2:08 PM ET Welcome to a weekly feature we’re doing here, where we try to have some fun with underlying numbers. The plan is to highlight a couple of trends, then dig beneath the surface to get a better sense of what they ultimately mean, what’s causing them, and how likely it is that they’ll
Month: January 2019
9:09 AM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs are running out of goalies. The team put starter Frederik Andersen, who has been out since Dec. 22 with a groin injury, on injured reserve Thursday, retroactive to Dec. 23. Backup Garret Sparks is also injured. He was put in the concussion protocol after taking a shot off
8:34 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN THE FIRST MEETING Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse had with Kawhi Leonard came with trepidation. As Nurse walked down the hall from his office inside the team’s practice facility to the coach’s meeting room last July, just weeks after being named Toronto’s head coach, uncertainty loomed large. Nurse had heard
8:54 AM ET Welcome to the NFL playoffs! If you’re a lucky fan, congratulations. Your team has delivered on the preseason hype, survived the exhausting 16-game regular-season, and made it to January for postseason football. If you’re a fan of the Patriots or Saints, you probably made reservations months ago. If you’re backing the Colts
12:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — On Dec. 9, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper could not be stopped. He caught 10 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns, including the game winner in overtime, against the Philadelphia Eagles. In the three games since, Cooper has 13 receptions for 83 yards, including five catches for
12:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The door has been left ajar. Eli Manning‘s future with the New York Giants remains uncertain going into this offseason. That is where everything stands on Jan. 3, which just so happens to be Manning’s 38th birthday. He has one year remaining on a contract that has a
2:09 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Forget “Philly Special,” the Super Bowl run or aggressiveness on fourth down. When Matt Nagy thinks of Doug Pederson, he thinks of late-night raids of the Eagles cafeteria back when they were just a couple of fledgling assistants trying to earn their stripes. “At night time when we’re drawing cards,
8:00 AM ET MITCHELL TRUBISKY’S POSTGAME media conferences are mind-numbing exercises in amiable banality. He greets every question with a cheery and time-buying “For sure” and then proceeds to break it down to its least interesting parts. This is by design — he’d never allow himself to give anything away. Apart from the crowd, Trubisky
8:51 AM ET Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Qualifying for the college football championship game never has been harder for teams other than Alabama and Clemson. Getting into the stadium to watch the Crimson Tide and Tigers play for the title for the third time in four years has perhaps never been cheaper. Prices
8:00 AM ET Anthony Gulizia It’s a less-than-ideal week to be a middling coach with a subpar record and a great one to be a hot-ticket candidate pegged for the next big gig. Eight coaches have been fired, topping the seven from last year. Here’s what you need to know about each opening. 2018 season