6:59 PM ET The Oakland Raiders are expected to re-sign veteran running back Doug Martin, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez on Wednesday. Martin’s return comes after Raiders running back Isaiah Crowell tore his Achilles during a workout with the team Tuesday and was ruled out for the season, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter
Month: May 2019
7:18 PM ET ESPN News Services WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Attorneys for Robert Kraft wound down a three-day hearing Wednesday by arguing surveillance video capturing the New England Patriots owner inside a Florida massage spa should be suppressed in his prostitution case because a warrant allowing it should never have been granted. Although Judge
7:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Morning-line favorite Omaha Beach has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem, trainer Richard Mandella said Wednesday. “He was coughing, which made us suspicious, and we scoped him,” Mandella told reporters Wednesday night. “It’s not anything we can fix to have him run on Saturday,
8:05 PM ET The Houston Rockets are optimistic that star guard James Harden will not have any more problems with his vision in the Western Conference semifinals, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. After the Rockets’ flight landed in Houston on Wednesday afternoon, Harden went straight to an eye doctor. Tests revealed no damage to either
6:28 PM ET The Houston Rockets are optimistic that star guard James Harden will not have any more problems with his vision in the Western Conference semifinals, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Harden suffered contusions in both eyes and a laceration on the inside of his left eyelid when he was inadvertently hit in the
6:22 PM ET CAMDEN, N.J. — Coming off a career playoff-low 12 points in the Philadelphia 76ers‘ 94-89 Game 2 win against the Toronto Raptors, Joel Embiid vowed to be patient so long as the Raptors keep defending him the way they have been. “It’s all about doing whatever I’m asked to,” Embiid said Wednesday
6:10 PM ET Tim Heaney In the early going, many fantasy baseball preseason aces have started slowly or scarily, thanks in significant part to the baseball’s rejuiced physics. Heavy investors in pitching should look away: Fantasy aces, or near aces, with a 4.00+ ERA (through 4/30) Pitcher K% BB% K%-BB% BABIP BARRELS/PA LOB% HR/9 ERA
6:01 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn — The Tennessee Titans will not pick up the fifth-round option for right tackle Jack Conklin, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Conklin is set to become a free agent
6:15 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told the Parliament of Canada on Wednesday that it would be impossible to ban all hits to the head and maintain hockey as a physical game. Bettman said in testimony that larger players would inevitably land blows on smaller players’ heads in the
6:27 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN The Minnesota Timberwolves hired Houston Rockets executive Gersson Rosas as president of basketball operations on Wednesday, league sources told ESPN. Rosas, a native of Bogota, Colombia, will become the NBA’s first Latino top basketball executive. Rosas met with Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor on Wednesday and a deal came together shortly