8:56 PM ET ATLANTA — Red helmets are coming back for the Atlanta Falcons — for at least one game this season. 1 Related The franchise announced the return of the iconic helmet on Wednesday night for the Falcons’ Week 6 game against the San Francisco 49ers at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The red helmet — which
7:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Casper Ruud has become the first man from Norway to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament, getting that far at the French Open by beating 19-year-old Holger Rune of Denmark 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3. The eighth-seeded Ruud’s 3-hour, 15-minute victory at Court Philippe Chatrier began Wednesday
6:06 PM ET In another edition of The Match, football fans will merge with golf fans Wednesday in Las Vegas to see NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers put aside their personal competition with each other to team up against Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. The 12-hole exhibition (6:30 p.m. ET on TNT) will
7:47 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Former Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears running back Marion Barber III has died at the age of 38, the Cowboys said in a statement on Wednesday. “We are heartbroken by the tragic death of Marion Barber III,” the team said. “Marion was an old-school, hard-nosed football player who ran
6:37 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — The day of reckoning arrived for the PGA Tour and more than a dozen of its players on Tuesday, as 13 tour members were included in the field for the first LIV Golf Invitational Series in London next week. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has warned players that they
6:31 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL has renewed 21 national grants worth $6.5 million as part of the league’s “Inspire Change” social justice initiative. The league announced the renewals Wednesday. That brings the NFL to more than $244 million in contributions to 37 national grant partners since 2017 as part of
4:33 PM ET The 2022 NBA Finals begin Thursday with Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors taking on Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. Judging by the ticket prices, there is a lot of excitement for this matchup. According to VividSeats, a ticket resale marketplace, Game 1 of the Finals (9 p.m. ET on
5:15 PM ET Fantasy staff Fantasy football made headlines on the baseball field during the Memorial Day weekend when Tommy Pham of the Cincinnati Reds and Joc Pederson of the San Francisco Giants had an altercation about an issue in a league they were in last season. We have since learned that Los Angeles Angels
4:12 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett said Wednesday that former Browns starting quarterback Baker Mayfield is going to “land on his feet,” in the wake of Cleveland’s trade for its new quarterback, Deshaun Watson. Garrett also said that he won’t be the “judge” or “jury” regarding allegations of
3:23 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Danny Garcia is ready to chase a title in a third weight class. The former two-division champion has agreed to a deal with Jose Benavidez Jr. in a junior middleweight bout on July 30 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, sources tell ESPN. The PBC on Showtime main event