8:16 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The NFL’s chief medical officer called Carson Wentz “heroic” for reporting his concussion during Philadelphia’s playoff loss and disputed the notion the league’s system failed the Eagles quarterback. “I think what Carson Wentz did is heroic and should be highlighted as an example of how an unbelievably skilled
Month: January 2020
7:00 AM ET NHL Insiders All 31 teams have passed the midpoint of the 2019-20 NHL season, but nothing is settled. After you check out our midseason grades on each team, fixes for a handful of teams in the playoff hunt, our rundown of the biggest shocks of the first half and a look at
7:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Back in 2017, if somebody had told you Kirk Cousins would be playing in a Vikings-49ers NFL playoff game here in January 2020, you’d have assumed he was playing for the 49ers. That was Kyle Shanahan’s first season as San Francisco coach and Cousins’ final season in Washington.
7:29 PM ET Michelle Wie announced on Instagram on Thursday that she is going to be a mother. Wie posted on the social media site that she and husband Jonnie West are expecting a daughter. “Babygirl, we love you so much already and we just can’t wait to meet you this summer!” Wie wrote. Wie,
6:54 PM ET An attorney for Patrick Reed sent a cease-and-desist letter to Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee demanding he stop referring to the golfer as a cheater for his actions at a tournament in the Bahamas last month. Golfweek obtained the letter in which attorney Peter Ginsberg wrote that the purpose “is to obtain
7:00 AM ET What are the Los Angeles Dodgers up to, or not up to, as the case may be? There has been a lot of rhetoric flying around in Southern California about the inability of the Dodgers to make a free-agent splash this winter or to pull off a blockbuster trade. It’s gotten fairly
9:24 PM ET We have a trade! Tampa Bay Rays get: OF/1B Jose Martinez, OF Randy Arozarena, compensation pick A (after first round) St. Louis Cardinals get: LHP Matthew Liberatore (MLB.com’s No. 41 overall prospect), low-level catching prospect Edgardo Rodriguez, compensation pick B (after second round) I love it. It’s what an old-school general manager
5:36 PM ET Former LSU receiver Odell Beckham Jr. sent a gift of headphones to each of the championship-hopeful Tigers while encouraging them in a note that “this is your opportunity to leave behind your legacy.” No. 1 LSU meets No. 3 Clemson in the CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T on Monday night (ESPN,
5:59 PM ET Pete Dye, the World Golf Hall of Famer regarded as one of the game’s great course architects, died Thursday, Dye Designs, the company he founded, announced. He was 94. Dye designed more than 100 public and private golf courses worldwide, including some of the sport’s most well-known tracks — Harbour Town Golf
5:56 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The St. Louis Cardinals are trading outfielders Jose Martinez and Randy Arozarena to the Tampa Bay Rays for left-handed prospect Matt Liberatore and low-level catching prospect Edgardo Rodriguez, sources familiar with the