Month: November 2019

7:55 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — It finally happened. After more than two seasons and in his 172nd NBA game, Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons made a 3-pointer. The moment Philadelphia fans have been waiting for came with 8:20 to play in the first quarter of Wednesday night’s game at the Wells Fargo Center
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7:43 PM ET Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said Wednesday that he has not had any discussions with the team’s coaching staff about potentially going on injured reserve for the rest of this season due to the fractured bones in his back. Stafford was asked about the possibility of IR after missing his second straight
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6:38 PM ET Starting last Sunday, dozens of high school football players around the country posted messages about receiving “offers” from Florida Gulf Coast University. There’s only one problem: FGCU doesn’t have an intercollegiate football team. It only has a club team. On Wednesday, FGCU officials said in a statement that they had been notified
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6:36 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson leads the initial fan voting for the 2020 Pro Bowl, which is yet another accolade in what is becoming a historic season. Jackson received 146,171 votes in the first week of balloting, which is nearly 30,000 more than anyone else in the NFL.
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6:16 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The 9-1 New England Patriots host the 6-4 Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in a matchup of two of the NFL’s marquee franchises, and quarterback Tom Brady had something to get off his chest. “I’ve really not liked the Cowboys since coming out of the womb,” he said Wednesday with
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5:23 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers have waived big man Pau Gasol, he told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Gasol, 39, has been unable to successfully rehab his left foot following surgery. Gasol and the Blazers are working on details of a coaching role for the future Hall of Famer, who has two championships
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10:20 PM GMT Andrew McGlashanDeputy editor, ESPNcricinfo Close Deputy Editor Andrew arrived at ESPNcricinfo via Manchester and Cape Town, after finding the assistant editor at a weak moment as he watched England’s batting collapse in the Newlands Test. Andrew began his cricket writing as a freelance covering Lancashire during 2004 when they were relegated in
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