10:02 AM ET Philadelphia Phillies starter Jake Arrieta says he hopes to have a conversation with the team in the coming days to decide whether he needs to shut things down to take care of a bone spur in his elbow. Arrieta’s remarks came after an ineffective performance Sunday night in San Francisco. “I don’t
Month: August 2019
2:50 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Dalvin Cook breezed back into town after an offseason spent at home in Miami, and on the night before he and other veterans report to Minnesota Vikings training camp, the running back is starving. Not starving for excellence or any other metaphor that can sum up his mentality heading
9:42 AM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Roberto Luongo‘s No. 1 jersey will be retired by the Florida Panthers on March 7. The Panthers announced the ceremony date for their now-retired goaltender on Monday. Fittingly, the opponent will be the Montreal Canadiens — Luongo’s hometown team. Luongo will become the first Panthers player to
9:39 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots acquired third-year tight end Eric Saubert from the Atlanta Falcons on Monday for a conditional draft pick. The selection headed to Atlanta is a conditional seventh-round draft choice, league sources told ESPN. Saubert, who enters his third NFL season, was part of a crowded depth
9:00 AM ET There isn’t much debate on which two teams project as the best in college football for the 2019 season — they’re the same two teams that have dominated the sport for the past four seasons — Alabama and Clemson. So, not surprisingly, our ranking of the best players in college football for
11:00 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers outside linebacker Brian Burns crouched a few yards behind Chase Daniel after sacking the Chicago Bears quarterback for a 7-yard loss Thursday. He used an inside swim move that made Bears undrafted tight end Ian Bunting look silly. It was the second of two “Spider-Man” poses the
11:00 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Sean Payton has a great analogy he likes to use sometimes with free-agent signings. When the New Orleans Saints coach was growing up, his parents loved going to garage sales on the weekend. “That was their hobby together,” Payton said. “So we probably had about 10 different sofas —
9:15 AM ET Rich Paul, founder and CEO of Klutch Sports Group, said that while it’s “flattering” that the NCAA’s new agent provisions are being called the “Rich Paul Rule,” he’s more concerned about the greater impact the new criteria will have. Colloquially dubbed the “Rich Paul Rule,” the memo, obtained by ESPN, outlines new
9:05 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Just two days after saying he wasn’t sure if Cam Robinson would be able to play in the season opener, Jaguars coach Doug Marrone said the team’s starting left tackle is being activated from the physically unable to perform list and will participate in portions of Monday’s practice. Marrone
6:44 AM ET Alex Albon will take Pierre Gasly’s seat at Red Bull for the second half of the 2019 season, with Gasly moving back to Toro Rosso. Gasly joined Red Bull from Toro Rosso at the start of the year but has struggled for performance, scoring just 63 points to teammate Max Verstappen’s 181.