1:52 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Allen Iverson, who was an elite scorer during his days in the NBA, is now admiring another young bucket-getter. 1 Related Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant scored a career-high 52 points Monday against the San Antonio Spurs. He shot 22-of-30 from the field to help the Grizzlies beat the
Month: March 2022
2:33 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — There is wide agreement among NFL decision-makers that their 2021 standard for taunting penalties should largely remain in place moving forward, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said Tuesday. The league’s internal review of 2021 film revealed a total of 61 taunting flags in 2021, the most
3:45 PM ET Eric Bieniemy is back for another season as the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator, which is not something coach Andy Reid expected when the 2021 season ended. Reid said at the NFL combine in Indianapolis that he thought Bieniemy would be an NFL head coach by now. In each of the past
3:57 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts are still working through the process that will decide quarterback Carson Wentz‘s fate with the franchise, general manager Chris Ballard said Tuesday. “I don’t have a direct answer for you,” Ballard said at the NFL’s scouting combine. “Jim [Irsay], Frank [Reich] and I will sit down over the
2:58 PM ET San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is expected to undergo shoulder surgery soon and will be sidelined until this summer, sources told ESPN. Garoppolo suffered what coach Kyle Shanahan called a “slightly” sprained right (throwing) shoulder in the second quarter of the Niners’ wild-card win over Dallas. A separate thumb injury that
2:49 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Denver Broncos general manager George Paton said Tuesday at the NFL scouting combine that “everything is on the table” in the team’s pursuit of a quarterback, including trading multiple first-round picks to get one or bringing back Teddy Bridgewater. The Broncos have been an oft-discussed landing spot for Green Bay
3:59 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Brian Gutekunst walked the halls of the Indiana Convention Center uninterrupted on Tuesday, and the Green Bay Packers general manager said it’s the same when he runs into GMs from the other teams at the NFL scouting combine. He claimed his phone isn’t constantly buzzing, either, with teams calling to
2:39 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Embattled Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has sued Churchill Downs and track leadership in federal court, seeking to overturn his two-year suspension on grounds it violated his due process rights. The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court names Churchill Downs Inc., CEO William C. Carstanjen
3:18 PM ET JUPITER, Fla. — Talks broke down between MLB and the MLBPA on Tuesday afternoon leading the league to declare it’ll make a final offer for a new collective bargaining agreement before a 5 p.m. EST deadline. “We thought there was a path to a deal last night and that both sides were
3:07 PM ET The FIA has decided not to ban Russian drivers from motorsport in the wake of the country’s military invasion of Ukraine, allowing Nikita Mazepin to remain in Formula One with Haas. Motor racing’s governing body decided Tuesday that a ban would only extend to drivers competing under the flag of Russia or