2:16 PM ET The Premier League had its first heavyweight battle as Liverpool handled Chelsea, league play began in the German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A, plus we got a good look at Real Madrid. It’s Monday, and Gab Marcotti reacts to the biggest moments in the sport of football from the past week. Jump
1:57 PM ET Mac Jones will be Alabama‘s starting quarterback when it opens the season Saturday against Missouri, coach Nick Saban announced on Monday. Jones, a redshirt junior, started four games last season when former quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was injured. He threw 327 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions during a 35-16 win over Michigan
1:50 PM ET LSU has named Myles Brennan the team’s starting quarterback when it opens the season on Saturday at home against Mississippi State. Brennan steps in for Joe Burrow, who threw for 76 touchdowns and had perhaps the best single-season in college football history last season. Burrow, a former transfer, won the Heisman Trophy
12:23 PM ET New York Jets wide receiver Breshad Perriman sprained his ankle and will be considered week-to-week, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Perriman’s injury left the Jets with Chris Hogan, Braxton Berrios and Josh Malone as their starting receivers for the 31-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. They went into the game
1:05 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — One day after Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians saw multiple drops from his wide receivers, tight ends and running backs, he got the good news that Chris Godwin, arguably his most sure-handed receiver, will be back this week against the Denver Broncos. He also said he’s not ready
2:05 PM ET The San Francisco 49ers are finalizing a one-year deal with free agent defensive end Ziggy Ansah after Nick Bosa suffered a likely ACL injury, a source tells ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The deal is expected to be finalized this week after Ansah passes COVID-19 protocols, the source said. 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said
1:54 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The 2020 season is all of eight quarters old and the Denver Broncos are already without many of their top players. Wide receiver Courtland Sutton suffered a torn ACL in Sunday’s 26-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, sources confirmed to ESPN Monday morning, and he will miss the remainder
11:49 AM ET HOUSTON — After Houston Texans rookie defensive tackle Ross Blacklock was ejected Sunday against the Ravens for throwing a punch, teammate J.J. Watt called it a “stupid” and “selfish” play. “It’s stupid. It’s selfish,” Watt said after the game. “It was a stupid play. It was selfish. It’s something — I mean,
12:09 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Tests on Monday confirmed that New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley has a torn ACL in his right knee. He will miss the remainder of the season. Barkley underwent an MRI at the Hospital of Special Surgery in Manhattan the day after he was injured during a
10:02 AM ET Top seed Simona Halep claimed the Italian Open in Rome on Monday after second seed Karolina Pliskova retired from the final with injury when she was down 6-0, 2-1. Halep raced into a 5-0 lead in the opening set, breaking the defending champion three times and also saved three break points at