6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Five months later, Joe Douglas still remembers the feeling. The New York Jets had just lost their season finale to the Buffalo Bills 27-10 to finish 4-13 — their sixth straight losing season. On the flight home, the general manager tried to remind himself it was a rebuilding
7:00 AM ET New college football coaches have a distinctively different way to rebuild rosters now, with the transfer portal’s emergence, than ever before. Combining the portal with traditional high school recruiting has afforded coaches more ability to bring in talent left by players who are off to the NFL, graduating or transferring out. Some
7:00 AM ET In December, Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy. He’ll be back at Alabama this college football season with a good chance to win another. At the Rose Bowl, C.J. Stroud — playing without two future first-round NFL draft picks at receiver — threw for 573 yards and six touchdowns, setting himself up
12:36 AM ET ESPN News Services After standing for the national anthem Monday in honor of the Memorial Day holiday, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler remained in the clubhouse Tuesday to protest the direction of the nation after the school shootings that killed 21 in Uvalde, Texas, last week. Only a handful of Giants
11:37 PM ET Tommy Pham wasn’t quite ready to return to the Cincinnati Reds lineup Tuesday night, even though his much-publicized three-game suspension had ended. The veteran outfielder felt some tightness in his calf during batting practice before the team’s series opener against the Boston Red Sox. As for the rest of him? “Hand is
7:01 AM BST Israel Folau will be a prized addition to Tongan rugby but will have restrictions on what he posts on social media, along with all his teammates, coach Toutai Kefu said. Folau, an evangelical Christian, will soon make his return to international rugby, three years on from the termination of his Wallabies contract
8:41 AM ET U.S. investment firm RedBird are closing in on a deal to buy Serie A champions AC Milan from hedge fund Elliott, a source at the Italian club told Reuters on Tuesday. Italian news agency ANSA reported earlier that the sale had been completed but the source said the parties were still working
6:13 AM ET Kurt Zouma was sentenced for cat abuse at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images West Ham United defender Kurt Zouma has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service for kicking and slapping his pet cat in abuse caught on video. The 27-year-old has also been banned
7:17 AM ET Paul Pogba will leave Manchester United when his contract expires at the end of June, the club announced on Wednesday. The France international will depart Old Trafford on a free transfer for the second time after joining Juventus in 2012. – Stream ESPN FC Daily on ESPN+ (U.S. only)– Don’t have ESPN?
12:11 AM ET DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche hung on to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 8-6 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night, but the home team lost starting goaltender Darcy Kuemper to an upper-body injury in the process. Kuemper was late returning to the ice when the second period began, and