Month: August 2022

12:32 PM ET Associated Press Unvaccinated NBA players and team personnel must submit to weekly COVID-19 testing this season, the league told its clubs in a memo Tuesday. There will be certain exceptions to that mandate, the league said, such as when the unvaccinated person is considered to have been “recently recovered” from COVID-19. But
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11:57 AM ET The Brooklyn Nets are finalizing a non-guaranteed one-year deal for free agent forward Markieff Morris, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. The deal is pending a physical, sources said. Morris, 32, averaged 7.6 points and 2.6 rebounds last season for the Miami Heat, as he was limited to 17 games because of a
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1:06 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers filled out their outside linebacker depth in acquiring Malik Reed from the Denver Broncos on Tuesday. Reed’s agent, Mike McCartney, announced the move on Twitter. The Steelers swapped a 2023 sixth-round draft pick for the outside linebacker and a seventh-round pick from the Broncos, a source confirmed
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12:46 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins placed starting cornerback Byron Jones on the reserve/physically unable to perform list Tuesday as they finalized their initial 53-man roster, after he missed all of training camp with an Achilles injury. His placement on the PUP list means he will miss at least the team’s first
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11:14 AM ET Team Europe captain Luke Donald will have double the number of captain’s picks when he assembles the 12-man team that will take on the United States next year in Rome, Italy, Ryder Cup Europe announced on Tuesday. Donald will have six captain’s picks instead of three, as the total number of captain’s
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10:28 AM ET The Minnesota Vikings plan to waive quarterback Kellen Mond, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday morning. Mond’s fate was sealed last week when the Vikings acquired quarterback Nick Mullens in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders. It’s possible but not certain that Mond could be signed to the team’s
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11:50 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles acquired defensive back Chauncey Gardner-Johnson from the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Eagles received Gardner-Johnson and the Saints’ 2025 seventh-round draft pick for a 2023 fifth-round draft pick and the worse of their two sixth-round draft picks in 2024, the source
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10:37 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs are releasing veteran wide receiver Josh Gordon, a source confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Gordon said a public farewell to the Chiefs and their fans in a pair of tweets Tuesday, appearing to confirm his exit. “Appreciate all the @Chiefs kingdom has done for me and
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4:13 AM ET Bournemouth manager Scott Parker was sacked by the newly promoted Premier League club on Tuesday, three days after they were beaten 9-0 by Liverpool at Anfield. The rout was Bournemouth’s third defeat in a row in the league after being beaten 4-0 by Manchester City and 3-0 by Arsenal. – Stream on
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