3:56 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Big Boi and Travis Scott will join Maroon 5 in the Super Bowl halftime show. Maroon 5 had been the widely reported halftime show act since September, but the NFL officially announced the band as its headliner Sunday. The league says Maroon 5 will feature guest artists,
Month: January 2019
3:24 PM ET Junior featherweight world titleholder TJ Doheny’s first defense will come against Ryohei Takahashi on Friday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn announced on Sunday. Hearn signed Doheny on Monday and immediately added him to his DAZN card headlined by middleweight world
1:43 PM ET Annesha Ghosh in Mumbai Mithali Raj has said that the acrimony that followed India’s semi-final exit in the Women’s World T20 is a thing of the past, even though she felt the episode did “hamper” the profile of the Indian women’s team. “I don’t know how controversies help the profile of the
1:48 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs guard Jeff Allen is rewarding a fan’s act of kindness toward him with tickets to next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. Allen tweeted early Sunday morning that his car got stuck in the snow before the Chiefs’ playoff game against the Colts on Saturday, and that a man named Dave
7:37 PM ET A pair of Alabama defenders announced their intentions Sunday to enter the NFL draft as underclassmen. Safety Deionte Thompson and linebacker Mack Wilson made their decisions public via their personal Twitter accounts. The deadline to enter the NFL draft is Monday. Roll Tide Always & Forever!🤞🏾 pic.twitter.com/qlW2P7YKGm — Deionte Thompson (@playmaker_11) January
2:03 PM ET Deionte Thompson became the latest Alabama underclassman to announce plans to forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. The junior safety made the announcement on Twitter on Sunday. The deadline for underclassmen to enter the draft is Monday. Roll Tide Always & Forever!🤞🏾 pic.twitter.com/qlW2P7YKGm — Deionte Thompson (@playmaker_11) January 13,
12:49 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Oakland Athletics are sending a group of top executives to meet with Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray on Sunday in hopes of convincing him to pursue a professional baseball career as
11:18 AM ET Even before they hire Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores as their next head coach, the Dolphins already are thinking about rebuilding and trying to land one of the trumpeted quarterbacks from the class of 2020, which includes Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Oregon’s Justin Herbert, league sources told ESPN. The Dolphins are waiting
10:32 AM ET Recent coaching hirings have shined a light on an ugly prospect: that the NFL is starting to set up its fight for a potential work stoppage in 2021 and a disruption of football that season, league sources told ESPN. In coaching contracts negotiated in the past week, teams are addressing how much
10:29 AM ET The Miami Dolphins are watching New England, waiting for the Patriots‘ season to end, so they can finalize a deal with Brian Flores to become their next head coach, sources told ESPN. Flores is Miami’s No. 1 choice, according to sources. The Dolphins are allowed to negotiate a deal with Flores’ agent,