2:44 PM ET New York City FC and the Portland Timbers were convincing in their Round 1 victories, and their rewards are dates with Major League Soccer’s 2021 conference champions: the New England Revolution and Colorado Rapids. The opening salvo of the MLS Cup playoffs contained its fair share of drama as well, none more
1:24 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — This time, Lamar Jackson is “120 percent” certain that he’s playing. Three days after an illness relapse caused him to miss a game, Jackson returned to practice Wednesday and is set to start against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday night. “I’m feeling good. Great this time,” Jackson said
1:33 PM ET Seven first-year eligible players, including Andre Johnson and DeMarcus Ware, were among the 26 modern era semifinalists named for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2022. The semifinalists, 26 in all because of a tie in the voting, will be trimmed to 15 finalists next month. The class of 2022,
2:48 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets‘ recent trade for backup quarterback Joe Flacco raised questions at the time of the deal, and those questions are bigger now that Flacco, who said last week he’s unvaccinated, is on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Even though Flacco is expected to miss Sunday’s game against
2:53 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Four days after suffering a concussion in Sunday’s loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb is on track to play Thursday against the Las Vegas Raiders. Lamb, who leads the Cowboys in receptions (50), yards (740) and receiving touchdowns (six), went through Wednesday’s practice
10:06 AM ET New York Mets owner Steve Cohen called out Steven Matz‘s agent for “unprofessional behavior” in a tweet Wednesday morning, one day after the free-agent left-hander opted against rejoining his former team and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals. “I’m not happy this morning,” Cohen said in his post. “I’ve never seen such
8:18 AM ET Denver Nuggets guard P.J. Dozier is feared to have suffered a torn ACL in his left knee, sources told ESPN. Dozier crumbled to the floor on a collision at the rim during Tuesday night’s 119-100 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, and initial imaging suggested a possible end to Dozier’s season, sources
12:28 PM ET Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A statue on the University of Michigan campus of legendary football coach Glenn “Bo” Schembechler has been vandalized with paint, and a message supporting sexual assault victims of a former sports doctor has been scrawled on the steps beneath it. A crew was working Wednesday to
11:32 AM ET Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, who leads the NFL in rushing yards this season, leads all players in fan voting for the 2022 Pro Bowl. The league released the early voting totals Wednesday, announcing that Taylor had 81,087 votes. Taylor, in his second season, has 1,122 rushing yards this season and
12:12 PM ET The NFL and the city of St. Louis have agreed to a $790 million settlement over a lawsuit filed in 2017 after the Rams relocated to Los Angeles, a source with direct knowledge of the agreement confirmed to ESPN. The settlement does not include a promise from the NFL to grant St.