12:36 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL begins sending out their “playoff picture” emails on the first evening after the trade deadline. It’s a large spreadsheet filled with the current standings, the schedules ahead and the “tragic numbers” for teams in playoff contention, i.e. the number of points they have to lose and the team
Month: March 2019
2:45 AM ET Running backs will be featured during Day 1 of on-field workouts at the 2019 NFL scouting combine Friday. In related news, the Philadelphia Eagles evaluators spent the morning popping popcorn and polishing their binoculars. The Eagles haven’t drafted a running back higher than the fourth round since executive vice president of football
10:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” For most of us, the Bryce Harper Story began almost a decade ago with a headline: “Baseball’s LeBron.” In Tom Verducci’s profile of a Las Vegas teenager who was so much better
10:48 AM ET Chicken can go back on the menu at the Brandon Nimmo household, as his wife says a virus, not improperly cooked food, led the New York Mets outfielder to fall ill. Nimmo had been set to make his defensive debut Thursday, but that was put off with what manager Mickey Callaway initially
11:35 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN In a season that was lost months ago, the Ottawa Senators, the worst team in the NHL, have fired coach Guy Boucher, the team announced Friday. Assistant coach Marc Crawford was named as the team’s interim coach. The Senators (22-37-5) dealt their three leading goal-scorers at the trade deadline, sending
4:30 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Running back Alex Collins was waived by the Baltimore Ravens on Friday afternoon, hours after he had been arrested following a car crash about a mile away from the team facility. Collins’ car crashed into a tree in Owings Mills around 6:48 a.m., according to police. The charges
11:12 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens running back Alex Collins was arrested Friday morning after a car crash about a mile away from the team facility. Ravens spokesman Chad Steele said the team has spoken with police and is aware of the situation. Collins’ car crashed into a tree in Owings Mills
10:14 AM ET The Philadelphia Eagles agreed to terms on a three-year extension with defensive end Brandon Graham, the team announced on Friday. The new deal, which will keep Graham with the Eagles through the 2021 season, is reportedly worth $40 million, a source tells ESPN’s Tim McManus. The Eagles and Graham had been negotiating
9:54 AM ET Maximilian Kieffer took the clubhouse lead as the second day of the Oman Open was cut short by sandstorms. Kieffer, one of only eleven players to complete their round, hit a solid 70 in Muscat, before play was suspended around midday. The majority of the field was unable to get started in
9:32 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN UNIONDALE, NY — Kiernan Hanrahan was wearing a New York Islanders jersey to a New York Islanders home game, and yet it felt like he was walking into enemy territory. “We were a little concerned coming in,” he admitted, standing in the concourse at Nassau Coliseum. That’s because Hanrahan was