3:19 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins team president Bruce Allen said the organization reached a conclusion Sunday night: Jay Gruden needed to be fired. Gruden entered the season with questions about his job security, and with an 0-5 record, team officials felt they needed to make a move. “We had much different expectations,”
Month: October 2019
2:50 PM ET Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer has been cleared to play this weekend against Texas Tech, coach Matt Rhule said Monday. Brewer was injured early in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win against Kansas State and didn’t return. Freshman Gerry Bohanon replaced him in the 31-12 Bears victory. Speaking on Monday’s Big 12 conference
8:38 AM ET For a good part of his career, Kevin Na was easy to dislike, simply based on his plodding nature on the course. Not only did he play slow, but he had numerous idiosyncrasies that were maddening. So frustrated by Na’s on-course issues at one 2014 tournament, caddie Steve Williams, then working for
2:47 PM ET Tito Ortiz will in fact come out of retirement to fight a former World Wrestling Entertainment champion later this year. Ortiz vs. Alberto El Patron, a 210-pound catchweight fight, will take place on Dec. 7 in Hidalgo, Texas, and it will air live on pay-per-view, Combate Americas officials told ESPN. The time
2:42 PM ET Lincoln Riley found a way to handle the Horns Down controversy that has lingered in the Big 12. Asked Monday how he’ll address the issue with his team for Saturday’s Red River Showdown between No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 11 Texas at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Riley simply said, “Our players
2:33 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Yandy Diaz left in the second inning of Monday’s ALDS Game 3 against the Houston Astros because of left foot soreness. Diaz, who missed two months with a fractured left foot earlier this season, struggled to field a soft grounder in the top of the first inning
2:19 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Monday the league backs the free speech rights of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey. But Silver, speaking to Kyodo News in Tokyo, acknowledged the impact of Morey’s quote, which supported anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. “There is no doubt, the economic impact is already clear,” Silver
2:17 PM ET The NBA league office has informed teams that they are permitted to scout two practices in Memphis involving projected 2020 top-10 draft pick RJ Hampton, a source told ESPN. Representatives from NBA teams were expected to attend five New Zealand Breakers practices in Memphis and Oklahoma City this week as part of
2:03 PM ET Jay Gruden’s firing as Washington Redskins coach won’t have an affect on Trent Williams‘ holdout. Williams doesn’t plan on returning to the team any time soon, a source close to the Pro Bowl left tackle told ESPN’s Dianna Russini. Williams skipped training camp and has missed the first five weeks of the
1:01 PM BST Gregor Townsend’s eyes turned to a likely quarterfinal decider against Japan on Sunday with the selection of his Scotland team to play Russia in their Pool A clash in Shizuoka Wednesday. Scotland need to beat both Russia and the tournament hosts with a four-try bonus point to ensure they qualify out of