6:00 AM ET Sid LoweSpain writer Luis Enrique was wrong. Just not the way everyone said he was wrong. “It’s ahead of time? Maybe, yeah, I won’t deny that,” Spain‘s coach had said, but it turned out it wasn’t too early at all. Pablo Paez Gavira, “Gavi,” had just turned 17, had played only 374
Month: October 2021
6:18 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It’s happening sooner than the San Francisco 49ers or starter Jimmy Garoppolo hoped, but rookie quarterback Trey Lance will make his first start Sunday. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan made it official Friday after a week in which all signs pointed to that conclusion. Garoppolo is dealing with a
6:18 PM ET ESPN News Services The Seattle Seahawks are bracing for quarterback Russell Wilson to miss at least a month and possibly up to eight weeks with a ruptured tendon in the middle finger of his right hand, sources tell ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The injury will likely require surgery, sources say. Wilson met with
4:20 PM ET Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden used a racist comment in referring to NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith in an email 10 years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The email, sent to the president of the Washington Football Team in July 2011 as the NFL and its players
4:07 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers and Jaire Alexander have decided against shoulder surgery — for now — leaving open the possibility that the All-Pro cornerback could play again this season. Coach Matt LaFleur said Friday that Alexander might still be placed on injured reserve, but that doesn’t necessarily mean
5:09 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have had almost their entire starting offensive line wiped out leading into Sunday’s road game against the Houston Texans (CBS, 1 p.m. ET). The team has already ruled out right guard Shaq Mason (abdomen) and right tackle Trent Brown (right calf) with injuries, and left
4:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers rookie quarterback Trey Lance was thrown into last week’s game at halftime on short notice. This week, there’s no such uncertainty. Lance will make his first NFL start Sunday against the 4-0 Arizona Cardinals, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday. That announcement comes after a
4:20 PM ET Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden sent an email with racially insensitive language about NFL Players Association president DeMaurice Smith in 2011, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The email, sent to the president of the Washington Football Team, said that Smith had “lips the size of michellin tires,” the Journal reported,
3:04 PM ET Welcome to a jam-packed Friday in the 2021 MLB playoffs. The journey to the World Series is here and Friday features a quadruple-header of division series games: Game 2 of Chicago White Sox–Houston Astros; Game 1 of Atlanta Braves–Milwaukee Brewers; Game 2 of Boston Red Sox–Tampa Bay Rays and Game 1 of
1:16 PM ET The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without safety Antoine Winfield Jr., tight end Rob Gronkowski and defensive end Pat O’Connor against the Miami Dolphins this week, coach Bruce Arians said Friday. Winfield Jr., who recorded an interception and forced a fumble in the Bucs’ 19-17 victory at the New England Patriots before