12:38 PM ET Nahje Flowers, a defensive end for New Mexico Lobos, has died, the school announced Tuesday. Flowers, a redshirt junior from Los Angeles, was 21. The cause of death was not released. “Earlier this morning we were made aware of the tragic loss of Nahje Flowers,” New Mexico coach Bob Davie said in
11:16 AM GMT Saracens have been deducted 35 points and fined £5.3 million for salary cap breaches, Premiership Rugby announced on Tuesday. An independent disciplinary panel said Saracens failed to disclose player payments in each of the last three seasons. In the event that Saracens appeal the decision, the sanctions will be suspended pending the
10:49 AM ET Atlanta Hawks big man John Collins was suspended without pay for 25 games Tuesday for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program. Collins, in his third season with the team, tested positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide-2 (GHRP-2), the league said. Collins told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowsi that he will appeal the
10:42 AM ET Calling his Twitter outburst “totally out of character,” former Cleveland Browns safety Jermaine Whitehead apologized on his Instagram account Tuesday for his profanity-laced and threatening comments on social media following Sunday’s loss at Denver. View this post on Instagram 🙏🏾 I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for my actions
Nov 6, 2018 Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Before the 2019 MLB season began, we tried to define what “success” could look like for each of the 30 teams. Obviously, winning a World Series would count as successful no matter
11:33 AM ET Field YatesESPN Insider Close Field Yates has previous experience interning with the New England Patriots on both their coaching and scouting staffs. A graduate of Wesleyan University (CT), he is a regular contributor to ESPN Boston’s Patriots coverage and ESPN Insider. Welcome to — at least in one way — the hardest
7:30 PM ET Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings The Fantasy 32 analyzes the NFL from a fantasy perspective, with at least one mention of each of the
7:30 AM ET Quarterback carnage. No two words better describe the first half of the 2019 NFL season. A total of 46 passers have started at least one game, the most through Week 9 in five seasons. Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger was lost for the season in Week 2, the same week the Saints’ Drew Brees
9:15 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NBA is introducing a direct-to-consumer subscription option for NBA TV, a move primarily targeted at those who don’t have cable or a package that already offers the channel. The league announced Tuesday that NBA TV will be available through the league’s website or mobile app for
10:40 AM ET The Hall of Fame announced its 10-person Modern Era Ballot — nine players and former labor chief Marvin Miller — with the results to be announced at the start of baseball’s winter meetings. Let’s get this out of the way: Stop with the comparisons to Harold Baines. For now, Baines is an