8:35 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Punter Jake Bailey, a 2020 first-team All-Pro, agreed to a four-year contract with the New England Patriots worth $13.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal runs through the 2025 season and includes $6.5 fully guaranteed, per Schefter. Bailey was entering the final year of his rookie
Jul 31, 2022 Former race director Michael Masi revealed he had received online death threats after the controversy last year that allowed Max Verstappen to claim the Formula One world title. The Australian changed the safety car restart procedure at the end of the December’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a move that handed the crown
7:00 AM ET The NHL free agency frenzy has calmed in recent days, as general managers retreat to their cottages and teams calculate their remaining salary-cap space. There are still significant names available on the unrestricted free agent market, including some who could be game-changers for the right team. Will they find the contracts they’re
7:00 AM ET The college football world has endured a wave of change in the past two years, but this could be just the beginning, according to an ESPN survey of more than 200 coaches, players and administrators. Answering a wide-ranging questionnaire distributed this offseason, respondents told ESPN that big issues such as realignment, name,
6:18 AM ET Kansas City Chiefs left offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. will report to camp Monday and sign his franchise tender, sources told ESPN’s Robert Griffin III. The blindside protector for quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be playing on the franchise tag this season after the sides failed to reach a long-term deal before the
4:20 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Fernando Alonso will replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin next season, the
Jul 31, 2022 Associated Press PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France — Veteran rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the women’s Tour de France for the first time on Sunday after clinching the eighth and final stage in style. Van Vleuten, 39, won the stage by 30 seconds over Dutch countrywoman Demi Vollering, who also finished the
3:05 AM ET D.C. United‘s new manager Wayne Rooney urged his side to use their 2-1 win over Orlando City as a platform for the rest of the Major League Soccer campaign as the former Manchester United forward got his reign off to a successful start. Goals in added time from Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis
Deandra Dottin, the scorer of the fastest century in Women’s T20Is, has announced her retirement from the West Indies team. The allrounder made the announcement via Twitter, citing reservations with the team environment as the reason behind her decision. Dottin has made no indication that she has retired from any other team barring West Indies.
2:47 AM ET Five-time Olympic cycling champion Laura Kenny urged organisers to install bigger barriers at velodromes after a crash involving England’s Matt Walls at the Commonwealth Games. Tokyo Games gold medallist Walls and two other cyclists were taken to hospital after a crash during the second heat of the men’s scratch race at Lee