Month: April 2021

5:08 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The status of Larry Fitzgerald‘s future will not impact the Arizona Cardinals‘ decision-making in next week’s NFL draft, general manager Steve Keim said Thursday. Asked whether he wanted to know if the 37-year-old Fitzgerald will come back for an 18th season before the start of next Thursday’s first round,
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5:17 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos general manager George Paton wants to add “competition” at quarterback for Drew Lock, but he also still believes in exercising patience. In his pre-draft remarks Thursday, Paton once again said he likes Lock’s potential as a quarterback, but wouldn’t commit to Lock being the team’s Week 1
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1:51 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Simona Halep returned from injury to start her clay-court season with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Marketa Vondrousova on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Porsche Grand Prix. The third-ranked Romanian was back on court for the first time since a shoulder injury forced her out
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4:48 PM ET ESPN News Services MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia is adding two years to coach Neal Brown’s contract, extending him through the 2026 season, athletic director Shane Lyons announced Thursday. Brown coached the Mountaineers to an 11-11 record in his first two seasons, including a 6-4 mark in 2020. He had four years
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4:20 PM ET College football teams will be required to attempt 2-point conversions after touchdowns in the second overtime period of games rather than the third, according to a change approved Thursday by the NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel. The NCAA Football Rules Committee last month recommended the change, as part of an effort to
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2:01 PM ET Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Florida State linebacker Geno Hayes, 33, has been moved to hospice care at his parents’ home in Georgia after fighting liver disease for the past two years. Hayes told ESPN before entering the hospital last month that he had been placed on a waiting list for a
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2:20 PM ET Dave Gettleman insists he would trade back in the NFL draft and called it an “urban myth” that he’s unwilling, despite never having done so in his eight years as a general manager with the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers. Gettleman, the current general manager of the Gaints, has the 11th
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2:50 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While several NFL players expressed excitement this week over a newly adopted rule that allows more flexibility when it comes to the numbers worn on players’ jerseys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is not at all a fan. Brady took to Instagram on Thursday to express his dissatisfaction
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