Month: June 2018

8:02 AM ET ESPN.com staff A look at every first-round pick for each school in ESPN’s Ultimate Draft top 25 ranking over the past 10 seasons. 1. North Carolina Tar Heels First-round picks, 2009-18: Mitchell Trubisky (NFL, 2017), Justin Jackson (NBA, 2017), Tony Bradley (NBA, 2017), J.B. Bukauskas (MLB, 2017), Logan Warmoth (MLB, 2017), Colton
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4:09 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts running back Robert Turbin has been suspended four games for using performance-enhancing drugs, the league announced Friday. He will be eligible to return October 1, ahead of the team’s Week 5 game at New England on Oct. 4. “A urine sample I provided to the NFL has resulted
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Jun 29, 2018 TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released starting right guard J.R. Sweezy, the team announced Friday. Sweezy had missed OTAs and mandatory minicamp recovering from a leg injury. A source told ESPN that Sweezy has officially been cleared to resume football activities. After Logan Mankins retired, the Bucs signed Sweezy
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1:59 PM ET SPIELBERG, Austria — After his latest session behind the wheel for Williams Robert Kubica joked that the strongest feature of the team’s problematic FW41 is its livery. Austria was the latest in Kubica’s scheduled appearances in a race weekend’s opening practice session. The Pole, who is Williams’ reserve driver for 2018, replaced
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Jun 29, 2018 Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The NFL has warned teams that 11-on-11 training camp drills were largely responsible for last year’s spike in preseason concussions, an important data point as coaches finalize practice schedules for this summer’s
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9:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This article was adapted from Phil Steele’s college football preview magazine, which is available here. What constitutes a surprise team? For me, it’s a team that isn’t considered a consensus preseason top-10 team that could make a playoff run. This year, my projected preseason AP top 10 is Alabama, Clemson,
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