9:03 AM ET The XFL continued its efforts to counterprogram the USFL’s return to the field by convening a virtual meeting of agents Monday night to pitch them on the league’s plans for 2023 and beyond, a source told ESPN. The XFL’s top football executives — Marc Ross, Doug Whaley and Russ Giglio — told
8:18 AM ET Carolina Panthers linebacker Damien Wilson was arrested in Frisco, Texas, last week after his ex-girlfriend said he threatened to kill her, according to the Dallas Morning News. Wilson, 28, who was signed last month by the Panthers, faces a charge of assault with bodily injury of a family member, Frisco Police Sgt.
6:30 AM ET British tennis star Emma Raducanu caused a flutter of excitement in Premier League circles this week when she turned out for a practice session in Germany wearing a personalised Tottenham Hotspur shirt. Raducanu was spotted warming up on court on Monday ahead of the 2022 Stuttgart Open in a white Spurs home
7:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Linebacker Jaelan Phillips of the Miami Dolphins is no stranger to the spotlight. The No. 3 high school recruit in the Class of 2017 and a first-round pick by the Dolphins in 2021 has been in a high-profile position long enough to understand the responsibility that comes with
4:25 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO — With teammates bickering on the sideline and the reigning league MVP having been ejected in the fourth quarter, coach Michael Malone said the Denver Nuggets have to remain intact with their season teetering on the brink. After imploding for the second straight game and losing Game 2 of their
2:09 AM ET DALLAS — The formula the Dallas Mavericks used to pull off their series-evening 110-104 win in Monday’s Game 2 felt painfully familiar to the Utah Jazz. Without injured superstar Luka Doncic, the Mavs opened the floor by playing five-out offense, consistently exploiting the Jazz’s shoddy perimeter defense to create a plethora of
8:00 AM ET Andrew LopezESPN IT WAS AN early April evening, and the Miami Heat had just gone up by 18 points with 1:36 to play against the Chicago Bulls. It was time to call it. So when coach Erik Spoelstra looked down his bench, he called out a familiar name. Udonis Haslem, now 41
8:00 AM ET When Tom Brady started working on BRADY, his new performance apparel line, he didn’t have the option to partner with college athletes. But when new rules were adopted last year, allowing student athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness, Brady knew he wanted to get involved in some capacity.
7:00 AM ET During the conference realignment run of the early 2010s, Conference USA attempted to assert its power by adding a number of Sun Belt programs to its roster: Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Middle Tennessee, North Texas and Western Kentucky. The Sun Belt responded by adding football programs. Georgia Southern found quick success, while
7:00 AM ET “Game’s gone.” It’s a thing that soccer fans say anytime their sport lurches even more toward the service of money (not an infrequent occurrence) or, alternately, in reaction to the way some of the sport’s physicality has been tamped down more than old-schoolers would prefer. While fans of both American and European