5:25 PM ET HOUSTON — It’s playoff time, and the Houston Texans are dressed for their AFC wild-card matchup with the Buffalo Bills. The teams were meeting in the first showdown of this postseason on Saturday at Houston’s NRG Stadium with plenty at stake, and several of the outfits matched the intensity of the occasion.
Month: January 2020
11:00 AM ET Behold the 2019 Helwani Nose Awards. This is the seventh year in a row that I’ve done this and I have to say that this might have been the toughest year yet. I agonized over a bunch of these categories for weeks (in particular male and female fighter of the year, coach
4:24 PM ET The Georgia Bulldogs have landed five-star defensive back Kelee Ringo, the No. 11 overall prospect in the ESPN 300. Ringo is the second-highest ranked cornerback to commit to the Bulldogs in the ESPN 300 era, according to ESPN Stats & Information, trailing Tyson Campbell, who was ranked No. 9 overall in 2018.
3:57 PM ET Los Angeles defenseman Alec Martinez will return from wrist surgery Saturday night when the Kings host the Nashville Predators, coach Todd McLellan announced. 2 Related Doctors in November repaired Martinez’s radial artery and two superficial radial nerves. He was hurt in the third period of the Kings’ 4-3 overtime loss to San
3:53 PM ET ESPN News Services LA Clippers guard Lou Williams acknowledged naming his son Syx in reference to his three NBA Sixth Man of the Year awards. “I just wanted to do something different,” Williams said Thursday of his son, who was born Tuesday. Williams was in Sacramento with the team when he got
3:27 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz is expected to play in Sunday’s wild-card game against the Seattle Seahawks, a source confirmed to ESPN. Ertz’s expected availability comes after he was medically cleared to play Saturday, as first reported by NBC Sports Philadelphia. Ertz suffered a broken rib and a lacerated kidney during
2:55 PM ET Free-agent reliever Craig Stammen has elected to return to the San Diego Padres, agreeing to a two-year deal for $9 million, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. The source said the deal includes a club option for 2022 that would raise the total value to $12 million. Stammen has spent the
2:33 PM ET PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers coach Greg Schiano hired Sean Gleeson as the Scarlet Knights’ offensive coordinator Saturday. Gleeson is a native of Glen Ridge, N.J., who coached in his home state, at Princeton, before spending this season at Oklahoma State as offensive coordinator to Mike Gundy. Gleeson will also coach quarterbacks for
2:20 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Clippers ruled All-Star guard Paul George out prior to their game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. George has tightness in his left hamstring, an injury that occurred during the Clippers’ 126-112 win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. George left that game with 3:45 remaining in
1:00 PM ET HOUSTON — Texans wide receiver Will Fuller is inactive for Saturday’s wild-card game against the Bills. Fuller left Houston’s Week 16 game with a groin injury and did not play in the Texans’ regular-season finale against the Tennessee Titans. He had been listed as questionable and considered a game-time decision for Saturday,