Month: October 2019

1:35 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — A Houston Rockets fan has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a New Orleans Pelicans coach at the end of a game between the teams. Prosecutors charged Manuel Garcia with misdemeanor assault for allegedly punching Pelicans assistant coach Joe Boylan in the face Saturday. Garcia’s girlfriend
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8:17 AM ET WBC junior lightweight world titleholder Miguel Berchelt will face former junior featherweight titlist Jason Sosa in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing card Saturday night at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. The fight will air live on ESPN at 10:30 p.m. ET, with undercard bouts on ESPN+
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2:04 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Steelers’ running back depth took a potentially significant hit Monday night when neither James Conner nor Benny Snell Jr. finished Monday night’s win against the Dolphins. That left just one healthy running back — Trey Edmunds, a practice squad player earlier this year — to finish the game. Though
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1:50 PM ET The NCAA’s top decision-makers voted unanimously Tuesday to allow college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” The board directed the three separate divisions of college sports to immediately begin figuring out how to update their rules in a way that maintains
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1:50 PM ET The NCAA’s top decision makers voted unanimously Tuesday to allow college athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness “in a manner consistent with the collegiate model.” The board said directed the three separate divisions of college sports to immediately begin figuring out how to update their rules in a way
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1:52 PM ET Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Lindsey Thiry Close ESPN Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and
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1:26 PM ET The winless Cincinnati Bengals are making a change at quarterback, benching longtime starter Andy Dalton in favor of rookie Ryan Finley. Finley said coach Zac Taylor told him on Tuesday. The players were informed at team meetings before the locker room was opened to the media at 1:30 p.m. ET. “Ryan has
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1:25 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons have released veteran kicker Matt Bryant, the team announced Tuesday. Bryant, 44, missed field goals of 51 and 53 yards during the team’s 27-20 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Bryant was 9-of-14 on field goal attempt this season. He’s 13th on the NFL’s all-time scoring list with
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