4:18 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Two weeks ago, the Detroit Lions’ secondary was the deepest unit on its team. But entering Sunday’s game against Oakland, the club is getting thin in its defensive backfield. Starting safety Tracy Walker, who injured his right knee in the second half against the New York Giants, was
Month: November 2019
3:27 PM ET The University of Southern California is expected to name Cincinnati’s Mike Bohn its new athletic director, sources confirmed to ESPN. Bohn, the athletic director at Cincinnati for five years, will replace Lynn Swann, who resigned in September after three years as AD at his alma mater. Bohn, 58, is likely to be
4:15 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York State Athletic Commission will take disciplinary action against UFC middleweight Kelvin Gastelum after it determined the fighter “made contact with another person while on the scale” during the UFC 244 official weigh-in Friday. Gastelum’s middleweight bout against Darren Till on Saturday is not in jeopardy. Gastelum
3:59 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Infielder Freddy Galvis‘ $5.5 million option for next season has been exercised by the Cincinnati Reds. Galvis, who turns 30 on Nov. 14, was claimed by the Reds off waivers from Toronto on Aug. 12 and hit .234 with five homers and 16 RBI in 32 games. Overall,
3:35 PM ET Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry underwent surgery on his broken left hand/second metacarpal Friday and will miss at least three months, the team announced. Curry had the surgery the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles. The Warriors said he is expected to make a full recovery and will update his status
3:28 PM ET Oklahoma State receiver Tylan Wallace, a Biletnikoff Award finalist in 2018, suffered a torn ACL in practice Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday. An MRI on Thursday confirmed the injury, and it’s unclear when Wallace will undergo surgery. The Oklahoman first reported the
3:27 PM ET The New York Mets have hired former All-Star Carlos Beltran as their new manager, the team announced Friday evening. Beltran’s deal is for three years with an option for a fourth season. A news conference is planned for Monday. Value Rank WAR 31.1 3rd HR 149 6th Runs 551 8th RBIs 559
3:07 PM ET PITTSBURGH – Coming off his best rushing performance of the season, Steelers running back James Conner is doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts. Conner, who sustained a shoulder injury to his AC joint in the final minutes of Monday’s victory over the Dolphins, didn’t practice all week after rushing for
2:53 PM ET ESPN will continue to broadcast Formula One in the United States until 2022 after posting double-digit viewership growth over the past two seasons. 1 Related Through 18 races this season, F1 has averaged 671,000 viewers on ESPN networks, an increase of 19 percent over the average of 561,000 at this point last
2:35 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson intends to make his return from an abdominal injury Sunday against the Chicago Bears. “That’s the plan right now,” Jackson said following practice Friday. “It’s definitely been a long process so we’ll see how it goes Sunday.” Jackson left the Eagles’ Week 2 game against