Month: June 2018

6:51 PM ET William Jenkins, the brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins, has been charged with aggravated manslaughter after a body was found Tuesday at the player’s house in Fair Lawn, New Jersey. The body was identified as Roosevelt Rene, 25, a Jenkins family friend who had been living at the house, according
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5:57 PM ET Former Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw alleged a conspiracy at the “highest level” at Baylor wherein regents planned to focus the school’s entire sexual assault scandal on athletics, ignoring the wider, decades-long problem at the university of mishandling rape reports, according to court documents filed Wednesday in an ongoing Title IX lawsuit
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6:56 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford is turning to an old acquaintance to bolster his team’s defense. According to multiple reports, the Penguins intend to sign unrestricted free-agent defenseman Jack Johnson to a five-year contract when he officially becomes available on Sunday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the deal will
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4:34 PM ET Former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks announced his retirement from mixed martial arts Wednesday, effectively ending a 12-year professional career. Hendricks, 34, broke the news on MMAJunkie Radio. He finishes his storied career with an 18-8 mark, which includes a 13-8 record in the UFC. Johny Hendricks, left, beat Robbie Lawler for
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Jun 26, 2018 June 21 marked the first day of summer, so what better day to have a mock fantasy football draft? After all, the next season is … football season! Mock drafts mostly speak for themselves, as we look to see where certain players are being taken and which positions are thinning out when.
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2:10 PM ET LAS VEGAS — At first glance, one might assume Brad Tavares was thrilled to book a fight against 28-year-old middleweight prospect Israel Adesanya. A former pro kickboxer, Adesanya (13-0) has garnered a lot of interest in just two UFC fights. He scored a knockout victory in his promotional debut in February, and
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