Month: January 2020

8:34 PM ET Clemson redshirt junior linebacker Isaiah Simmons, the No. 5 overall prospect in ESPN’s Todd McShay latest rankings, officially declared for the NFL draft on Saturday. “While I am incredibly excited about the opportunities and challenges that await me,” Simmons wrote on social media, “please know that a part of my heart will
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8:20 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Guard Kemba Walker sat out Saturday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns with a sore left knee. Walker, who was listed as questionable by the Boston Celtics, didn’t participate in shootaround and underwent an MRI on his knee after telling the team Friday night that he had knee
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7:37 PM GMT Premiership champions Saracens will be relegated at the end of the 2019-20 season for salary cap breaches, the league announced on Saturday. Saracens were deducted 35 points in this season’s league table and fined £5.3 million in November after an independent disciplinary panel said Saracens failed to disclose player payments in each
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7:43 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — A week filled with fines, suspensions, firings and impromptu news conferences as a result of their sign-stealing scandal ended awkwardly in Houston on Saturday, with the Astros meeting and greeting fans and media at their annual winter festival. Two of the team’s biggest stars — Jose Altuve
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7:44 PM ET Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. — Andrew Landry and Scottie Scheffler broke away Saturday at The American Express. Landry shot a 7-under 65 at PGA West’s Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course to join Scheffler atop the leaderboard at 21-under 195, four strokes ahead of third-place Rickie Fowler. Scheffler had a 66 on the
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6:49 PM ET Former Texas Tech quarterback Jett Duffey will transfer to Central Michigan, he confirmed in a text message to ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. Duffey started the final eight games of the season in 2019 for the Red Raiders after starting quarterback Alan Bowman went down with an injury. He threw for 2,840 yards and
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6:01 PM ET Tennessee Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons was not fined by the NFL because there was no visual evidence of him spitting on Baltimore Ravens guard Marshal Yanda. After the Titans’ 28-12 divisional playoff win in Baltimore, Yanda accused Simmons of spitting in his face. 2 Related “I’ve never been spitten in my
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