12:44 PM ET Florida State junior outside linebacker Joshua Kaindoh will miss the rest of the season with a lower leg injury, dealing another blow to a struggling Seminoles defense. Coach Willie Taggart on Monday announced the season-ending injury for Kaindoh, who has been listed as a co-starter at the “edge” position. He appeared in
Month: September 2019
12:08 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Add another bowl game to the mix, this one at Fenway Park. The century-old baseball park will host a matchup between teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the American Athletic Conference, starting in 2020. The date for the Fenway Bowl is expected to be announced on Tuesday.
4:46 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The NFL’s highest-paid backup quarterback just might have become the most important one, too. So far, Teddy Bridgewater‘s brief tenure with the New Orleans Saints has been less than awe-inspiring. But now that Drew Brees is expected to undergo thumb surgery — Adam Schefter reports that Brees is expected
4:59 AM ET PITTSBURGH — As guard Ramon Foster walked out of the locker room after a second-straight loss for the Pittsburgh Steelers, he was asked about quarterback Mason Rudolph taking over the offense if Ben Roethlisberger‘s elbow injury keeps him sidelined. His answer was blunt: Rudolph prepares like a mad man. “He wants this,”
11:51 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers star quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will have surgery on his right elbow and miss the remainder of the season, coach Mike Tomlin announced Monday. In a statement released by the team, Tomlin said Roethlisberger will undergo the surgery at some point this week after having an MRI on Sunday night.
11:18 AM ET Former Minnesota coach Jerry Kill has joined Virginia Tech as special assistant to coach Justin Fuente, the school announced Monday. Kill most recently served as athletics director and special assistant to the chancellor at Southern Illinois. “Jerry Kill will serve as a tremendous resource for our football program,” Fuente said in a
11:09 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets are hiring former Turner executive David Levy as Chief Executive Officer, league sources tell ESPN. Levy worked closely with the NBA in his capacity overseeing Turner Sports’ television sports coverage and holds a strong relationship with commissioner Adam Silver. Levy’s appointment will become official shortly after the league’s Board
11:11 AM BST Over 15,000 fans attended Wales’s open training session in Kitakyushu, Japan on Monday ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Warren Gatland’s Wales squad have chosen Kitakyushu as their pre-tournament training camp and the city has embraced the squad as its second team, with three separate queues of fans nearly half a mile
9:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — Where there was once a Sandman, there now might be a Bogeyman. At least that’s what teammate Domingo German calls New York Yankees ace Luis Severino: “The Bogeyman.” Batters, said German, take pause just hearing his
10:38 AM ET New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees is expected to undergo thumb surgery as early as Monday that could sideline him about six weeks, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Brees left Sunday’s game late in the first quarter after his right throwing hand appeared to hit Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron