10:30 PM ET Following the postmortems of a year that couldn’t end fast enough, the first week of 2021 has not provided a balm for 2020 as much as it has amplified last year’s relentlessness. For Black America in general, and Black athletes in particular, the year has begun with a series of events that
Month: January 2021
8:25 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Frozen Tundra won’t be the completely empty tundra for the playoffs. The Green Bay Packers announced Thursday that approximately 6,000 ticketed fans will be allowed to attend the team’s first playoff game, either Jan. 16 or 17 in the NFC divisional round. The Packers had not allowed
8:25 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — “Good” was the word at the Los Angeles Rams‘ practice facility Thursday when quarterback Jared Goff spoke with reporters for the first time
2:03 PM ET I warned you about Myles Turner. In my Bold Prediction for this season, I told you that Turner was custom-built for ESPN.com’s new points-based system. That Turner would be a top-30 player. And that he would outperform Rudy Gobert and Bam Adebayo. Seven games in, I think we can go ahead and
8:37 PM ET UFC fighter Irwin Rivera was arrested Thursday on two counts of attempted murder, according to an incident report obtained by ESPN. He was booked just after Noon local time after being apprehended by the Boynton Beach Police Department and is being held without bail, per online jail records. Boynton Beach Police Department
7:06 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — While the Buffalo Bills spent the past 25 years without hosting an NFL playoff game, Valentino Dixon spent most of it imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Dixon, a big Bills fan, missed most of the team’s Super Bowl runs in the 1990s and
7:19 PM ET By hiring former New England Patriots executive Nick Caserio to solve a large set of problems within the organization, the Houston Texans have created additional ones with star quarterback Deshaun Watson. Watson offered his input on potential general manager candidates, but the Texans neither considered nor consulted with those endorsed by their
7:55 PM ET As Alabama prepares for Monday’s national championship game, multiple Crimson Tide players were honored with individual awards Thursday at the Home Depot College Football Awards. As expected, Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith won the Fred Biletnikoff Award (best receiver), while quarterback Mac Jones (Davey O’Brien) and left tackle Alex Leatherwood (Outland) were
5:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Switch-hitting outfielder Greg Allen was acquired by the New York Yankees from the San Diego Padres on Thursday for left-hander James Reeves. The 27-year-old Allen has a .239 average with eight homers and 57 RBI in 557 at-bats and 221 games over four seasons with Cleveland (2017-20)
6:39 PM ET WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney said he doesn’t believe his mandatory challenger, Ryan Garcia, is willing to fight him next, and he’s begun shifting his attention to a potential bout with unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez for all the belts in the division. Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs) is coming off a seventh-round