8:47 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots have informed veteran defensive tackle Mike Pennel, one of their top free-agent signings in the offseason, that he is being released Monday, according to a league source. Pennel had signed a two-year deal with the Patriots with a base value of $5 million in March,
8:00 AM ET When Kyle Shanahan became the Washington Redskins‘ offensive coordinator in 2010 under his father, Mike, he brought in young offensive minds Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur. Now that all three are NFL head coaches, the former Redskins assistants will have a big say in who wins the NFC. Expanded Fantasy Draft Cheat
10:52 AM ET Just like that, the golf season is over. Four majors and the FedEx Cup in the rearview before the calendar flips to September — this new calendar might take a bit of getting used to. So we look back on the year that was and what comes next. Rory McIlroy or Brooks
10:21 AM ET England’s Anthony Yarde (18-1, 17 KOs), 28, had never faced a serious opponent in his four-year pro career, which followed a very brief 12-fight amateur stint, but he left it all in the ring Saturday in a valiant effort against light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs). Kovalev’s vast experience
7:49 AM ET Lincoln Riley’s voice drips with contempt. The 35-year-old Oklahoma Sooners coach is describing a failed play — from 1999. It’s not surprising that he can remember the details. His high school coach swears that Riley has a photographic memory, says he could watch film once and predict what the opposing team was
1:45 AM ET The Cincinnati Bengals‘ offensive line will look differently than expected for the season opener against the Seattle Seahawks. Rookie Michael Jordan will be the team’s starting left guard and Trey Hopkins will start at center, Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor said on Sunday. The combination means Billy Price, the team’s first-round pick in
7:03 AM ET ESPN News Services Former Pro Bowl fullback Le’Ron McClain complained of head issues related to football and asked the league for help in a series of tweets since Saturday. “I have to get my head checked. Playing fullback since high school. Its takes too f—ing much to do anything. My brain is
7:22 AM ET Which players should be the favorites for NBA MVP in 2019-20? In the latest edition of the ESPN summer forecast, our panel predicted 2018-19 MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo as having the best chance to win the award. Two-time MVP Stephen Curry finished second, with Curry and Giannis getting more than half of the
Africa’s highest profile Premier League players went head to head this weekend, as last season’s three Golden Boot winners, Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, clashed in Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over Arsenal. It was Salah who stole the show on the day, netting twice to bag his second and third goals of the season,
6:47 AM ET After F1’s summer break, racing resumes at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, the first of the nine races left on this season’s calendar. The shutdown is a good chance for employees to switch off and take a break from F1, but Red Bull’s Albon experiment 1 Related Red Bull has ensured it will