2:42 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles rookie receiver DeVonta Smith participated in team drills during a joint practice against the New England Patriots on Tuesday, a first since he sprained his left MCL on Aug. 1. “I’m excited. I feel good,” said Smith. “Just taking it day by day, step by step, just continuing to
3:45 PM ET ESPN staff With Week 2 of the NFL preseason continuing with four games on Friday night, Tuesday was the day in which teams had to cut down their 90-man rosters to 85 players. That meant the end of Tim Tebow’s time in Jacksonville, and there were also a couple back-of-the-roster trades that
7:07 AM ET United States women’s national team and OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe told ESPN she doesn’t know what her playing future looks like and she will “need to take some time to think about it.” Rapinoe, 36, was part of the U.S. squad that won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, and she will
2:25 PM ET Northwestern named Hunter Johnson as its starting quarterback for the 2021 season, as the senior beat out South Carolina transfer Ryan Hilinski and fellow senior Andrew Marty for the top job. Johnson, who transferred to Northwestern from Clemson before the 2018 season, played mostly in 2019 but struggled, throwing four interceptions and
2:30 PM ET ESPN 300 wide receiver Luther Burden decommitted from Oklahoma on Tuesday after being committed to the Sooners since October. Burden is the third ESPN 300 wide receiver to decommit from Oklahoma in the 2022 cycle, along with Talyn Shettron, the No. 26 prospect who flipped to Oklahoma State, and Jordan Hudson, who
2:14 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks and Jamal Adams have agreed to a four-year extension that makes him the NFL’s highest-paid safety, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Adams’ deal carries a max value of $72 million, a $20 million signing bonus and $38 million guaranteed, the source told
2:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NEW YORK — Kemba Walker is a guy who is known for having a constant smile on his face. But, even for him, Walker was downright giddy Tuesday morning — and understandably so — as he was introduced as the new starting point guard for his hometown New York Knicks
1:16 PM ET The NHL will have advertising on the front of team jerseys for the first time starting in the 2022-23 season, a source told ESPN. The league’s board of governors formally voted this month to approve jersey advertisements. The NHL had surveyed its teams and found the majority of them in favor of
News Bowling coach rues dropped catches but felt the team ‘put in all the hard work and responded well’ in the match Pakistan might have ended up losing at Sabina Park on Sunday but bowling coach Waqar Younis said he is “proud” of the bowling unit that kept creating opportunities in a low-scoring Test. The
1:47 PM ET Nevada’s football team will practice the rest of the week of Stanford because of air quality issues in the Reno area linked to the Dixie Fire in Northern California. Wolf Pack coach Jay Norvell told ESPN that his team will practice three times and hold a scrimmage at Stanford before returning to
1:38 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Dion Dawkins said he was hospitalized for four days while dealing with the COVID-19 virus. The team’s starting left tackle was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list before it’s first training camp practice on July 28 and was activated on August 12. It was
Fabio Jakobsen won his first Grand Tour stage since suffering serious injuries in a crash last year with a bunch sprint victory at the Vuelta a Espana. The Dutchman, 24, held off Arnaud Demare and Magnus Cort to claim an emotional win on stage four in Molina de Aragon. Jakobsen sustained severe head injuries at
12:32 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — It’s been an amazing summer for Jon Rahm, who birdied the last two holes to win the U.S. Open, ascended to No. 1 in the world, was in the top eight in the four tournaments he finished — and had two very high-profile withdrawals due to COVID-19 positive
11:17 AM ET The Memphis Grizzlies are trading guard Patrick Beverley to the Minnesota Timberwolves for guard Jarrett Culver and forward Juancho Hernangomez, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. With the trade, Minnesota gets the toughness and leadership of Beverley for its young, developing roster. Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas is familiar with Beverley
11:03 AM ET The New York Yankees have activated catcher Gary Sanchez and left-hander Jordan Montgomery from the COVID-19 injured list on Tuesday. Both will start Game 1 of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox. Sanchez, hitting seventh in the lineup, is batting .216 with 17 homers and 39 RBIs in 84 games this
10:39 AM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson didn’t practice again Tuesday, but Texans coach David Culley says the quarterback isn’t injured. “Deshaun is here,” Culley said. “Again, every day he’s here, he comes in, and he works. He does what we ask him to do and he’s here every day and he’s doing fine.” Watson,
11:28 AM ET A showdown between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers will highlight the NBA’s Christmas Day schedule, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. In addition to the star-studded, cross-country clash, the Atlanta Hawks will travel to take on the New York Knicks. That game will be a rematch of a first-round playoff series
7:00 AM ET The first time Shawn Springs watched Orlando Pace walk onto the practice field at Ohio State in 1994, he had two important questions. One: “Who is feeding him?” And two: “Who gave birth to him?” Springs, a future All-American in college and All-Pro in the NFL, laughed while recalling his initial impression