Month: April 2022

9:04 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have spoken to an NFL investigator looking into claims by former coach Hue Jackson, who said the team intentionally lost games — tanked — in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Jackson, now coaching at Grambling State, was fired by Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam
0 Comments
8:32 PM ET Kim Clavel’s chance to win the WBC junior flyweight title is going to have to wait at least a little while longer. Clavel, who was set to challenge Yesenia Gomez on Thursday in Montreal for Gomez’s title, contracted COVID-19, according to her promoter, Yvon Michel. Michel tweeted Monday that Clavel has “quite
0 Comments
8:43 PM ET Associated Press Landon Donovan, manager of the San Diego Loyal, won four MLS Cups as a player for the LA Galaxy. Katharine Lotze/Getty Images When Landon Donovan drives past his bronze statue Tuesday night at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, there will be a brief moment of nostalgia and gratitude. Then
0 Comments
6:34 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal was fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct for making contact with a player on the ice while on the bench during Sunday night’s loss at Toronto. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the supplemental discipline Monday. While sitting on the
0 Comments
6:11 PM ET After briefly considering retirement earlier this year, legendary heavyweight Fabricio Werdum still wants to compete in the PFL. A former UFC champion, Werdum, 44, signed with PFL in 2021, but has only made one appearance for the promotion thus far. And when the promotion announced its regular-season heavyweight matchups for April 28,
0 Comments
5:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Michael Pezzetta two games on Monday for an illegal check to the head of Washington Capitals forward T.J. Oshie. The incident occurred in the third period of Washington’s 8-4 win in Montreal on Saturday. Pezzetta hit Oshie’s head as he
0 Comments
6:16 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former NBA player J.R. Smith has scored a name, image and likeness deal with apparel brand Lululemon that will make him the brand’s golf ambassador. Smith, who went straight from high school to the NBA in 2004, has been a walk-on on the North Carolina A&T golf team after returning
0 Comments
5:43 PM ET Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won this year’s Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player, has accepted a six-month ban from competition for an anti-doping rule violation, according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The period of ineligibility began on April 14, which was the date he accepted the
0 Comments