3:52 PM ET Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic will return from a leg injury that has sidelined him for nearly a year on March 15 against the Houston Rockets, he told Yahoo Sports on Friday. Nurkic was in the midst of a career season when he suffered compound fractures to the tibia and fibula
Month: March 2020
3:18 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods is skipping next week’s Players Championship, raising major concerns about his ability to prepare for his Masters title defense next month and, more importantly, the overall state of his fitness in the wake of four back surgeries. Woods complained of back stiffness three weeks ago in Los
3:43 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jason Day can’t get away from back issues that have slowed him in recent years. He added to the episodes Friday when he withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational after five holes. Day’s manager said he felt stiffness in his lower back while on the putting green
3:01 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers, a vocal opponent of the collective bargaining agreement, isn’t sure whether it will pass the full NFL players vote that is underway because he isn’t sure how many of the rank-and-file in the league care enough to consider all the provisions. That’s the sentiment he expressed
1:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN NFL free agency kicks off next week, and the 2020 salary-cap space for all 32 teams is close to being locked in. Teams are permitted to start contract negotiations Monday with agents of players who will be free agents. Teams can sign players beginning at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday. Which
7:45 AM ET College football’s spring practices are underway, and the 2020 season is just around the corner. While many of the top players in college football were ranked in the ESPN 300 and recruited by blue-blood programs, there are a small fraternity of players that didn’t receive high fanfare coming out of high school.
7:00 AM ET The ACC heads into spring practice facing the same question it has had the previous three seasons: Can anyone catch Clemson? Probably not. While the Tigers were humbled a bit by their 42-25 loss to LSU in the CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T, they’ll still probably be ranked No. 1 heading
2:00 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Yoel Romero raised his right hand and slapped his chest repeatedly. “How many years?!” Romero screamed. “How many years?!” The UFC middleweight star made Friday morning weight at 185 pounds even for his UFC 248 title challenge against champion Israel Adesanya on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. Romero, who
2:48 PM ET The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), which includes representation from Ferrari, has given its unanimous support to the FIA’s controversial handling of the recent Ferrari engine row. After FIA president Jean Todt instigated an investigation into Ferrari’s power unit, the FIA released a statement last week saying it had come to
2:18 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Ryan Newman was back at the track Friday, sipping on a Coke and casually strolling through the infield of Phoenix Raceway. It was hard to believe he was in a terrifying wreck at the Daytona 500 less than three weeks ago. “It’s great to be alive,” Newman