2:56 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson has absorbed three illegal hits this month, including two in Saturday’s historic comeback victory over the Indianapolis Colts, and the team is growing increasingly suspicious about it. Coach Kevin O’Connell has brought it up, unprompted, twice in the past three days. Speaking Monday to
6:19 AM ET Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association When the 2022 NFL schedule was released in
2:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Kodai Senga hardly hesitated when asked who he is most looking forward to facing when he pitches for the New York Mets. “The Phillies‘ lineup,” the Japanese right-hander said in English. The Mets are excited for that showdown with the reigning National League champions, too. Senga was
12:00 PM ET ON THE AFTERNOON of Sept. 21, Phoenix Suns employees logged onto an all-hands Zoom session led by team president and CEO Jason Rowley. Hours earlier, Robert Sarver had announced he was selling the Suns and Phoenix Mercury amid continuing and widespread anger over his conduct as majority owner. While employees eagerly anticipated
2:43 PM ET A highly anticipated middleweight bout between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa will not happen at UFC 284 as planned, sources told ESPN. The UFC still has the 185-pound contest officially listed on its website for the UFC 284 event, which is scheduled to take place on Feb. 11 in Perth, Australia, but
1:49 PM ET Alabama stars Bryce Young and Will Anderson Jr. decided to set aside their NFL draft stock and the potential risk of injury by not opting out and playing in the AllState Sugar Bowl against Kansas State on Dec. 31. Speaking publicly for the first time since coach Nick Saban revealed he would
2:13 PM ET Former Arizona wide receiver Dorian Singer, the Pac-12’s leading receiver, is set to transfer to USC, continuing a trend of top wideouts joining the Trojans. Singer earned second-team All-Pac-12 honors this season, recording 1,105 receiving yards and six touchdowns on 66 receptions for Arizona. He had seven receptions for 141 yards and
1:06 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Maple Leafs acquired Dryden Hunt from the Colorado Avalanche for fellow forward Denis Malgin on Monday. Hunt has put up 14 goals and 42 points in 193 regular-season games in parts of six NHL seasons with the Florida Panthers, Arizona Coyotes, New York Rangers and Avalanche. He
10:30 AM ET The headlines and the spotlights are all on Argentina’s Lionel Messi, and so they should be. The last dance, if that is what it was, proved to be the best dance as the “Little Genius” won the World Cup at the fifth time of asking. But it would not have happened without
12:53 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard is expected to miss time with a left calf injury, a source confirmed to ESPN. Hubbard left in the second quarter of the 34-23 win Sunday over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was eventually ruled out, leaving Cincinnati without one of its best pass-rushers.