12:04 PM ET Associated Press A new study shows concussions plunged in Ivy League football after the kickoff and touchback lines were moved. The rule change was intended to limit kickoff returns, which some experts consider the game’s most dangerous play. The 2016 change came after data showed kickoffs accounted for 6 percent of all
Month: October 2018
8:33 PM ET Featherweight Shakur Stevenson, a 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist and one of the top prospects in boxing, will engage in his first scheduled 10-round fight when he faces Duarn Vue on Oct. 13, Top Rank announced on Monday. The fight, for a vacant regional title, will serve as the co-feature of the
12:00 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — As television cameras circled LeSean McCoy‘s locker stall in the underbelly of Lambeau Field after a 22-0 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, he initially told reporters he did not believe there was much to talk about following the Buffalo Bills‘ first shutout defeat since 2008.
11:48 AM ET If the way in which Mercedes enacted team orders at the Russian Grand Prix seemed clumsy, it’s because it was. It is laughable to suggest Mercedes should have let Lewis Hamilton leave points on the table this close to the end of the season by allowing Valtteri Bottas to win the Russian
11:50 AM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The Blues have acquired defenseman Jakub Jerabek from the Edmonton Oilers for a conditional 2020 sixth-round pick. The pick becomes a fifth-rounder in 2020 if Jerabek appears in 50 or more regular-season games for St. Louis this season. General manager Doug Armstrong announced the trade Monday on
7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN On the eve of last season, Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres agreed on a maximum eight-year, $80 million extension. It was a cause celebre in Buffalo. The 18-year-old had arrived, after all, shouldering massive expectations as the No. 2 overall pick, and despite his first two “mediocre” seasons —
11:02 AM ET Connor McDonagh Formula E founder Alejandro Agag believes Formula E has the potential to overtake Formula One as the world’s leading motorsport series once the automotive industry becomes all-electric. Formula E is currently the only all-electric racing series and will enter its fifth season when it debuts its new Gen2 car in
12:01 PM ET Not all schedules are created equal. Some teams may have benefited from soft early schedules and could be in for a rude awakening as the schedules get tougher in their conference. Others have already gotten through most of their big tests for the year and are primed to make a steady climb
11:19 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Montreal Canadiens named defenseman Shea Weber as their new captain on Monday. Weber is the 30th captain in franchise history. He succeeds American-born winger Max Pacioretty, who was traded to the Vegas Golden Knights this summer. Pacioretty had been Montreal’s captain since 2015. Weber’s captaincy was decided by management;
Giuseppe Rossi has been reprimanded but not banned for failing a doping test last May. The former Manchester United forward tested positive for a banned substance in a random test following Genoa’s clash with Benevento on May 12. At a hearing of the Italian National Anti-Doping Organisation’s (NADO) tribunal on Monday, he was ordered to