8:57 PM ET The budding rivalry between top players from Major League Soccer and Liga MX has raised the intensity level in the annual MLS All-Star Game, says Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman. On Wednesday, the best in MLS will face off against a team of All Stars from Mexico‘s top flight for the second
Month: August 2022
9:09 PM ET Missouri will start Brady Cook at quarterback when the season begins next month, coach Eliah Drinkwitz announced on Tuesday. The decision comes eight days into preseason camp and roughly three weeks before the team’s season opener at home against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 1. A redshirt sophomore, Cook appeared in five games
8:09 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Rangers have named defenseman Jacob Trouba captain. Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury announced the selection in a news release Tuesday morning, and the team held a news conference with Drury, Trouba and coach Gerard Gallant at the team’s practice facility in Greenburgh, New York,
8:02 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Mac Jones acknowledged struggles as the team transitions to a “new offense,” but expressed confidence that things will turn around. “I’m going to figure it out. I always have. I always will,” Jones said Tuesday after the Patriots’ 11th practice of training camp. “At the
6:18 PM ET IRVINE, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay said Tuesday that he signed a contract extension during the offseason, but the team was waiting to announce it until general manager Les Snead signed an extension as well, which hasn’t happened yet. During his first press conference of training camp, McVay
6:55 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Despite published reports that indicate he is leaving the PGA Tour for the rival LIV Golf circuit, Australia’s Cameron Smith said Tuesday he’s preparing to win the FedEx Cup playoffs and is a “man of my word.” Smith, the No. 2-ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking after
6:46 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A federal judge on Tuesday denied a temporary restraining order to three golfers who were seeking to participate in the FedEx Cup Playoffs after leaving the PGA Tour for the upstart LIV Golf Invitational Series. The players, Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford, were seeking relief to participate
4:52 PM ET In yet another step forward for Miami’s athletic programs, the Hurricanes have unveiled a new football locker room, while also announcing a $1 million gift to go toward a state-of-the-art renovation of the men and women’s basketball weight room. The football locker room, which is being called the “Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
4:46 PM ET ESPN News Services LAS VEGAS — Former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch was arrested Tuesday in Las Vegas on suspicion of driving impaired, according to police. Officers stopped the vehicle that Lynch, 36, was driving at about 7:30 a.m., concluded that he was impaired and detained him, police said in a statement.
5:27 PM ET BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league seeks a tougher penalty for Deshaun Watson because the quarterback’s actions were “egregious” and “predatory behavior.” Last week, the NFL formally appealed Watson’s six-game suspension, which was handed down by the NFL’s disciplinary officer Sue. L Robinson earlier this month. At