7:00 AM ET Nobody has a more stacked lineup of fantasy analysts and NFL team reporters than ESPN. It’s the rare backfield by committee that is actually a good thing for fantasy managers. Every Tuesday, we’ll ask our NFL Nation reporters a series of burning questions to help inform your waiver-wire pickups and roster decisions.
5:34 AM ET Sergio Perez more than deserves to stay in Formula One, managing director Ross Brawn said on Monday after the Mexican finished second to now-seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton in Turkey at the weekend. Perez is without a seat for 2021 after Racing Point signed four-times world champion Sebastian Vettel, who finished
11:50 AM ET UEFA is offering a rare, access-all-areas glimpse into the world of the loneliest person on any given Champions League matchday: the referee. “Man in the Middle” is a new four-part series produced and streamed by UEFA that allows us a behind-the-scenes look at match officiating at the very highest level. 2 Related
11:26 PM ET Matt Nagy or Bill Lazor. Old or new. It didn’t matter. The Chicago Bears’ (5-5) offense is broken beyond repair, regardless of who calls plays, an assignment that fell in Lazor’s lap during Monday night’s 19-13 divisional loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Chicago’s offense occasionally showed life in Lazor’s Bears playcalling debut,
12:48 AM ET Associated Press Lindy McDaniel, an All-Star reliever who appeared in nearly 1,000 major league games over 21 seasons, has died. He was 84. Bill Chambers, longtime friend and fellow elder at the Lavon Church of Christ in Lavon, Texas, said McDaniel died of COVID-19 on Saturday night at an acute care facility
6:24 PM ET San Diego Padres right-hander Mike Clevinger is set to undergo Tommy John surgery on Tuesday and is expected to miss the entirety of the 2021 season. The team made the announcement Monday, saying that they’ve also re-signed Clevinger to a two-year deal. The agreement replaces Clevinger’s two remaining seasons of arbitration eligibility.
6:21 PM ET Nick JuddTransfer writer The coronavirus pandemic made the summer transfer market unlike any before it, but there were still plenty of deals done, and you can check out the major ones here. The window might be closed across the top leagues in Europe, but here are the best rumours from around the
5:46 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN The New Orleans Pelicans announced their coaching staff under Stan Van Gundy on Monday afternoon and the team is elevating Naismith Hall of Famer and WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon to a full-time coaching position. Weatherspoon, 54, becomes the eighth full-time female assistant coach in the NBA. She joined the New
8:55 PM ET Small forward DeMar DeRozan has exercised his player option for the upcoming season and will remain with the San Antonio Spurs, the team announced. “I’m back San Antonio!” DeRozan said in a tweet sent by the team. “Looking forward to training camp and building on the high level of play we showed
11:43 PM ET The Rockets are finalizing a trade to send Robert Covington to Portland for Trevor Ariza, a 2020 first-round pick and a 2021 protected first-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Blazers are sending Houston the 16th pick in Wednesday’s NBA draft and another future first-round pick, sources said. The deal can’t