4:23 PM ET Philadelphia 76ers forward Jimmy Butler suffered no structural damage in his groin, league sources told ESPN’s Zach Lowe. Butler underwent an MRI on Tuesday after leaving Monday night’s win over the Detroit Pistons in the first quarter with a groin strain. Despite the good news, Butler is still listed as doubtful for
Month: December 2018
7:00 AM ET There are several different ways to try to quantify an individual player’s contributions to his respective team’s overall results. From an offensive perspective, one way to do so is to look at what percentage of the goals being generated by the team are the result of the specific player’s creation. So in
3:22 PM ET Chicago Bears cornerback Bryce Callahan broke his left foot in his team’s 15-6 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. After Sunday night’s destruction of the Rams’ offense one thing is clear — the Bears are for real and they are a legitimate threat to win the NFC. Chicago’s defense absolutely
7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Miro Heiskanen admittedly didn’t know much about Texas before relocating there from Finland this summer. He knew of the Dallas Stars, even before they drafted him third overall in 2017, because his countryman Jere Lehtinen played 14 years with the team and won the Stanley Cup. He knew about the
3:34 PM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Blue Jays have released shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, making him a free agent, it was announced Tuesday. Tulowitzki, 34, had two years and $38 million remaining on his contract but has been plagued by injuries in recent seasons. The five-time All-Star selection and two-time Gold Glove Award winner
2:49 PM ET Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy perspective, with at least one mention of each of the
3:08 PM ET Steve KimESPN Normally, James “Buster” Douglas, the former heavyweight champion of the world, is among the most good-natured and nice individuals you’ll ever come across. That is, except when you call him a one-hit wonder for his exploits on Feb. 11, 1990, when Douglas pulled off what is considered the most shocking
4:28 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Rays owner Stuart Sternberg will reopen the site search for a new ballpark after concluding plans for a stadium in Tampa’s Ybor City area can’t be finalized by this month’s deadline. Sternberg said any new ballpark can’t open until at least 2024 and that the team must
3:01 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — An autopsy report states that former Clemson running back C.J. Fuller died of a blood clot that lodged in an artery in his lungs. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said in a report released Tuesday that the 22-year-old Fuller died from a “pulmonary thromboembolism and deep vein
3:03 PM ET PITTSBURGH — An inconclusive X-ray left Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on the sideline for most of the second half of Sunday’s 24-21 loss in Oakland. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that the X-ray for Roethlisberger’s rib injury was “not clearly readable” during the halftime evaluation, possibly due to dated equipment. Further tests