11:19 PM ET Johnny Manziel is headed back to the United States to play football, and it will be in Memphis, Tennessee. The Alliance of American Football announced Saturday night that it has signed the quarterback and that he was claimed on waivers by the Memphis Express after the San Antonio Commanders relinquished his rights.
Month: March 2019
9:56 PM ET Johnny Manziel is headed back to the United States to play football. The former first-round pick of the Cleveland Browns has signed an agreement to play in the Alliance of American Football, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Because San Antonio, the team he would have been allocated to, waived
9:21 AM ET ESPN Stats & Information MLB and the MLB Players Association have agreed to a deal that will enact several new rules starting in the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Here are some of the most notable rule changes and what they might mean for the game, both on and off the field. Rule
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — See if this sounds familiar: Rory McIlroy enters the final round of a PGA Tour event with a chance to win. Now, can he get it done? If so, he’ll have to pass Jon Rahm — a kinder, gentler Jon Rahm. There’s some other big names in the hunt, with
8:16 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — Cole Custer held off Kyle Busch to win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday, preventing Busch from tying Richard Petty’s record with his 200th career victory across NASCAR’s three major series. The 21-year-old Custer capitalized when a disastrous pit stop dropped Busch
7:55 PM ET Outfielder Carlos Gonzalez has agreed to a minor league deal with the Cleveland Indians, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, confirming multiple reports. He will receive a base salary of $2 million if he makes the major league roster. Gonzalez — the Rockies’ longtime charismatic outfielder, emotional leader and three-time All-Star and three-time
8:02 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim It’s been a dizzying fall for Darren Till, who just last September was undefeated going into a challenge for the UFC welterweight championship. Till lost on that night, and on Saturday he suffered a second straight defeat, knocked out by a devastating left hook from Jorge Masvidal in the main
7:36 PM ET Steven Smith and David Warner have said it felt like they had never been away from the Australia set-up having been welcomed back with “open arms” during the first part of their reintegration with a series of meetings in Dubai before heading to the IPL. The pair, whose international bans expire on
7:32 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Jon Rahm felt like every shot would be good and most of them were as he posted an 8-under 64 on Saturday and built a one-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood in the Players Championship. Five shots behind going into the third round,
6:24 PM ET Phil MurphyESPN Video Great Britain’s first UFC champion is now its first Hall of Famer. The UFC announced Michael Bisping (31-9) as the first inductee of 2019 during Saturday’s event in London. He’s the fifth member of the Hall of Fame’s Modern Wing, joining Forrest Griffin, BJ Penn, Urijah Faber and Ronda