12:53 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Nothing went as expected for the Boston Celtics a year ago. Jayson Tatum‘s season was no exception. The Celtics entered the season as a favorite to reach the NBA Finals, in part because Tatum, who had been brilliant in the postseason as a rookie, was expected to take
Month: October 2019
10:06 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa has a long memory. So long, in fact, that as he spent most of Monday night in Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield‘s face, he harkened back to what Mayfield did on Sept. 9, 2017. That was the night Mayfield planted an
10:06 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nick Bosa clearly hasn’t forgotten that Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield planted the Oklahoma flag in Ohio Stadium two years ago. After knocking Mayfield down to force intentional grounding at the end of the first half of Monday Night Football, the San Francisco 49ers pass rusher celebrated by
10:01 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Former Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden sensed trouble for a couple of weeks. When he received a text late Sunday night asking him to come in early the next morning, he knew his job was in jeopardy. The Redskins fired Gruden around 5:30 a.m. Monday and named Bill Callahan
9:00 PM ET Heavyweight Tyrone Spong has tested positive for a banned substance, leaving 2018 fighter of the year and former undisputed cruiserweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk in search of a new opponent. Usyk was supposed to make his heavyweight debut against Spong, a former kickboxing star, on Saturday night (DAZN) in a scheduled 12-round
9:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Rangers traded forward Vladislav Namestnikov to the Ottawa Senators on Monday night in exchange for defenseman Nick Ebert a fourth-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. The 26-year-old Namestnikov, acquired from Tampa Bay at the 2018 trade deadline as part of the deal that
8:48 PM ET The Buffalo Bills are trading wide receiver Zay Jones to the Raiders for a 2021 fifth-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. Jones, 24, was drafted by the Bills in the second round of the 2017 NFL draft out of East Carolina. He led the team in all major receiving categories in
Craig Burley addresses Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s fit at Manchester United and credibility as a manager. Man United usually fight for a top six spot, but Mark Ogden says they might be fighting to avoid the bottom three. As Man United continue to slip in the table, how long will Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remain with the
8:40 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — The Houston Astros want us to know that it was just one game. “We lost one game, not the end of the world,” Houston outfielder George Springer said. “We have to come out tomorrow and play hard. Play a little better, see what happens.” And he’s right. It
7:52 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Less than two hours before the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns kicked off on Monday Night Football, Niners defensive tackle D.J. Jones proposed to his girlfriend. Surrounded by friends, teammates and family on the 49ers sideline about an hour and a half before kickoff, Jones pointed to