2:39 PM ET Despite a 20% revenue drop in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the average value of the 32 NFL franchises is up 14% to $3.48 billion, according to Forbes. It is the biggest gain in five years, according to the magazine. For the 15th straight year, the Dallas Cowboys are valued as
Month: August 2021
2:53 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins vowed to follow the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols to avoid contracting the virus or being deemed a close contact ahead of returning to practice Thursday after being activated off the reserve/COVID-19 list. Cousins and quarterback Nate Stanley were subjected to the league’s COVID-19 protocols last Saturday
9:24 AM ET Associated Press SAITAMA, Japan — Game on the line, chance for gold on the line, and Slovenia’s Klemen Prepelic thought he had a layup that would have given Slovenia the win. France’s Nicolas Batum thought differently. Batum reached over Prepelic to block the layup try with 2.4 seconds left, the final play
1:50 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN In the wake of Andre Drummond’s surprising decision to join the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency and become a backup to longtime rival Joel Embiid, the 27-year-old two-time All-Star said that “things change,” but he’d accepted the opportunity placed before him. “In life, things change, and it’s nothing that is
2:48 PM ET Masai Ujiri, the architect of the franchise’s 2019 NBA championship team, has agreed to a significant new deal to become vice chairman and president of the Toronto Raptors, sources told ESPN on Thursday. His previous title was president. After arriving in Toronto in 2013 as general manager, Ujiri has established himself as
2:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Robert Griffin III has signed a multiyear deal with ESPN to be a college football and NFL analyst. Griffin will be in the booth for a college football game on either ESPN or ABC and will also contribute to ESPN’s studio coverage, including during the College Football Playoff and
1:46 PM ET Associated Press EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Notre Dame and Navy will play their 2024 football game at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands sports complex. The schools announced the agreement Thursday for the Oct. 26 game. This will mark the eighth time the sports complex has hosted a Navy-Notre Dame game and the
1:48 PM ET Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman is leaving the department to become the university’s vice president for strategic initiatives. Beekman took over as athletic director in February 2018, as Michigan State was reeling from the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. He previously had been vice president and secretary of MSU’s board of
News Seamer suffers back problem after playing role in Fire’s opening two victories Welsh Fire’s availability issues in the men’s Hundred have been compounded with Jake Ball ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a back injury. Fire were already without Liam Plunkett (injured), Lungi Ngidi (personal reasons) and Jonny Bairstow (Test duty),
12:37 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Justin Thomas sat in the chair, exhaled, then did his best to keep his eyes open. He might have simply said the media questions he fielded were putting him to sleep. But he didn’t have the energy for humor. A long stretch of golf across the globe was taking