9:28 PM ET SEATTLE — Los Angeles Rams rookie safety Russ Yeast has a pulmonary contusion and was taken to the hospital, coach Sean McVay said Sunday. Yeast left the Rams’ 19-16 loss to the Seattle Seahawks with a chest injury and was transported in an ambulance. He is in stable condition, McVay said, but
Month: January 2023
10:03 PM ET SEATTLE — After a whirlwind end of the season with the Los Angeles Rams, quarterback Baker Mayfield said he doesn’t know where he’ll end up next season, but said he knows he’s “good enough to be a starting quarterback.” “I have no doubt about that,” Mayfield said after the Rams’ Week 18
9:18 PM ET Another weekend of European football is in the books and, once again, there is drama everywhere you look. Minnows Wrexham and Stevenage have waltzed their way past Premier League opposition and into the fourth round of the FA Cup, while Barcelona took an almighty step ahead of Real Madrid in the LaLiga
7:33 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox closer Liam Hendriks announced Sunday that he has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and will begin treatment on Monday. “Hearing the word “Cancer” came as a shock to my wife and I, as it does to millions of families each year. However, I am resolved to embrace the
7:19 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan described a landscape Sunday of two rival leagues going down different paths, even as the PGA Tour is still trying to formulate plans for a revamped structure in 2024. “We’re at a point now where it’s product versus product,” Monahan said. He
6:54 PM ET DJ Bien-AimeESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Houston Texans coach Lovie Smith expects to return in 2023 after finishing 3-13-1 in his first season. The Texans finished their season with a win after beating the Indianapolis Colts 32-31 in Week 18 and played competitively in four of their last five games. “We understand the totality
7:05 PM ET MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — New York Jets coach Robert Saleh, who predicted multiple Super Bowl championships upon his hiring two years ago, sounded like so many of his predecessors Sunday after his latest defeat. He apologized, lamenting a season that got away. “You know, I say sorry to everybody,” Saleh said, naming
6:44 PM ET CINCINNATI — Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Justin Houston thought he had earned an additional $500,000 … until he didn’t. Needing one sack to reach an incentive of 10 for the season, Houston got to Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow early in the fourth quarter and celebrated with a somersault as he headed
6:40 PM ET CHICAGO — Justin Jefferson did indeed make his mark on NFL history this season. It just wasn’t the record that he was most hoping for. The Minnesota Vikings receiver became the youngest player to lead the league in catches and receiving yards, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. At 23, Jefferson
7:28 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts‘ return to the lineup wasn’t dazzling but proved an overall success, as the Philadelphia Eagles clinched the top seed in the NFC playoffs with a 22-16 win over the New York Giants in Sunday’s regular-season finale. With a 14-3 record, the Eagles set a new high for regular-season