5:13 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired former Ottawa Senators coach Paul MacLean as an assistant coach. MacLean led the Senators to a 114-90-35 record and a pair of playoff appearances. He won the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year in 2013 after being a finalist
4:55 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. The Mid-American Conference will begin its football season on Nov. 4 and play a six-game, conference-only schedule, with
4:08 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders rookie receiver Henry Ruggs III, the fastest player in the 2020 draft, was ruled out Sunday against the New England Patriots with knee and hamstring injuries. Ruggs injured his hamstring in practice on Thursday. Ruggs, who caught three passes for 55 yards and carried the ball
3:45 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Outside linebacker Vic Beasley will make his debut for the Tennessee Titans on Sunday when they travel to Minnesota to face the Vikings. Beasley has been dealing with a
4:24 PM ET The Detroit Lions seem to be closer to getting back their top wide receiver. Kenny Golladay said he hopes to make his season debut against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday after missing the first two games with a hamstring injury. “God-willing, I’m going to try everything in my power to be out
3:17 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers won all four games that Davante Adams missed last season because of turf toe, and it looks like they will put that streak on the line this week. Adams is doubtful for Sunday night’s game at the New Orleans Saints because of the hamstring
4:18 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes was placed on the injured list Friday with a strained left oblique, likely ending the right-hander’s breakthrough season. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said that if Milwaukee advances to the playoffs, Burnes would be unavailable for the first round and would be doubtful
3:55 PM ET Thom Brennaman has resigned as a Cincinnati Reds broadcaster, he told WCPO on Friday, one month after he used an anti-gay slur on the air. “My family and I have decided that I am going to step away from my role as the television voice of the Cincinnati Reds,” Brennaman said in
3:54 PM ET The Washington Nationals and manager Dave Martinez have agreed to a three-year extension, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal is worth $7.5 million, according to USA Today. Martinez had an option on his contract for next season, but this deal would replace that and keep the manager with the reigning World
4:44 PM ET Former New Orleans Pelicans general manager Dell Demps has agreed to join the Utah Jazz as an assistant coach, reuniting with head coach Quin Snyder, sources tell ESPN. Demps — New Orleans’ GM for nine years, ending in 2019 — is making a dramatic career change after two decades as a front-office