6:29 PM ET HOUSTON — In his first public comments since trading DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Texans head coach and general manager Bill O’Brien cited the wide receiver’s desire for “a raise” as one of the reasons for his trade to the Arizona Cardinals. Last month, Houston traded Hopkins, a reigning three-time All-Pro selection, and a
8:51 AM ET Dabo Swinney stood at the center of a collection of cameras and voice recorders, reporters huddled in a close circle that seems absurd now, and offered what he could on the future of his football team — essentially a shrug that amounted to “Your guess is as good as mine.” This was
5:54 PM ET As part of larger corporate cutbacks amid the coronavirus pandemic, layoffs are underway within the Utah Jazz. Those cutbacks include non-basketball personnel, and some employees are taking salary reductions, sources told ESPN. The Jazz are one of approximately 80 companies within the Larry H. Miller Group, which confirmed the layoffs as “a
4:58 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Defensive end Derek Wolfe considered it “a no-brainer” to join Calais Campbell and Brandon Williams along the Baltimore Ravens defensive front. “We’re going to have the best defensive line in the league, for sure,” Wolfe said in a conference call Friday with Baltimore reporters. “We can break records.”
5:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — About 370 players who were at big league spring training with minor league contracts will get advance payments of up to $50,000 each from the Major League Baseball Players Association. The money approved Friday by the union’s executive board will be in addition to $400 weekly allowances
4:25 PM ET British light heavyweight contender Anthony Yarde, whose father died on Sunday due to the coronavirus, has now also lost his grandmother to COVID-19. Yarde said Friday on social media that his grandmother died on Thursday. “We have now lost my nana to this virus,” Yarde wrote. “My dad and his mother have
3:52 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Maybe, a month ago, defensive end Shelby Harris did believe he would get a multiyear windfall in free agency instead of the one-year deal he signed with the Denver Broncos, but he said Friday that now is not the time to worry about such things. “At the end of
9:05 AM ET The coronavirus pandemic has brought the boxing world to a halt. Fight cards have been cancelled through May and more postponements are expected to be announced as there isn’t a clear end in sight. For a year-round sport that never has an offseason, this is a first. As we continue to take
3:12 PM ET A federal judge in New York has dismissed a class-action lawsuit brought against Major League Baseball by a group of daily fantasy sports players, who claimed to have been harmed by the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox sign-stealing scandals. In a 32-page opinion issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff lambasted
7:00 AM ET THERE ARE almost always a few sideways glances and awkward moments when players are asked about it. Even when they’ve left the college ranks, they aren’t comfortable saying anything unless granted anonymity. But once that’s a given, the floodgates start to open up. One player grins as if he’s been waiting all