3:12 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Connecticut teenager didn’t remember professing her love for Aaron Rodgers in a post-surgery video that showed her crying and wishing the Green Bay Packers quarterback was there, but Danica Patrick did what she could to grant the girl’s wishes. Patrick, Rodgers’ girlfriend, saw Callie Kessler’s post on
8:21 AM ET IT’S BUZZING INSIDE AmericanAirlines Arena. It is Jan. 23 in the middle of another sun-drenched day along Biscayne Bay, and the Miami Heat have just wrapped up practice and a film session. Players are shuffling to the trainer’s room. Staffers float in and out of the double doors leading into the locker
1:20 PM ET People tend to lose their heads when an elite player changes teams. In a good way. For fans of the team that acquires the star, it’s a time to dream. A time to anticipate the thrills that you think lie ahead. For fans of the game in general, it’s always interesting to
2:00 PM ET Everybody loves a big trade involving big names, big stars — and prospects, the human lottery tickets that might pay off big in the end. But nobody loves a big trade more than the big league evaluators who aren’t involved. They love to break down each side, compare their own reports of
2:39 PM ET Suspended Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett met with the NFL on Monday morning about his reinstatement into the league, sources confirmed to ESPN. According to Cleveland.com, which first reported the news, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was in attendance at the meeting. Garrett was suspended indefinitely for his role in a fight
1:49 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers signed defenseman Darnell Nurse to a two-year contract extension Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Nurse, 25, who is the Oilers’ alternate captain, has 24 points (four goals, 20 assists) in 55 games this season. In six seasons he has 28 goals and 84 assists in 334 games. The
1:31 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Masahiro Tanaka feels cheated by the Houston Astros. Tanaka’s Yankees lost to the Astros in a seven-game AL Championship Series in 2017. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred found the Astros broke rules against electronic sign stealing in 2017, including during the postseason. “Yeah, I do feel that way,“
1:08 PM ET Philip Rivers will enter free agency this year, officially ending his 16-year run with the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers and Rivers jointly announced the veteran quarterback’s decision Monday, with general manager Tom Telesco saying that the timing of the announcement will “allow everyone to put themselves in the best position for
8:00 AM ET It’s not too fair to judge new college football coaches on their first recruiting classes because most are hired with very little time to close out the class. The coaching carousel starts only weeks before the early signing period in December, and coaches can’t be expected to do much in those first
7:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Guardians are running late. The digital clock on their locker room wall at MetLife Stadium says it’s time to get on the field, but this opening-day moment deserves extra time. Coach Kevin Gilbride, standing in the middle of the room, gives the pregame pep talk