2:09 PM ET Detroit Tigers first-base coach Kimera Bartee, who played six seasons in the majors, has died at the age of 49, the team announced Tuesday. No cause of death has been announced. “All of us in the Tigers baseball family were shocked and saddened,” Tigers general manager Al Avila said in a statement.
3:49 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers didn’t throw a touchdown pass until his third NFL season and even then, it was only one that year. Yet here is the Green Bay Packers quarterback with 442 career touchdown passes, and his next one — perhaps as soon as Saturday against the Cleveland Browns
3:16 PM ET Wide receiver Tyreek Hill was among the three starters — and seven overall — who were added to the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Kansas City Chiefs on Tuesday. All seven players tested positive for COVID-19, sources told ESPN’s Field Yates. Linebacker Nick Bolton and offensive tackle Lucas Niang are the other starters
4:54 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Wide receiver Cole Beasley was added to the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Buffalo Bills, becoming the fifth player on the active roster and seventh overall on the list. Beasley tested positive, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Field Yates, and remains unvaccinated. He will at minimum miss the
3:45 PM ET The Washington Football Team will be without its top two quarterbacks for Tuesday’s road game against the Philadelphia Eagles, as starter Taylor Heinicke and backup Kyle Allen remain on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Washington instead will start Garrett Gilbert, who signed with the team Friday off New England‘s practice squad. Kyle Shurmur, a
2:22 PM ET Mixed martial arts fighter Jordan Young died Saturday at age 27, ESPN confirmed Tuesday with the Broward County (Florida) Office of Medical Examiner and Trauma Services. Young, a 6-foot-4 light heavyweight, had most recently fought with PFL. His cause and manner of death are pending, per a medical examiner spokesperson. PFL and
6:45 AM ET In many ways, the NFL entered its third COVID-19 pandemic last week. The first hit during the 2020 season, as the league maneuvered through a 17-week schedule without the benefit of vaccines. The second took place during Weeks 1 through 14 of the 2021 regular season, a battle against the delta variant
3:24 PM ET Alabama landed its second high-profile transfer in a week on Tuesday when former Georgia Tech running back Jahmyr Gibbs announced that he’ll play for the Crimson Tide in 2022. A sophomore, Gibbs ran for 746 yards and four touchdowns this season, earning a spot on the All-ACC team. He also caught 35
2:26 PM ET A week after putting together his first signing class at Florida, new Gators coach Billy Napier added another piece to the puzzle by landing former Ohio State quarterback Jack Miller from the transfer portal on Tuesday. A former four-star prospect from Arizona, Miller appeared in four games as a redshirt sophomore this
12:47 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Washington Football Team copied a tactic the Dallas Cowboys used on them more than a week ago — having their heated benches shipped to Philadelphia for Tuesday night’s game against the Eagles. Dallas had benches shipped to FedEx Field when it played at Washington last week because the Cowboys