Month: March 2021

10:42 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Stunned at being traded, Lou Williams seriously considered retiring. In the end, the 16-year NBA veteran decided he did want to play for his hometown team. Williams joined the Atlanta Hawks ahead of their game Tuesday night in Phoenix against the Suns, nearly a week after he was
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6:46 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Andre Drummond will make his Lakers debut Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks and start at center in place of Marc Gasol, Lakers coach Frank Vogel said. “I think the level of excitement for me is at an all-time high,” Drummond told reporters Tuesday over a videoconference call following his
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9:49 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Red River Rivalry is coming to Arizona Cardinals‘ quarterbacks room. Colt McCoy, the former Texas standout, is signing a one-year contract with Arizona, where he will back up former Oklahoma star Kyler Murray, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Cardinals let quarterback Brett Hundley, who backed up
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4:33 PM ET Manny Pacquiao is in discussions to return to the boxing ring after an absence of nearly two years to fight WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford on June 5, a source at Top Rank confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Pacquiao, 42, would be facing ESPN’s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in a pay-per-view bout
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7:17 PM ET Associated Press RIDGELAND, S.C. — The PGA Tour is returning to South Carolina for a third time this year, adding an event in the Palmetto State for June to take the spot of the canceled RBC Canadian Open. The tour announced the addition Tuesday. It means the PGA Tour will play three
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7:01 PM ET Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank was critical of a new law that imposes restrictions on voting in Georgia, saying Tuesday that the state should “make voting easier, not harder for every eligible citizen.” The law, S.B. 202, will shorten periods to request absentee ballots, make it a crime to give food and
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7:01 PM ET Brady Henderson Jeremy Fowler Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks gave veteran guard Gabe Jackson a new three-year, $22.575 million contract after acquiring him in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders earlier this month,
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4:50 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs filled another hole in their offensive line Tuesday, agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with center Austin Blythe, a source told ESPN. Blythe, 28, started at center for each of the past three seasons for the Los Angeles Rams. Austin Reiter, the Chiefs’
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