1:16 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders are parting ways with veteran safety Damarious Randall, five months after signing him to a one-year, $1.5 million fully guaranteed contract, and continuing a youth movement in their secondary, a source confirmed to ESPN. Randall, 28, came to the Raiders in the second wave of
Month: September 2020
2:05 PM ET After the most bizarre offseason in NFL history, the fantasy football season is set to kick off next week, which means we’re heading into the biggest fantasy football draft weekend of the year. With that in mind, our experts gathered for one final mock draft in a 10-team, non-PPR format. We’ve been
12:25 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The field for the Kentucky Derby has been reduced to 16 after Finnick the Fierce was scratched on Friday. The one-eyed gelding may have an issue with his foot. He’s missing his right eye because of a congenital cataract. The Derby on Saturday will have its fewest
12:40 PM ET Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler has been placed on the injured list with a left adductor strain, the team announced Friday. It is the first time that Kepler, who suffered the injury during Wednesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox, has been put on the IL during his career. He is hitting
12:41 PM ET Penn State added an important piece to its 2022 recruiting class Friday when ESPN Junior 300 offensive lineman Drew Shelton announced his commitment to the Nittany Lions. “I chose Penn State because I have a great relationship with coach [Phil] Trautwein [offensive line], analyst [Ty] Howle and [head coach James] Franklin,” Shelton
10:56 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have yet another kicker in 2020. The Bucs waived Matt Gay, their fifth-round draft pick in 2019, a source told ESPN. Gay becomes the second Bucs kicker drafted in the past five years who was cut after his rookie season. Veteran Ryan Succop, who
11:18 AM ET College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock and his wife, Nicki, both tested positive for COVID-19 last month but did not have to be hospitalized and “are in good health again,” Hancock told ESPN on Friday. Hancock, who said he notified his staff and the 10 FBS commissioners on Friday, said he
9:14 AM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris has been having fun with his race helmet designs this year — his latest is a pizza-inspired edition for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Norris’ usual race helmet is a yellow and blue design but for the Monza race he has changed the colours. The predominant strip down the
7:00 AM ET CHICAGO — It was June 26, 2019. Chicago Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish was struggling — like he had done for much of his short Cubs career — against the Atlanta Braves. Then came a mound visit from his pitching coach and a conversation later in the dugout. Those moments changed the trajectory
8:02 AM ET What Alistair Overeem is doing — especially at this stage of his career — you just don’t see every day. Veterans of his caliber are not always willing to accept this kind of a fight. Overeem (46-18) will face Augusto Sakai (15-1-1) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday,