7:00 AM ET Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings We’re closing in on the start of the 2022 NFL regular season, which means it’s time for one last
11:30 AM ET DJ BienAime Jamey Rootes, who was the Houston Texans‘ first team president, has died at the age of 56. His wife, Melissa, confirmed the news on Facebook, “after a battle with mental health issues.” Rootes was hired by late Texans owner Bob McNair in 2002, the franchise’s first season, and held the
10:54 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins placed cornerback Mackensie Alexander on injured reserve Tuesday, ending his season one week after he signed with the team. Alexander was injured in Miami’s preseason game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday, but Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel indicated he didn’t believe there was reason for
11:43 AM ET The Washington Commanders moved defensive end Chase Young to the reserve/physically unable to perform list Tuesday, meaning he will miss at least the first four games of the 2022 NFL season. By moving Young to the reserve/PUP list he does not count against the Commanders’ 80-man roster. NFL teams must trim down
7:06 AM ET Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). COCO GAUFF IS at a crossroads. She’s sitting in the passenger seat of her first car while her dad, Corey,
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” THE MOST BEAUTIFUL play in Major League Baseball exists because its practitioner embraced a long-held axiom: Form follows function. Once upon a time, Trea Turner was a habitual head-first slider, his fingers
9:00 AM ET Pete ThamelESPN SICKLERVILLE, N.J. — After starting one career game in which he threw two interceptions and completed 37% of his passes, NC State quarterback Devin Leary bounded into the office of coach Dave Doeren in the fall of 2019. Leary, then a redshirt freshman, made a simple declaration that proved equal
8:32 AM ET High-profile quarterbacks top the odds to win the Heisman Trophy entering the college football season, but an Alabama defender is attracting plenty of interest from bettors at sportsbooks around the nation. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, at +200, is the consensus favorite to win the Heisman, followed by last year’s winner, Alabama
9:09 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders will retire quarterback Sonny Jurgensen’s No. 9, making him the fourth player in franchise history to earn that honor. Jurgensen, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983, also served as an analyst on the team’s radio broadcast from 1981 to 2019 and was
8:27 AM ET Cincinnati Bengals star safety Jessie Bates III returned to the team facility Tuesday after missing training camp and intends to sign his franchise tender, a source confirmed to ESPN. Bates was unable to reach a long-term extension this offseason with the Bengals, who placed the $12.911 million franchise tag on the fifth-year