10:55 AM ET Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is taking the optimistic approach to Le’Veon Bell‘s franchise tag negotiations. Appearing at the Hampton Roads Youth Foundation football camp over the weekend, Tomlin told WAVY Channel 10 that he would like the Steelers to sign Bell to a long-term contract before Monday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline.
9:56 AM BST Melbourne Rebels star Amanaki Mafi has been charged by New Zealand police following an alleged assault on teammate Lopeti Timani in Dunedin. Loose forward Mafi will appear in Dunedin District Court on Monday charged with injuring with intent to injure in an incident in South Dunedin. It’s a dismal postscript to the
12:31 PM ET Noel Zarate For fighters who have not personally experienced going up against Manny Pacquiao believe analyzing video and putting together game plans against sparring partners will help them prep for Manny Pacquiao. Once those fighters survive the first round, they usually have a different perspective on Pacquiao’s speed and power. It was
8:50 AM BST Disappointment is set to galvanise the chastened NSW Waratahs, for their Super Rugby quarter-final against a Highlanders side poised to bring back some of their biggest stars. A lacklustre effort in their 40-31 home loss to the Brumbies on Saturday dropped NSW to third overall, propelling them into a tough elimination game
shares Imam-ul-Haq ventures a pull © AFP Big Picture The chasm between Pakistan and Zimbabwe may make this five-match ODI series look meaningless: Pakistan grounded the hosts into the dust at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo in the first ODI, winning by a hefty margin of 201 runs. There was no resistance, no challenge,
7:28 AM ET Valtteri Bottas is confident he is doing enough to retain his drive at Mercedes next year, even though he is 59 points off teammate Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings. Bottas was hoping to mount a title challenge in his second season with Mercedes but a combination of bad luck and reliability
2:51 PM ET Richie Porte was left “devastated” after fracturing his right collarbone during stage 9 of the 2018 Tour de France which saw him abandon the race for the second consecutive year. Australian Porte, who was 10th in the race for the yellow jersey 57 seconds behind leader and BMC Racing teammate Greg Van
7:50 AM ET ESPN staff Richie Porte has crashed out of the Tour de France after landing heavily on his collarbone during stage 9 of the race. Australian rider Porte, who was 10th in the race for the yellow jersey 57 seconds behind leader leader and BMC Racing teammate Greg Van Avermaet, was left in
4:08 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim If Junior Dos Santos was in front of a television a week ago watching UFC fights, you have to wonder what was going through his mind. The heavyweight championship was being contested in front of a big-event crowd in Las Vegas. And if the brawny Brazilian scanned the faces on
1:49 AM ET The St. Louis Cardinals thrive on continuity. Bill DeWitt Jr. has owned the team since March 1996, and he basically has had two managers and two general managers. Tony La Russa was hired in 1996, and Mike Matheny replaced him in 2012. Walt Jocketty ran the front office from 1995 through the