4:58 PM ET The NFL informed clubs Tuesday that projections for the 2020 salary cap are in the range of $196.8 million to $201.2 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. This marks a 40% increase from five years ago in the 2015 season ($143.3 million) and is anticipated to be the seventh consecutive year
Month: December 2019
4:40 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The NHL’s cautious optimism about the next World Cup of Hockey arriving in February 2021 has turned into absolute fatalism. Commissioner Gary Bettman said there will not be a World Cup held 14 months from now, despite deputy commissioner Bill Daly’s speculation during the offseason that the sequel
8:28 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN It was a superstar stat line — the kind that turned Nikola Jokic into a first-team All-NBA center: 30 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, all done in front of a national TV audience Friday in Boston. Jokic’s performance, though, raised a question: Why hasn’t he done it more often
4:27 PM ET The Detroit Lions placed wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. on injured reserve Tuesday after he suffered an ankle injury on the final drive Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. It’s the second straight season he ended his year on IR. Jones hurt the ankle planting his foot on the last drive and then
4:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves in his return to the lineup and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Tuesday night. It was Fleury’s first game in net since the death of his father, Andre, at the age of 63. Fleury, who hadn’t started since
4:21 PM ET Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury will return to the net for the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday night against the Chicago Blackhawks. Coach Gerard Gallant announced his decision after the team’s morning skate. Fleury was granted personal leave by the team after the passing of his father. He last played Nov. 23, a 4-2 loss
4:14 PM ET PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Toronto Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan on Tuesday said Mike Babcock’s coaching tactics were not “appropriate or acceptable,” addressing allegations of mental abuse by the team’s former coach for the first time. “Times are evolving. We have to evolve,” Shanahan said at the NHL Board of Governors meeting.
8:00 AM ET OXFORD, Miss. — Lane Kiffin leans over and peers out the window as the University of Mississippi school plane crawls to a stop Sunday evening at the University-Oxford Airport. Outside, a thousand Ole Miss fans or more are in full party mode, chanting, “Hotty Toddy, gosh almighty.” And, yes, a few are
3:48 PM ET Major League Baseball will play regular-season games in Mexico City for the first time in 2020. MLB announced Tuesday that the Arizona Diamondbacks will play the San Diego Padres on April 18-19 at the new Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium. “The D-backs are committed to spreading our game internationally and specifically throughout Mexico,
3:38 PM ET Auburn has hired former Arkansas head coach Chad Morris to be its offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, the school announced on Tuesday. Morris, whose friendship with head coach Gus Malzahn traces back some two decades, replaces Kenny Dillingham, who left for the same position at Florida State. “I’m super excited to have