Month: September 2019

3:45 PM ET The NBA Board of Governors on Friday passed a stricter package of measures aimed to enforce compliance with tampering and salary cap circumvention. Speaking in New York, commissioner Adam Silver said the provisions passed unanimously as the league seeks a “culture of compliance.” “Suspending executives … taking away draft picks … voiding
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3:42 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — With left tackle Joe Staley out for six to eight weeks because of a broken fibula, the San Francisco 49ers added some offensive line depth Friday, signing veteran Sam Young to a one-year deal. Adding Young came at the surprising expense of wide receiver Trent Taylor, who was
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4:04 PM ET Paul Edwards Edgbaston on the third Friday afternoon in September. A few moments ago Dan Christian was chatting about Nottinghamshire’s second appearance in three years at the Vitality Blast T20 Finals Day. Christian has played for Australia, Barbados Tridents, Brisbane Heat, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Multan Sultans, Rising
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2:45 PM ET Barron Hilton, the heir to a hotel fortune who was one of the founders of the American Football League, died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 91. Hilton was the original owner of the Los Angeles Chargers and went on to become president of the AFL. In 1965, he helped negotiate the
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2:49 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Friday officially ruled quarterback Cam Newton out and named Kyle Allen the starter for Sunday’s game in Arizona against the Cardinals. Newton aggravated a sprained left foot in his last outing, a Thursday night loss to Tampa Bay that dropped the Panthers to 0-2. He
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3:10 PM ET Andre SnellingsESPN For those who are looking for a tool to concentrate various web opinions into one location in order to help make roster moves, IBM offers Watson’s Insights as an unsupervised, quantitative supplement to the more in-depth, personalized analysis that you would normally expect from an ESPN analyst. IBM Insights uses
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2:27 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard has been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Falcons due to a concussion, coach Frank Reich said Friday. Leonard, who led the NFL in tackles (163) as a rookie in 2018, suffered his concussion in last weekend’s victory at Tennessee. He didn’t come
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1:26 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns placed tight end David Njoku on injured reserve with a wrist injury, the team announced Friday. Njoku, who was injured in the first quarter of Monday’s game and also suffered a concussion, could require surgery for the wrist, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The news
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