6:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carolina Panthers have made it clear all offseason that improved play at quarterback, whether from newly acquired Baker Mayfield or returning starter Sam Darnold, will be key to turning around an organization that has won five games in each of the past three seasons They hope the competition
Month: July 2022
6:00 AM ET A line forms to meet Jets rookie Jeremy Ruckert outside the ice cream shop he frequented as a kid in Lindenhurst, New York. Rich Cimini/ESPN LINDENHURST, N.Y. — New York Jets rookie Jeremy Ruckert stood inside the ice cream shop he frequented as a kid, making small talk with the locals. This time,
5:38 PM ET Carlos Sainz went from first time Formula One winner to non-finisher in the space of a week on Sunday after his Ferrari engine blew just as he was set for second-place at the Austrian Grand Prix. Sainz said he was unhappy with the speed of the rescue vehicles as his car burst
6:09 AM ET McLaren driver Lando Norris has called on the FIA to remove sausage kerbs, a type of raised kerb placed around corners, from circuits following two big accidents in other series. Sausage kerbs are often added to chicanes to deter drivers from cutting corners, but in the past two weeks have been responsible
5:23 AM ET Former world No. 1 Ash Barty has no regrets about retiring from tennis in March age 25 and does not plan to start playing golf professionally, ending speculation that she would now focus her career on that sport. Barty sent shockwaves around the tennis world when she unexpectedly announced her retirement at
6:00 AM ET It’s one thing to knock Ohio State from its perch atop the conference. It’s another thing entirely to keep the Buckeyes pinned down. That’s become doubly true in the 2000s. They slipped at the end of the John Cooper era but went straight from 7-5 to 14-0 under Jim Tressel in 2002
2:26 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Richard Jefferson was called for 2,637 fouls in his playing career, along with 45 technicals. He fouled out of 14 games. He even got ejected twice. He always suspected referees didn’t have an easy job. He’s now certain they don’t. Jefferson, who played 17 seasons in the
7:42 PM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Although Zach LaVine said he went into NBA free agency this summer with an “open mind,” his decision to return to the Chicago Bulls turned out to be an easy one, especially once the team offered him a five-year max contract extension with a player option for the
7:31 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Paolo Banchero showed the Orlando Magic plenty in his two Summer League contests. And the Magic decided that was enough. The No. 1 pick is getting the rest of summer league off, after averaging 20 points, six assists and five rebounds in his two games in
12:20 AM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins signed veteran forward Rickard Rakell to a six-year contract extension, the team announced late Monday night. The contract runs through the 2027-28 season, and carries an average annual value of $5 million. Rakell, 29, among some of the trade-deadline departures from the Anaheim Ducks last season, found a fit