10:44 AM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The leader of a Nashville organizing group for this month’s NFL draft has apologized about initial plans to cut 21 ornamental cherry trees to make room for the event. The plans caused an uproar before they were modified. Nashville Mayor David Briley put a halt to plans
Month: April 2019
7:15 AM ET Chris PetersESPN NHL Close Chris Peters is ESPN’s NHL draft and prospects analyst. The Chicago native previously covered the NHL for CBSSports.com and founded the popular independent blog UnitedStatesofHockey.com where he covered the game at all levels since 2010. The World Cup of Hockey might be no more — for now —
11:14 AM ET Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings NOTE: These rankings will be updated throughout the offseason. 2019 Fantasy Football Rankings Top 32 quarterbacks for 2019 Top
10:36 AM ET Associated Press BILOXI, Miss. — Kevin Sutherland won the Rapiscan Systems Classic on Monday by making an 18-foot birdie putt on the seventh hole of a sudden-death playoff to beat Scott Parel and win for the second time on the PGA Tour Champions. It was the first birdie Sutherland made since Saturday.
11:05 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL awards voters will fill out their ballots over the next two weeks, scouring every stats site for vital input into their decision-making process before inevitably just voting for someone on their beat or whoever already won the award. Some awards leaders seem as though they’re cemented. Others can
10:05 AM BST The erratic NSW Waratahs have identified a dip in work rate from last year as one reason for their inconsistent Super Rugby form. The Tahs slipped off the top of the Australian conference following a shock 31-29 loss to the Sunwolves in Newcastle last Friday. That deflating low came less than a
1:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In Will Grier‘s home in Morgantown, West Virginia, there’s a photo of him as an 11-year-old wearing a Lake Norman Giants uniform, preparing for the 2006 Christmas Town Bowl. A few weeks ago, Chad Grier noticed the picture as he and his son discussed the upcoming NFL draft. “I
10:15 AM ET Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay welcomed his friend Kliff Kingsbury to the NFL coaching ranks by trying to trick the Arizona Cardinals coach into thinking he would lose draft picks by tampering with Patrick Mahomes. McVay shared the story of his prank on Kingsbury on The Adam Schefter Podcast, which was
9:10 AM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — It didn’t take long for a media scrum to develop next to pole position on Sunday’s grid. Although it was easy to guess who was at the vortex of the crowd’s attention, so packed was the small patch of grass between car and guard rail, he wasn’t visible from
8:23 AM ET The shirtless workout photo of former Ole Miss wide receiver DK Metcalf set social media ablaze. Training alongside former teammate A.J. Brown at EXOS in Phoenix in the lead-up to the combine, Metcalf, shredded and thick as oak, looked more like a Mr. Olympia contestant than an NFL prospect. When he showed