12:20 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — NFL free agency is off and running, and the New Orleans Saints are the first team to make major waves, with the addition of former Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr. The new league year officially begins at 4 p.m. ET March 15, which means free agent signings can
Month: March 2023
1:10 PM ET After the Texas Longhorns‘ first spring practice, coach Steve Sarkisian said on Monday that all positions are up for grabs, including quarterback, where sophomore Quinn Ewers and freshman Arch Manning will compete for the starting job. “I’m not worried about who’s going to be on the cover of what magazine next week,”
12:57 PM ET As the SEC continues to discuss an eight- or nine-game conference schedule to eventually adjust to the additions of Oklahoma and Texas in 2024, LSU coach Brian Kelly told ESPN on Monday he’s in favor of facing nine league teams because he wants “to play the best” — including Alabama as a
12:12 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have placed their franchise tag on running back Tony Pollard, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The 2023 franchise tender for a running back is worth $10.09 million, which immediately counts against the Cowboys’ salary cap whether he signs the tender immediately or not. The deadline
11:37 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue will fight May 7 in Yokohama, Japan, for Fulton’s unified 122-pound championship, Inoue’s American promoter, Top Rank, announced Monday. ESPN reported in January the sides struck a deal for a May bout that will be streamed that Sunday morning stateside on ESPN+. Fulton, 28, is
West Indies’ Hayley Matthews was unsold in the first round of the WPL auction, which was held just at the start of the Women’s T20 World Cup, before Mumbai Indians picked her up in the accelerated round. Surprising as it was, you could attach a logic to it. Matthews was leading a West Indies side
11:30 AM ET ESPN staff 2023 NFL free agency officially starts March 15 at 4 p.m. ET, which coincides with the start of the new league year. Teams and free agents can begin to agree to terms on new deals before officially signing them, though. The negotiating window starts on March 13 at noon ET.
11:01 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves plan to stop the sale of season tickets to preserve the availability of single-game tickets. Braves president Derek Schiller says this is the first time in team history season-ticket sales have been cut off before the first game. The Braves plan to cut off the
9:09 AM ET There are 12 weight classes in the UFC. Only three of them have title fights booked. There’s a lot of “TBD” going on at the moment at the very top of MMA’s leading promotion. However, there are plenty of big-stakes fights either on the books, in the works or worth considering as
10:15 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles and defensive backs coach/defensive passing game coordinator Dennard Wilson have agreed to part ways, a league source confirmed, after Wilson was passed up for the defensive coordinator position. Wilson was considered a strong internal candidate for the defensive coordinator post that opened when Jonathan Gannon took the Arizona