7:31 AM ET Associated Press The NFL is awarding $1 million in research funding to two teams of medical researchers to study the effects of cannabinoids on pain management and neuroprotection from concussion in elite football players. Medical teams from the University of California San Diego and University of Regina in Canada were selected from
Month: February 2022
6:32 AM ET Tyler Fulghum The times, they are a changin’. If 2022 marks the first time you are legally allowed to bet on the Super Bowl in you state, then welcome to the party! And isn’t that exactly what America is supposed to be doing on a Super Bowl Sunday? Having a party? I
7:25 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young was scratched from Monday’s lineup with a right shoulder contusion. Coach Nate McMillan said Young was a game-time decision. The Hawks host the Raptors on Monday. Young’s injury occurred in the first half of Sunday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers when
12:56 AM ET Kendra AndrewsESPN HOUSTON — For the second time in 10 days, the Houston Rockets were giving the Golden State Warriors every inch of fight they had in them. And for about three quarters, it looked to be wearing the Warriors down. But then in the fourth, Stephen Curry erupted. He scored 21
6:54 PM ET Kevin Holland called an online troll’s bluff by choking him out in a grappling match. Holland, the loquacious UFC fighter nicknamed “Big Mouth,” said he had been getting messages from a guy on social media for months with the man, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, claiming he could submit Holland. So Holland took
11:00 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Artur Beterbiev and Joe Smith Jr. are closing in on a deal for a light heavyweight title unification this summer in New York, sources told ESPN. At the moment, Smith is looking for a purse in the neighborhood of $1.8 million for the proposed ESPN main event; he was offered
11:16 PM ET Washington offensive tackle Jaxson Kirkland has opted out of the 2022 NFL draft and plans to return to college, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. A two-time, first-team All-Pac-12 selection, Kirkland made the decision after learning an ankle injury he suffered during the season was more significant than originally thought, sources said. He
News The allrounder played a key role in denying England what appeared a certain victory Annabel Sutherland wasn’t sure she would get another over after being taken for two sixes as England put themselves in a position to win the Ashes Test in Canberra, but repaid the faith shown by captain Meg Lanning to help
6:51 PM ET The U.S. men’s team will be without midfielder Tyler Adams and defender Chris Richards for Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier game against Honduras in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Adams has a hamstring injury, while Richards is nursing an ankle injury, with both players withdrawn from the USMNT roster. No replacements have been named. It
7:45 PM ET Everton have signed Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli just hours after naming Frank Lampard as their new head coach. Negotiations accelerated quickly after Lampard’s arrival was confirmed on Monday afternoon with a deal between the two clubs understood to see Alli arrive on a free transfer with Everton required to pay £10 million