8:19 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The category was brutal enough, but if the Detroit Lions were looking to add some more frustration to another season gone wrong in decades worth of them, all they had to do was turn on the television Monday night. If they found the quiz show Jeopardy!, they were
8:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Jim Riggleman, a 66-year-old veteran of 13 seasons as a major league manager, has been hired by the New York Mets as bench coach for Mickey Callaway. Riggleman was Cincinnati’s bench coach from 2016 until he became interim manager for 5 months last season, and he led
8:03 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Dylan Strome and Brendan Perlini got right to work with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. Strome and Perlini made it to Chicago in time to join their new team for practice after they were acquired Sunday night in a trade with Arizona. The Blackhawks sent Nick Schmaltz to
8:19 PM ET The NFL has suspended Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette for one game without pay following his ejection for fighting with Buffalo Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson on Sunday. The league said Fournette violated its unsportsmanlike conduct and unnecessary roughness rules and as a result will miss Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis
9:52 AM ET The LA Clippers are the biggest surprise in the league. Just ask Vegas. The Clips are on pace to win about 18 more games than their preseason over/under suggested. It’s the biggest such deviation in the NBA, and it’s all thanks to an efficient offense engineered by Doc Rivers and fueled by
7:08 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul was out for Monday night’s game against the Washington Wizards with a sore left leg. It’s the second consecutive game Paul has missed. He sat out Saturday’s game in Cleveland after playing 37 minutes in an overtime win in Detroit the night before.
6:52 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey wants Mississippi athletic director Ross Bjork and Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen to meet him in the league office to discuss “creating a healthier environment” for the annual Egg Bowl matchup. Mississippi State’s 35-3 victory over Ole Miss in Thursday’s Egg
6:38 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — He might have just lost his job to Cody Kessler — a quarterback on Cleveland’s 0-16 team — but this doesn’t necessarily mean Blake Bortles‘ career with the Jacksonville Jaguars is definitely over. In fact, don’t be surprised if Bortles is still on the roster when the Jaguars begin
9:46 AM ET Everyone knows it has been a forgettable year for UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway. After claiming the 145-pound title and defending it once in 2017, Holloway (19-3) has failed to even make it to competition this year. He was pulled from a short-notice lightweight title fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov in April, due
5:37 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Resources from an unprecedented agreement between the Players Coalition and the NFL to address social justice issues are starting to be distributed. On the day before Thanksgiving, nine people were bailed from jail in Philadelphia via a $50,000 grant from the Eagles Social Justice Fund, comprised of money raised by