10:04 AM ET ESPN News Services Nick Bollettieri, the Hall of Fame tennis coach who worked with some of the sport’s biggest stars, including Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, and founded an academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes, has died. He was 91. Bollettieri died Sunday night at home in Florida after a
Month: December 2022
2:24 PM ET Former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler has been forced to withdraw from a bout against Santiago Ponzinibbio on Saturday due to an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN. According to sources, the UFC is working on finding a potential replacement for Ponzinibbio (28-6). The 170-pound contest was scheduled to take place on the
12:59 PM ET HOUSTON — At 10:08 a.m. Houston time, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson walked onto the NRG Stadium field to warm up for his first regular-season game in exactly 700 days. Within minutes, the gates opened and a smattering of Watson’s No. 4 jerseys, in Cleveland and Houston colors, dotted the stands around
6:22 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — It all started with a helmet poke. New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston almost cringes when he thinks about it now. If he had held back his temper, perhaps things would’ve gone a lot differently. Maybe Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans and Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore would’ve
1:59 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence was having further tests on his injured left foot Monday, but coach Doug Pederson is optimistic about Lawrence’s availability for practice this week and Sunday’s game at the Tennessee Titans. “I don’t think [Lawrence won’t be able to play],” Pederson said Monday. “I think
1:55 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III has a chance to return this week from the ankle injury that knocked him out of the team’s 27-23 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, coach Pete Carroll said on his weekly radio show. Carroll told Seattle Sports 710 AM on
1:32 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The Miami Dolphins signed veteran offensive tackle Eric Fisher on Monday and, in a corresponding move, placed starting right tackle Austin Jackson on injured reserve, the team announced. Jackson returned to the field in Miami’s Week 12 game against the Cleveland Browns after missing the team’s previous nine games because
1:31 PM ET Multiple Contributors When the the Carolina Panthers agreed in July to send a conditional 2024 draft pick to the Cleveland Browns for Baker Mayfield, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft, they were hoping to resurrect his career. The renaissance didn’t happen, and it wasn’t even close. Mayfield went
1:15 PM ET Arizona‘s Dorian Singer, who led the Pac-12 with 1,105 receiving yards this past season, entered the transfer portal on Monday. Singer, a sophomore, had 66 catches with six touchdowns and averaged 16.7 yards per reception this past season. He will have two years of eligibility remaining. Singer and Jacob Cowing (85 catches
2:02 PM ET Oregon is set to hire Will Stein as offensive coordinator, replacing Kenny Dillingham, who left to become head coach at Arizona State, sources confirmed to ESPN. Stein, 33, served one season as UTSA‘s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after two seasons as the Roadrunners’ passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach. The