5:31 PM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said Monday he wanted to be out there Sunday but ultimately did what he felt was best for the team in sitting against the Chicago Bears, snapping his 136-game start streak. “Ultimately, I think I made the right decision,” Stafford said. He’s once again dealing with a
Month: November 2019
8:07 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Eric Paschall still laughs about the way his basketball journey is unfolding. In 2014, the forward was wrapping up his season at prep powerhouse St. Thomas More in Oakdale, Connecticut. In 2018, he was helping Villanova win the NCAA championship alongside fellow St. Thomas More alum — and current
6:21 PM ET Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez capped a meteoric rise by becoming the franchise’s third-ever Rookie of the Year winner and second since the club moved to the American League. Alvarez was a unanimous selection of the award’s 30 voters. Baltimore Orioles pitcher John Means finished second, with Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe
5:11 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — The NHL suspended Columbus forward Nick Foligno for three games for a hit that leveled Colorado Avalanche forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare. The Department of Player Safety announced the penalty for the Blue Jackets’ captain on Monday. Foligno dropped Bellemare with the open-ice hit with his elbow to Bellemare’s
4:50 PM ET UFC heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic is not that intrigued by a third fight with Daniel Cormier, who said that’s the one fight he wants before he retires. Miocic and Cormier split their first two fights with Miocic scoring a fourth-round KO on Aug. 17. Miocic said eye pokes and punches in that
4:02 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury benched running back David Johnson for the rest of Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after his fumble late in the third quarter, opting to go with running back Kenyan Drake for the remainder of the game. “We just felt like with Drake,
3:46 PM ET Gordon Hayward will undergo surgery on his fractured left hand in New York on Monday afternoon, and a timeline on his return to the Boston Celtics will come after the procedure, his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Hayward suffered the injury in Saturday’s 135-115 win over the
8:38 AM ET As Phil Mickelson upped his Twitter game, his golf game fell. As the pounds came off, the strokes piled up. And as last week transpired, not only did Lefty find himself out of the top 50 in the world for the first time in 26 years, he was also without a spot
3:41 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles signed standout guard Brandon Brooks to a four-year extension Monday that runs through 2024. The deal is worth $56.5 million with $30 million guaranteed and makes Brooks the highest-paid guard in the NFL, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Brooks is having what offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland
3:39 PM ET New York Jets tight end Chris Herndon, who made his 2019 debut Sunday, is likely done for the season after fracturing a rib. It’s the same prognosis for right guard Brian Winters, who re-dislocated a shoulder and may require surgery — which clouds his future with the team. The Jets (2-7) are