7:02 AM ET Eric MoodyESPN Close Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN. An exciting Week 2 of the NFL season culminates with a Monday night doubleheader. In the first game, the Tennessee Titans will
4:33 PM ET Associated Press Purdue coach Jeff Brohm has seen enough. He wants everyone in the Boilermakers program to stop jawing with referees and opposing players, starting with himself. After apologizing to his players Sunday for the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty he drew in the final minute of Saturday’s shocking loss at Syracuse, Brohm took
4:03 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN The Big 12 is finalizing a deal to hire Scott Draper of the American Athletic Conference as the league’s new vice president in charge of football, sources told ESPN on Monday. Draper spent the last eight seasons running football at the AAC, where he served as the primary contact for
3:47 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers signed Jake Virtanen to a professional tryout agreement on Monday, two months after the former Vancouver forward was found not guilty of sexual assault. Virtanen was charged in January in connection with an incident in a downtown Vancouver hotel room in September 2017. He
South Africa power-hitter Tristan Stubbs fetched the highest bid of Rand 9.2 million (USD 520,000 approx.) during the inaugural SA20 player auction in Cape Town. Sunrisers Eastern Cape won a fierce bidding war against MI Cape Town and Jo’burg Super Kings to snap up their homegrown hero. Uncapped batter Donavon Ferreira, who plays for Titans,
2:58 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II, who left Sunday’s win over the Houston Texans early in the second quarter because of a left shoulder injury, is considered day-to-day after additional exams Monday morning, according to sources. Given Surtain’s importance to the Broncos’ defense, that the injury is not a
3:40 PM ET Washington Commanders center Chase Roullier suffered a potentially significant knee injury in Sunday’s loss to the Detroit Lions, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Roullier was getting a second opinion on his right knee, but the fear is that he might need season-ending surgery. At the least, Washington coach Ron Rivera said
2:33 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After another anemic performance from the Pittsburgh Steelers offense, coach Mike Tomlin is holding off pressing the panic button on that unit and starting quarterback Mitch Trubisky ahead of Thursday night’s matchup with the Cleveland Browns. “I’m going to exercise appropriate patience and continue to teach and ask the guys
2:25 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Police in Las Vegas said Monday they’re investigating allegations that a fan in the stands struck Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray amid celebrations of Arizona’s 29-23 overtime victory over the Raiders. Murray was high-fiving front-row spectators at Allegiant Stadium following Byron Murphy Jr.’s game-ending fumble return on Sunday
2:38 PM ET Associated Press CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson defensive tackle Bryan Bresee returned to campus Monday but will head back to Maryland with coach Dabo Swinney and up to 40 players and staffers for the funeral of his sister, Ella. The 15-year-old died of brain cancer, Bresee announced on Thursday. Her brother, a Clemson