Jan 9, 2019 Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University (Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 12, 2019.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Eddie George hasn’t suited up since 2003, but he’s still making an impact for the Tennessee Titans. His
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10:14 AM ET Phil Mickelson isn’t shy about flexing — whether it’s his calves or that he once threw a $100 bill at country star Jake Owen to shut him up. Yet, making a call to get a helicopter to escape a traffic jam to make it to a Guns N’ Roses concert seems a
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Facing a third-and-18 — as the Kansas City Chiefs did during a Week 16 game against the Chicago Bears — is often the cue to get the punt or field goal unit ready for fourth down. In fact, NFL teams converted a first down on 21 of 251
3:26 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN While the Milwaukee Bucks have put some distance between themselves and the rest of the Eastern Conference, there’s still a significant playoff race to watch near the top. Approaching the midpoint of the season, the next five teams are separated by just 4.5 games, with 18 games left on the
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — As Philadelphia Eagles players funneled in from the field to the locker room following Sunday’s 17-9 loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC wild-card round of the playoffs, they were greeted by quarterback Carson Wentz. Wentz was still dealing with the effects of a concussion suffered on a Jadeveon
6:00 AM ET If there’s one thing the New York Jets know about quarterback Sam Darnold, it’s that he has the mental toughness to survive the NFL crucible. He proved it to the new regime in 2019, shaking off mononucleosis, a midseason slump and the fallout from the “ghost” game against the New England Patriots.
8:00 AM ET There’s a self-awareness that kicks in with the very best hitters, Nationals hitting coach Kevin Long says, so that no matter the achievements and the adulation, they can feel they’re in trouble at the plate, vulnerable to the first flicker of a slump. They want to extinguish that as soon as possible,
9:28 AM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Daniil Medvedev was docked a point for twice banging the umpire’s chair with his racket in a heated second set before he recovered to secure Russia’s semifinal spot at the ATP Cup with a win over Argentine opponent Diego Schwartzman. The fourth-ranked Medvedev blamed the meltdown on jet
8:00 AM ET JENNINGS, La. — TRAVIS ETIENNE CAME across the picture this summer. It’s not that he needed the reminder. He thought of that moment often enough. But here it was, in stark imagery: the kid he used to be, walking off the field of the Superdome, defeated. The memories from Etienne’s last game
7:00 AM ET DALLAS — There are 31 head-coaching jobs in the National Hockey League. Rick Bowness has one of them — but he truly wishes he didn’t. “I’ve been coaching in this league since the early 1980s. I didn’t want to be put in this position,” Bowness, 64, said. “No one saw it coming.