5:53 PM ET LSU added ESPN 300 quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to its 2021 recruiting class Monday when the 6-foot-2, 185-pound signal-caller announced his decision to pick the Tigers over offers from the likes of Texas, Texas A&M, Baylor and others. Nussmeier is the No. 62-ranked prospect overall out of Marcus High School in Flower Mound,
6:54 AM ET JUSTIN GAETHJE WAS 18 years old when he spent a summer working at the Morenci copper mine, located about an hour’s drive from his hometown of Safford, Arizona. Safford is a small town of approximately 10,000, in the southeast portion of the state. One of its largest employers is FreePort-McMoRan, a Phoenix-based
4:54 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — New Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo said Monday that he is fully healthy and he will be ready for the season — if there is one. Verdugo has used the delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic to rehab a stress fracture in his spine, which he had when
3:35 PM ET Once upon a time, I made the mistake of asking Don Shula if the 1998 New York Yankees qualified as a perfect team. Those Yankees won 114 games in the regular season and swept San Diego in the World Series to finish 125-50 overall. Since it was clearly impossible for a baseball
4:29 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers declined the fifth-year option on defensive lineman Solomon Thomas‘ contract, according to multiple reports. Monday was the deadline to decide on the options for the 2017 NFL draft class. That means that, barring the sides striking a contract extension at a lesser rate, Thomas
4:20 PM ET Associated Press Women’s flag football will become a varsity sport for NAIA schools by next year, the organization announced Monday. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has secured a two-year partnership with the NFL and its NFL FLAG arm, and Reigning Champs Experiences (RCX). The NAIA will develop league infrastructure and operations
3:42 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons declined the $10.051 million, fifth-year option for defensive end Charles Harris, whom they acquired Friday in a trade with the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a 2021 seventh-round draft pick, a source confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The news was first reported by NFL Network. The move was anticipated.
3:48 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts are not picking up the fifth-year option of safety Malik Hooker, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Hooker, the No. 15 pick in 2017, was the last player who had yet to hear whether the option year of his contract would be picked up from that draft class.
3:00 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz said he is not concerned by the team’s decision to draft Jalen Hurts in the second round, and is OK sharing snaps with him if it’s in the best interest of the team. “I came to Philly ever since being drafted and all I’ve wanted to
8:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Shortly after being drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the No. 14 overall pick in 2016, Denzel Valentine‘s father thought he was delivering a dose of reality to his son. “I’m like, ‘S—, they ain’t gone let you wear 45, bro,'” Carlton Valentine said, referring to his son’s jersey number