7:00 AM ET A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Corner market: It happens every two or three years; the Jets, desperate for a CB1, pay a premium price for a big-name free agent. It was Darrelle Revis in 2015 ($39 million guaranteed) and Trumaine Johnson ($34 million) in 2018. To
Month: March 2020
7:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Open-minded approach: When receiver Phillip Dorsett entered unrestricted free agency last offseason, his first choice was to return to the Patriots and that contributed to him not visiting with other teams. As for this year? “I would
That winning feeling – Meg Lanning is over the moon © AFP via Getty Images Meg Lanning, the victorius Australia captain, has heralded her side’s triumph over adversity to lift a fifth Women’s T20 World Cup. They may have been the hosts and defending champions, but Austrralia did not have the tournament all their own
7:22 AM ET Members of the cycling teams confined to a luxury Abu Dhabi hotel due to coronavirus concerns said they left quarantine on Sunday, a week before an initial date set by the Gulf state’s health authorities. Emirati authorities ordered the lockdown of the Crowne Plaza in Yas Island and the nearby W hotel
4:53 AM ET The Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix will be restricted to participants only and no fans will be allowed to attend, due to coronavirus concerns, organisers announced on Sunday. The Gulf state has reported 83 cases of the virus, mostly linked to people who had travelled to Iran. 1 Related Bahrain International Circuit
1:55 AM ET LAS VEGAS — A middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero at UFC 248 failed to produce fireworks, but perhaps that’s because Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk set them all off in their five-round co-main event. In the end, both defending champions left T-Mobile Arena with their belts intact: Adesanya
3:36 AM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — King Guillermo won the $351,000 Tampa Bay Derby by 4 3/4 lengths on Saturday for owner Victor Martinez, a five-time All-Star in Major League Baseball. The 3-year-old colt earned 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. However, King Guillermo isn’t nominated to the Triple Crown series, so
3:00 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State Warriors guard Damion Lee has made a career out of proving people wrong. That determination has helped him earn the respect of his teammates and coaches over time, and is part of the reason why so many people within the Warriors organization were so happy to see
12:50 AM ET LAS VEGAS — A chaotic training camp and a superb effort from one of the most decorated champions in UFC history was still not enough to topple Zhang Weili. Zhang (21-1) recorded the first defense of her 115-pound title on Saturday, as she defeated former five-time defending champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4) via
12:47 AM ET Steve KimESPN In a fight that was presumed to be an afterthought for Adam Kownacki, Robert Helenius earned a TKO victory in Saturday night’s heavyweight title eliminator at Barclays Center and likely set himself up for at least a few significant fights to come. To put this fight into perspective, sportsbook William