2:55 PM ET Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said it would be “difficult” to claim the Roman Abramovich era at Chelsea was good for the brand of England’s top division following this summer’s takeover at Stamford Bridge, which saw the Russian oligarch sell the club to a group led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd
6:00 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Chris Boswell isn’t going anywhere. The Pittsburgh Steelers secured the place kicker’s services by inking him to a new four-year, $20.5 million extension, his agent Jeff Nalley told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday night. Boswell received $12.5 million guaranteed and his extension ties him with Justin Tucker as the highest-paid
7:10 PM ET IRVINE, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Van Jefferson will have a “minor” surgery Tuesday after tweaking his knee, head coach Sean McVay said Monday. McVay said the Rams expect Jefferson to be out “a few weeks,” but he’s not sure what the wide receiver’s availability will be to start the
6:25 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook has signed with agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports for his representation, Westbrook told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday afternoon. Last month, Westbrook’s former longtime agent, Thad Foucher of Wasserman, said he and Westbrook parted ways. Foucher cited “irreconcilable differences” in a statement and suggested that
5:33 PM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN SAN FRANCISCO — JaMychal Green was in a plunge pool in Jamaica on vacation when his phone started to ring. He decided to pick up because, why not? On the other end of the call was Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr. “He told me that [the Warriors] were interested,
5:53 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Simona Halep won her opening match at the Citi Open on Monday hours before another former No. 1-ranked women’s player returned to singles action for the first time in 2022. Venus Williams is set to play her first singles match in nearly a year when she faces Canadian
10:38 AM ET Jeff Kassouf The only team not to concede a goal at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship also came out of the tournament without any obvious clarity around its starting back four and No. 1 goalkeeper. Go figure. U.S. women’s national team head coach Vlatko Andonovski started a different back line in each
4:59 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers wideout Deebo Samuel signed his lucrative three-year contract extension Monday, bringing an end to the question of whether he will remain with the team for the foreseeable future. But Samuel’s new deal also brought about plenty of other questions regarding his future, the most pressing
5:35 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh football coach Pat Narduzzi thinks name, image and likeness rules were “probably” violated over the spring, not-so-subtly suggesting those violations led to star wide receiver Jordan Addison‘s decision to transfer to USC. Without naming the Trojans and Addison specifically, Narduzzi said Monday he doesn’t think “there’s any
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