11:37 AM ET Associated Press Coaches Ron Rivera and Sean McDermott, standout players Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle and Demario Davis, team owner Arthur Blank, and the Houston Texans cheerleaders are among nominees from 31 teams for the NFL’s Salute to Service Award. The award, presented by USAA and the league, recognizes players, coaches, staff and
Month: November 2021
10:21 AM ET Associated Press The NCAA on Monday set the stage for a dramatic restructuring of college sports that will give each of its three divisions the power to govern itself. The nation’s biggest and most influential governing body in college athletics released a draft of an 18½-page constitution, cut down from 43 pages
9:30 AM ET The XFL hired a series of former NFL and XFL executives Monday in anticipation of its 2023 return to the field, including former Buffalo Bills CEO Russ Brandon as the league’s new president. Brandon held multiple positions with the Bills, including chief executive officer, during a 21-year tenure with the team that
8:45 AM ET Texas Tech is hiring Baylor associate head coach Joey McGuire as its next head football coach, sources told ESPN. An official announcement is expected later Monday. McGuire, a successful longtime Texas high school coach, is in his fifth season at Baylor and his third as the team’s associate head coach. He has
9:41 AM GMT England coach Eddie Jones has told young fly-half Marcus Smith to be wary of the “flood of distractions” that could come his way as the “next big thing” and referred to the attention U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu has received since winning her first Grand Slam. Jones said Raducanu “hasn’t done so
7:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has blamed Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas for leaving the “door open” to title rival Max Verstappen at the first corner of the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. After Mercedes locked out the front of the grid for the first time this season, Verstappen passed both Hamilton and pole-sitter Bottas as
Report Hayley Matthews chipped in with a fifty and three wickets as Pakistan fell 46 runs short of their target West Indies 253 for 8 (Dottin 132, Matthews 57, Amin 5-35) beat Pakistan 208 for 9 (Riaz 46, Matthews 3-31) by 46 runs A 146-ball 132 from Deandra Dottin and an all-round display from Hayley
8:28 AM ET J.D. Martinez will return to the Boston Red Sox in 2022 after declining to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract. Martinez, who will make $19.35 million in the final year of his five-year deal, informed the Red Sox of his decision Sunday before the deadline to declare free agency. It marks
7:44 AM ET The Atlanta Braves have extended a qualifying offer to star first baseman Freddie Freeman, but general manager Alex Anthopoulos says the reigning World Series champions’ goal is to “keep him a Brave.” Freeman, who has spent his entire professional career in the Braves organization, officially became a free agent Sunday after Atlanta’s
10:18 PM ET NHL games can be incredibly entertaining, but let’s be honest: They do require an investment of time. If your wager requires you to wait around until the final score, you can push three hours of investment if the thing goes to a shootout. That’s why wagers made on the first period of