2:48 PM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate Very few people on Earth can understand or relate to what it’s like to be an NFL quarterback. Even fewer know what it’s like to actually be good at the job. Only a handful know the experience of
2:51 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — In less than 12 months, Carson Wentz has gone from being the face of the Philadelphia Eagles to being a benched NFL quarterback to being traded to the Colts to facing questions on whether he can be fixed so that he can be the player he once was. How things
3:40 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson isn’t sure when he will sign a contract extension with the Baltimore Ravens. All the former NFL MVP knows is he wants to remain long term with the organization that drafted him. “I would love to be here forever,” Jackson said after Wednesday’s offseason practice. “I
3:26 PM ET Kicker Adam Vinatieri, the NFL’s all-time scoring leader, announced Wednesday on the “Pat McAfee Show” that he is retiring after 24 seasons. “By Friday, if paperwork goes in, you heard it here first,” Vinatieri told McAfee, his friend and former teammate with the Indianapolis Colts. Vinatieri, 48, a three-time Pro Bowl selection
2:49 PM ET The NFL and the NFLPA have agreed to a salary cap ceiling of $208.2 million per team for the 2022 season, a source told ESPN on Wednesday, as part of the league’s continued effort to project the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its short-term business. That doesn’t mean the 2022 salary
1:52 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The spotter for defending NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott has been suspended by NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports after his domestic violence arrest. Edward James D’Hondt, 62, was arrested earlier this month in Catawba County and charged with battery of unborn child and assaulting a woman, according
1:32 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The National Women’s Hockey League’s New Jersey-based Metropolitan Riveters are being sold to BTM Partners, which will now control three of the league’s six franchises. The NWHL on Wednesday announced the transfer of ownership from W Hockey Partners, with John Boynton to serve as the Riveters’ chairman.
12:16 PM ET MIAMI — Former star NFL receiver Chad Johnson is used to using his sweet footwork to dice up cornerbacks on the football field, but in two weeks he’s preparing to use his physical skills to put on an entertaining show in his first boxing match. On the opening fight in the PPV
5:30 AM ET PHOENIX — With the Los Angeles Lakers‘ once 15-point lead whittled down to just one and 16,000 screaming fans sensing a 2-0 series lead for their Suns, LeBron James and Anthony Davis took over Game 2 on Tuesday. Davis blocked Deandre Ayton‘s hook shot with 3:15 remaining, initiating a 55-second sequence in
11:44 AM ET Marc J. Spears Rapper J. Cole of the Rwanda Patriots BBC has completed his contractual obligation to the Basketball Africa League and has departed from Rwanda because of a “family obligation,” a source told ESPN’s The Undefeated. Jermaine Cole had 5 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds in 45 minutes of three