6:20 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Former Cleveland Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks pleaded guilty to insider trading charges on Thursday, and faces up to 25 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter asked Kendricks why he was pleading guilty. “‘m making the decision because it’s the right thing to do,” he said,
Month: September 2018
6:04 PM ET Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm is going to be out for the rest of the year, her agent said Thursday. Holm underwent successful knee surgery Wednesday to repair an injured meniscus and will need approximately four weeks of recovery, agent Lenny Fresquez said. She is hoping to return to action
6:18 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Ray Allen said his five seasons with the Boston Celtics were the “most important time in my life,” even as the fractured relationship with members of the 2007-08 title team hovers over his impending induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Allen made headlines earlier this week
6:07 PM ET Josh Donaldson‘s agent disputed a report Thursday that the Toronto Blue Jays offered the three-time All-Star and 2015 American League MVP a multi-year contract extension before trading him to the Cleveland Indians last week. According to a report by Jon Heyman of Fancred, “Contrary to some suggestions out there that they never
6:25 PM ET ESPN News Services Actor Burt Reynolds, a one-time Florida State running back and ardent Seminoles fan, was mourned and remembered by sports personalities after his death Thursday at the age of 82. “Burt was a lifelong friend, who was extremely close to me for the last 64 years,” ESPN College GameDay host
3:49 PM ET Featherweight world titleholder Oscar Valdez, out of action since suffering a badly broken jaw in a March 10 title defense against Scott Quigg, was cleared to resume full training Thursday, manager Frank Espinoza told ESPN. Valdez saw his doctor, oral surgeon Dr. Douglas Galen, this week in Beverly Hills, California, for an
5:40 PM ET Peter BodoTennis Close Peter Bodo has been covering tennis for over 35 years, mostly recently for ESPN. He is a former WTA Writer of the Year and the author of numerous books, including the classic “The Courts of Babylon” and the New York Times bestseller (with Pete Sampras), “A Champion’s Mind.” NEW
4:44 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey has established a reputation as one of the NFL’s brashest trash-talkers, but his comments about how he could “probably crack” an NHL roster in six months has struck a nerve with hockey players. After taking verbal shots at New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski
5:06 PM BST The Griquas will make a welcome return home to Kimberley as they look to register their first win of the 2018 Currie Cup season when they take on the Blue Bulls in Kimberley on Saturday afternoon. After consecutive losses away to the Pumas (42-19) and the Golden Lions (62-41) in the opening
4:30 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Deputy commissioner Bill Daly says the NHL does not expect to change its rules on marijuana with the legalization of cannabis in Canada coming on Oct. 17. Daly said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that the move won’t affect the NHL/NHLPA drug-testing policy. Daly