5:41 PM ET Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer took one step closer to building a new arena for the team by investing $100 million in the city of Inglewood. Ballmer’s $100 million community benefits plan was negotiated with city officials from Inglewood as part of their arena development agreement and is set to be
Month: September 2019
5:25 PM ET Stanford coach David Shaw announced Tuesday that quarterback K.J. Costello will return this weekend against No. 17 UCF, but said the team will be without star offensive tackle Walker Little, who will have season-ending knee surgery. Costello missed Saturday’s loss to USC with a head injury suffered the week before against Northwestern.
5:08 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — It didn’t take long for the injury bug that bit Arizona Cardinals‘ offensive line in recent years to strike in 2019. The Cardinals put right tackle Marcus Gilbert on injure reserve Tuesday with a knee injury that he suffered last week. The injury kept Gilbert out of the Cardinals’
5:03 PM ET Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — Two-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson will take the rest of the 2019 season off as he continues to recover from a right knee injury, he said Tuesday on social media. The hard-serving South African hasn’t played in a tournament since losing in the third round of Wimbledon
4:40 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Yet another injury has waylaid Byron Buxton, and the Minnesota Twins‘ speedster center fielder will miss the rest of the season recovering from shoulder surgery that puts his readiness for spring training next year in question. The American League Central leaders placed Buxton and his ailing left shoulder
5:25 PM ET Bottom 10 Inspirational thought of the week: Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,Darkness be over me, my rest a stone.Yet in my dreamsI’d be nearer, my God, to Thee. — “Nearer, my God, to Thee,” Sarah F. Adams, 1841 More than a century later, there is still much debate as
4:30 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — One day after coach Adam Gase’s public criticism of the team, the New York Jets traded for wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and changed kickers for the third time since training camp — a mini-shake-up that sends a message to the locker room. The Jets acquired Thomas from the
4:30 PM ET The New England Patriots have agreed to trade wide receiver Demaryius Thomas to the New York Jets, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Pats will get back a 2021 sixth-round pick for Thomas, who was inactive for the team’s Week 1 win over Pittsburgh. Thomas became expendable after New England signed wide
4:06 PM ET New York Jets defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd was suspended six games by the NFL for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. He will be eligible to return to the Jets’ active roster on Monday, Oct. 28. Shepard told NFL.com he knowingly took the banned substances while he was recovering from shoulder and
3:38 PM ET Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Nick Starkel has been named Arkansas‘ starting quarterback. Starkel, a graduate transfer who previously played for Texas A&M, will replace Ben Hicks for Saturday’s game against Colorado State. After Hicks struggled Saturday against Mississippi, Starkel stepped in and went 17 for 24 for 201 yards and a