5:30 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson sprained the AC joint in his left shoulder, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, but the injury is not considered serious. The injury happened at the halfway point of Minnesota’s Friday afternoon practice. Jefferson fell onto his left shoulder after he caught a slant
Month: August 2021
5:04 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Whether San Francisco 49ers rookie Trey Lance takes over as the starting quarterback this year is still to be determined. Regardless, he’s going to be on the field in some capacity. If that hadn’t already been made clear by the number of Lance-specific run plays the Niners have
1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs placed five-time Gold Glove outfielder Jason Heyward on the 10-day injured list Friday because of inflammation in his left index finger. Manager David Ross said the finger has been bothering Heyward for “a pretty good bit” and he aggravated it taking batting practice at Colorado
5:35 PM ET Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano was suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball on Friday after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. MLB said Laureano, a 27-year-old who is in his fourth season with the A’s, tested positive for Nandrolone, a performance-enhancing drug. Laureano denied that he knowingly took the
4:51 PM ET Clemson wide receiver Justyn Ross has been medically cleared to play this season, coach Dabo Swinney said Friday. Despite that clearance, Ross must wait on his return to full-contact practice a little bit longer as he sits out the next week due to COVID-19 protocols. Ross has been out since March 2020
4:03 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Kevin Durant plans to sign a four-year, $198 million maximum contract extension with the Brooklyn Nets sometime after he becomes eligible Saturday, his longtime business manager and co-founder of 35 Ventures and Boardroom, Rich Kleiman, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Durant is expected to decline his 2022-23 player option and extend
11:15 AM ET HOUSTON – Everything is bigger in Texas – including this weekend’s super-sized UFC main event. Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane both weighed in successfully Friday morning for their UFC interim heavyweight title bout. Lewis weighed 264.5 pounds and Gane came in at 247. The two men will meet Saturday night in the
2:59 PM ET In a press conference on Friday, Barcelona president Joan Laporta reiterated what the club had announced on their website Thursday: after 21 years, Lionel Messi would not be returning to the club. You can read about the background here, but Laporta doubled down on blaming LaLiga’s financial restrictions and the disastrous finances
News Seamer making headlines for the right reasons with maiden Test five-wicket haul Whatever happens over the next couple of days of this intriguing Test, England can take heart in the emergence of a cricketer who should serve them well for the next four or five years. But for England’s poor fielding – and we’ll
4:16 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers on Friday signed defenseman Darnell Nurse to an eight-year contract extension. The deal has an average annual value of $9.25 million and will begin in the 2022-23 season. The 26-year-old alternate captain appeared in all 56 games for the Oilers during the past pandemic-shortened