his return home to the San Francisco Bay Area and losing 35-7 weren’t enough, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady was asked by 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw to autograph the ball he intercepted. “It was s— for me, to be honest. It was complete s— (laughter),” Brady said
11:11 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Emanuel Navarrete and Liam Wilson have agreed to a deal for a WBO junior lightweight title fight on Feb. 3 in Glendale, Arizona, a source told ESPN. Navarrete was set to meet Oscar Valdez in a highly anticipated ESPN/ESPN+ main event, but as BoxingScene first reported, Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs)
10:22 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN WHEN WILL HARDY first saw Boston Celtics center Luke Kornet‘s weird trick to contest 3-pointers, he was bemused. “I thought it was absolutely f—ing hilarious,” Hardy, who spent last season as an assistant with the Celtics before becoming head coach of the Utah Jazz this summer, told ESPN. “‘You’re 20
8:43 AM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. Read ESPN’s fantasy football Daily Notes every weekday to stay caught up on the news you need to know and get a
9:30 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN Perhaps the highest compliment about the most improbable college coaching career of this generation is that as time marches on, and new eras of homogenized football coaches emerge, explaining the Mike Leach coaching experience will sound like fiction. A former rugby player with no college football playing experience? A Pepperdine
10:49 AM ET Purdue has named Illinois defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, who oversaw the nation’s No. 1 unit for much of the season, as its next head coach. Walters, 36, has spent the past two seasons at Illinois and was a finalist for the Broyles Award, which goes to the nation’s top assistant coach. He
5:02 AM ET Adriana Garcia Brazil great Ronaldo believes Neymar and other Brazilian players should have psychological help to deal with the “disproportionate pressure” from the World Cup. Neymar admitted after his team’s World Cup quarterfinal defeat to Croatia on penalties that he was “psychologically destroyed.” “I would advise having a psychological support to withstand