Month: November 2018

6:52 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey wants Mississippi athletic director Ross Bjork and Mississippi State athletic director John Cohen to meet him in the league office to discuss “creating a healthier environment” for the annual Egg Bowl matchup. Mississippi State’s 35-3 victory over Ole Miss in Thursday’s Egg
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5:37 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Resources from an unprecedented agreement between the Players Coalition and the NFL to address social justice issues are starting to be distributed. On the day before Thanksgiving, nine people were bailed from jail in Philadelphia via a $50,000 grant from the Eagles Social Justice Fund, comprised of money raised by
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4:56 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Examinations of Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz‘s right shoulder will extend through Wednesday in New York and no decision on his next steps is expected until later in the week, league sources told ESPN. Fultz’s agent and attorney, Raymond Brothers, informed the Sixers that Fultz would seek further opinions on
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4:52 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts have placed tight end Jack Doyle on injured reserve, coach Frank Reich said Monday. Doyle suffered a kidney injury when he took a hard hit in the second half of Sunday’s victory over Miami. He left the game momentarily, returned and played several more snaps before exiting
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8:45 AM ET In the final rankings of 2014, the inaugural season of the College Football Playoff, TCU dropped from No. 3 to No. 6, even though it finished the regular season 11-1. It was one of the most memorable and controversial decisions to date and serves as a reminder that while Tuesday’s Top 25
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4:38 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Steve Wilks considers himself to be “very direct,” and not in the business of sending messages. But a day after the Arizona Cardinals were throttled 45-10 by the Los Angeles Chargers, that’s exactly what he did early Monday afternoon when his team cut two starters and put two others
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4:30 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton was placed on injured reserve with a thumb injury suffered in Sunday’s loss to the Browns. To take his roster spot, the team acquired quarterback Tom Savage on waivers from the San Francisco 49ers. Dalton was injured on the fourth play of the third quarter after a
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4:38 PM ET Associated Press ABC is joining the NFL draft broadcast business and will televise all three days of picks next April. The network will join ESPN, also part of Walt Disney Company’s TV properties, for prime-time coverage on Thursday and Friday nights, April 25 and 26, from Nashville, Tennessee. NFL Network also will
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