6:00 AM ET Editor’s note: This list was first published in 2016 and has been updated with the Browns’ 2018 appearance on “Hard Knocks.” It’s the Oakland Raiders‘ turn to be placed in the NFL spotlight as the subject of the league’s popular HBO reality series “Hard Knocks.” The show will debut in August on
Month: June 2019
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12:55 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN In a landmark appointment for the NBA, the Cleveland Cavaliers are hiring University of California-Berkeley women’s coach Lindsay Gottlieb to be an assistant coach on John Beilein’s staff, league sources told ESPN. Gottlieb — a Final Four and seven-time NCAA tournament head coach for the Golden Bears — is the
12:39 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After trading Twitter barbs with Antonio Brown this offseason, JuJu Smith-Schuster is disappointed with how things ended with the All-Pro. Smith-Schuster this week kicks off his first Pittsburgh Steelers minicamp as the No. 1 receiver after the team traded Brown to the Oakland Raiders. “The man’s a role model. In
1:16 PM ET Three big names — Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka and Tiger Woods — are attracting the most money from bettors to win this week’s 119th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Johnson, at 7-1, is the favorite at the Caesars sportsbook, followed by Koepka, Woods and Rory McIlroy, who were each 9-1
11:29 AM ET UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov shot down the possibility of a Conor McGregor rematch at a news conference in London on Wednesday morning. Nurmagomedov, who was promoting his upcoming fight with interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier, questioned why McGregor merited a second chance at the belt. “The last three years he has
11:51 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to a one-year extension with offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz on Wednesday, putting him under contract through the 2021 season. The announcement was made on Twitter by agent Mike McCartney, who did not disclose terms of the deal. Schwartz, 30, was a first team All-Pro last season, the
11:21 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN BOSTON — Bruins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk has been medically cleared from a concussion and is likely to play in Game 7 on Wednesday, coach Bruce Cassidy said. “He’ll be a game-time decision,” Cassidy said. “But looks like he’ll go in.” Cassidy said rookie Connor Clifton would probably be bumped from
10:07 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears‘ kicking competition experienced another setback on Tuesday, and it wound up costing one player his job. The Bears waived kicker Chris Blewitt on Wednesday after all three kickers that participated in Tuesday’s mandatory minicamp practice missed their respective 42-yard field goal attempt in front of
9:57 AM ET Associated Press Andy Murray has said he is playing tennis “pretty much pain-free” and is hoping to compete in singles “at some stage this year.” The three-time Grand Slam champion says he doesn’t want to put a time frame on when he intends to return to action. “It’s baby steps just now,”