8:00 AM ET Bottom 10 inspirational thought of the week: Get to the heart, baby, the heart of the cityDon’t be sentimentalThis is where the future liesBeneath the burning sulfur skiesD-d-d-downtown c’monD-d-d-d-downtown Akron! — “Downtown (Akron)” by The Pretenders Here at Bottom 10 headquarters, located in the abandoned conference room where the Pac-12 used to
Month: October 2019
2:01 PM ET Associated Press Lee Stempniak has retired from the NHL after playing for 10 teams in 14 seasons. The 36-year-old winger announced his decision Tuesday through the players’ union. He says he is “extremely grateful to have lived my dream every day throughout my career.” Stempniak was a steady presence, playing in 70
1:46 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Bears linebacker Khalil Mack admitted Tuesday that he expected to be a Raider for life, but he intends to suppress those emotions when Chicago squares off against his former team on Sunday in London. “That’s the expectation when you get drafted to a team: You want to be
1:11 PM ET COLUMBUS, OHIO — Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith on Tuesday said he is against the Fair Pay to Play Act, which says colleges in California cannot punish their athletes for collecting endorsement money. “My concern with the California bill — which is all the way wide open with monetizing your name
3:00 AM ET India women 140 for 4 (Shafali 46, Rodrigues 33) beat South Africa women 89 for 7 (Woolvardt 23, Poonam 3-13, Radha 2-16) by 51 runs South Africa women dropped three catches in the first four overs. India women nailed a direct hit with their very first opportunity through Pooja Vastrakar in the
12:54 PM ET San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane was suspended three games by the NHL on Tuesday for physical abuse of officials, stemming from an incident in a preseason game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday. The suspension was automatic per NHL rules, but can be appealed to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Kane
12:44 PM ET The Carolina Panthers placed star defensive tackle Kawann Short on injured reserve Tuesday with a partially torn rotator cuff. Short hasn’t played since suffering the injury in the team’s Week 2 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. General manager Marty Hurney said in a statement that Short will undergo surgery and will
12:15 PM ET The NFL will hire a new vice president to coordinate training and development for officials, one of several structural changes the league will implement in the coming months as part of a new seven-year collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Referees Association. NFLRA executive director Scott Green confirmed that the new hire
8:00 AM ET Tua Tagovailoa is openly lobbying for an award this season. After coming up short last year, he spent the offseason honing his craft, spending hours working to get every small detail right. It was literally, he said, “the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.” He envisions the ball in his hands
11:37 AM ET North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham said he regrets that the Tar Heels ridiculed Clemson fans on the video board during the Tigers’ 21-20 victory at Kenan Stadium on Saturday. During a timeout, a handful of Clemson fans were shown on the video board with overlaying comments suggesting they were bandwagon fans.