12:00 PM ET There are teams talking to Odell Beckham Jr. that believe the free-agent wide receiver will wait until the games are complete on Sunday before he makes his final decision, league sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini on Thursday. Beckham, who cleared waivers Tuesday after being released by the Cleveland Browns on Monday, was
11:54 AM ET Wisconsin starting running back Chez Mellusi will miss the rest of the season because of a leg injury, coach Paul Chryst said Thursday. Mellusi, who leads Wisconsin with 815 rush yards on 173 carries, left last week’s win over Rutgers with the injury to his left leg. He initially was listed as
11:31 AM ET The Arizona Cardinals activated veteran wide receiver A.J. Green from the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday. Green was placed on the list Nov. 3 and missed the Cardinals’ 31-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The Cardinals (8-1) were also without starting quarterback Kyler Murray and top wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins in that game.
11:14 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Quarterback Cam Newton will meet with the Carolina Panthers on Thursday about a possible return to the team that he helped reach the Super Bowl in 2015, sources confirmed to ESPN. The Panthers, who selected Newton with the first overall pick in the 2011 draft, released him following the
11:32 AM GMT England have made three changes ahead of Australia on Saturday with Owen Farrell returning to the side, Marcus Smith starting at fly-half and Manu Tuilagi shifting to the wing. Farrell captains the side from inside centre, while Tuilagi replaces Adam Radwan on the wing and Smith comes in for George Furbank at
6:00 AM ET BALTIMORE — The pocket was collapsing around Lamar Jackson, forcing him to juke a defender to get to the outside. Then, while on the run, Jackson launched a 40-yard pass downfield for a touchdown. “Oh my God!” a woman cried out from the crowd as Jackson’s pass soared in the air. This
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Ellen Tullos was asleep in her bed at home in Killeen, Texas, this past March when her phone rang. It was TMZ. Tullos, 73, knew instantly who they were calling about — her father, former Chicago Cardinals two-way star Marshall Goldberg — she just didn’t know why. Turns out,
10:11 AM ET UConn has hired former UCLA and NFL coach Jim Mora to be its next football coach, athletic director David Benedict announced Thursday. Mora and UConn have agreed to a five-year contract in which he will make $1.5 million in the first season and could earn another $200,000 in annual performance incentives. He
9:48 AM ET Associated Press The nascent Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Thursday released a draft of proposed anti-doping and medication control rules designed to bring uniformity to a sport that has operated for years under patchwork regulations in 38 racing states. Since July, HISA has been working with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to
10:27 AM ET Argentines lined the streets of Juan Manuel Fangio’s birthplace on Wednesday to applaud as the remains of the 1950s Formula One great went on one last lap to a new resting place in the museum housing his cars. Triple world champion Jackie Stewart joined the locals in Balcarce, some 415km south of