10:18 AM ET PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Steelers‘ preseason is starting a little bit earlier this year with an August 6 date against the Dallas Cowboys in the annual Hall of Fame Game played in Canton, Ohio. With safety Troy Polamalu and two other members of the organization heading into the Pro Football Hall of
10:30 AM ET The Vegas Golden Knights finished the 2018-19 season in frustrating fashion, and though they were expected to be a top Stanley Cup contender again in 2019-20, they didn’t seem to put it all together. But since the start of February, they’ve gone 13-4-1, with their last two victories coming against the Calgary
9:17 AM ET ESPN News Services Maximum Security was moved from trainer Jason Servis to Bob Baffert on Tuesday after Servis was indicted Monday and charged with administering performance-enhancing drugs to that horse and others. Servis was one of 27 horse racing professionals charged by federal authorities in what authorities described as a widespread international
9:31 AM ET The NFL Players Association and the league management council have agreed to move the franchise/transition tag deadline from Thursday at 4 p.m. ET to Monday at 11:59 a.m. ET. By setting the tag deadline as noon, it allows for the period known as “legal tampering” to begin as scheduled on Monday. The
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN With 2020 NFL free agency getting underway next week, many teams will be looking for the veteran impact players to put their franchise over the top, or to contribute to culture change. But it doesn’t always work like that. While many free agents have a positive impact upon signing with
8:00 AM ET The results are in, and ESPN has determined Major League Baseball’s top 100 players for the 2020 season. But not everyone is going to agree with who wound up where. In the wake of the release of this year’s voting by 40 of ESPN’s baseball experts, we asked three of our voters
7:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyrann Mathieu was hardly an unknown before he joined the Kansas City Chiefs and helped lead the team to a win in Super Bowl LIV. But if the recent NFL scouting combine is any indication, winning has raised Mathieu’s profile. At least a dozen defensive draft prospects said
8:55 AM ET The Houston Texans have agreed to re-sign tight end Darren Fells to a two-year contract, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal includes $4 million in the first year, the source said. Fells, who turns 34 on April 22, is coming off the best season of his six-year NFL career. The former
6:00 AM ET Ryan Fitzpatrick led the 2019 Miami Dolphins in rushing yards with 243. Let that stat sink in, along with the fact that Fitzpatrick is the Dolphins’ quarterback, and the depths of Miami’s running game woes become more clear. The Dolphins will be active in pursuing upgrades at running back this offseason. Fixing
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When the San Francisco 49ers dealt a pair of mid-round picks to the Denver Broncos for wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders in October, they believed Sanders could be the piece that pushes them over the top. At the time, the Niners and quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo lacked a consistent, experienced