7:43 PM ET Texas A&M running back Trayveon Williams, the SEC’s leading rusher this past season, will forego his senior season and enter April’s NFL draft, he announced in a video on Twitter on Thursday. Williams, a 5-foot-9, 200-pound junior from Houston, rushed for 1,760 yards with 18 touchdowns on 271 attempts in 13 games.
Month: January 2019
6:46 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Just a year after the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 included three enshrines who had been eligible for the first time, the Class of ’19 could turn the trick again. Former Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, former Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed and former Kansas City
8:19 PM ET Mitchell Lamb SATURDAY’S BEST Gold Coast Race 9 No.4 Unlikely Story (Brad Stewart) – $3.60 From early on, I’ve had a pretty decent opinion of Unlikely Story and I certainly don’t think we’ve seen him reach his ceiling yet. Saturday represents a good opportunity for the striking chestnut to take another step
6:23 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks expect cornerback Shaquill Griffin to play Saturday despite a sprained ankle that had his status in some question for their wild-card game against the Dallas Cowboys. Despite some long lists of players who didn’t practice this week, the Seahawks’ injury situation heading into Dallas
6:22 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Army coach Jeff Monken simply shrugged at the good news. “It was just a great job by everybody,” Monken said Thursday after learning he had been selected as the George Munger Coach of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club. “I’m really proud of the job the staff
2:12 PM ET It’s not a stretch to say Kayla Harrison‘s entire MMA career may have changed last Saturday, as she looked on from a hotel bedroom. Harrison (3-0) was in New York last week for a lightweight fight against Moriel Charneski on the PFL’s New Year’s Eve card. A two-time Olympic gold medalist in
4:59 PM ET ESPN News Services MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace has apologized to Memphis’ fans for an apparent altercation following the team’s latest loss. Wallace said Thursday that the Grizzlies had an “emotionally-charged” meeting Wednesday night after a 101-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons. It was Memphis’ 10th loss in 13
5:19 PM ET Mike Davis, the chief setup person for U.S. Open courses since 2005, is relinquishing those duties voluntarily to focus on his responsibilities as the USGA’s chief executive officer. The move, Davis said, has been under consideration for several years and is not in response to several recent controversies at the U.S. Open,
4:58 PM ET Arizona Coyotes forward Nick Schmaltz has been placed on injured reserve with a lower body injury, the team announced Thursday. Schmaltz is considered week-to-week, the Coyotes said. The 22-year-old was scratched from Wednesday’s 3-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers with the injury. It was his first missed game since being acquired from
5:03 PM ET Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma suffered a lower back contusion in Wednesday’s loss to the Thunder, MRI results Thursday showed. The forward is questionable for Friday’s game against the New York Knicks, according to the Lakers. Kuzma, the Lakers’ second-leading scorer this season with an 18.3 points-per-game average, was limited to