The Los Angeles Rams released running back Todd Gurley and linebacker Clay Matthews, the team announced Thursday. Gurley officially was let go after what was reportedly an extensive effort to find a trade partner. Gurley had yet to begin the massive extension ... More »
The Minnesota Vikings and kicker Dan Bailey agreed to contract terms, the team announced Thursday. While the Vikings didn’t disclose any details, the Star-Tribune said it is a three-year deal. Bailey, entering his 10th NFL season, played his first seven season... More »
NFL players approved the proposed collective bargaining agreement overnight, which will give the league labor peace through the 2030 season. The vote was 1,019 to 959 in favor of ratification, the NFL Players Association announced Sunday morning. Voting closed... More »
The New Jersey Devils traded 21-goal scorer Blake Coleman to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday in exchange for a prospect and a first-round pick, hours after shipping off captain Andy Greene. The Devils acquired prospect Nolan Foote from Tampa as well as a fir... More »
FORT WORTH, Texas – After another disaster on the race track, Chase Elliott has a crystal clear vision of his only path to a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. On Lap 9 of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, Elliott’s No. 9 Hendrick Mot... More »
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Brad Keselowski thought his playoff run would continue when he came to pit road for fresh tires before the first of two overtimes in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Keselowski would have been fine, but he had a wreck out o... More »
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Monday that Jameis Winston will remain his team’s starting quarterback despite throwing a career-worst five interceptions Sunday in a loss to the Carolina Panthers in London. “No,” Arians said when asked if Winston ... More »
The New York Mets are considering ESPN analyst Eduardo Perez in their managerial search, according to SNY.tv, which reported he was in New York on Monday for a second interview. The first interview was via phone. Mickey Callaway was fired by the Mets on Oct. 3... More »
Milwaukee outfielder Christian Yelich left the Brewers’ game in Miami on Tuesday in the first inning after fouling a pitch off his right knee. Yelich, the reigning National League MVP, went down to the ground and sat for a few minutes. He tried to get up a few... More »
New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown is accused of rape by a woman who says she was his personal trainer, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida, multiple outlets reported Tuesday. Brown denied the allegations through a statement ... More »
Stanford preseason All-American left tackle Walker Little won’t return this year because of season-ending surgery, coach David Shaw said Tuesday. Little, a junior who has been considered a potential 2020 first-round NFL draft pick, suffered a reported leg inju... More »
Sidelined for more than a month due to a foot injury, Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson was activated for Atlanta’s Monday game against the Colorado Rockies in Denver. Swanson had been on the 10-day injured list since July 24 because of a right foot contusion. H... More »
Andrew Luck won’t play this season, and coach Frank Reich wants his Indianapolis Colts locker room to rally behind new starting quarterback Jacoby Brissett. “On one hand, we can respect and honor the player and the teammate (Luck) was,” Reich said. “At the sam... More »
The Washington Nationals capped off a productive week on offense by slugging a franchise-record-tying eight home runs in a 16-8 rout of the visiting Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday afternoon. Brian Dozier (three hits, four RBIs) and Juan Soto smacked a pair of hom... More »
North Carolina freshman Sam Howell is the leader in the three-way quarterback competition and will take the first-team snaps for Tar Heels, coach Mack Brown said Sunday. Howell, a true freshman, had been competing with redshirt freshmen Cade Fortin and Jace Ru... More »
The Oakland Raiders’ Antonio Brown was absent from practice Sunday, and general manager Mike Mayock sounded fed up with the star wideout. “Y’all know that AB is not here today, right?” Mayock said, addressing reporters in a video that was distributed on the Oa... More »
In the final season of his five-year contract, Chicago manager Joe Maddon said he expects to be with the Cubs “for a couple more years.” Maddon, 65, addressed his future with ESPN prior to Sunday’s game in Cincinnati. He said he wants to manage until he is at ... More »
The Pittsburgh Steelers are mourning the loss of wide receivers coach Darryl Drake, who died Sunday morning. Drake, who joined the Steelers in 2018, was 62. No information about the cause of his death was available. Team owner Art Rooney issued a statement hon... More »
The Philadelphia Phillies demoted struggling third baseman Maikel Franco to Triple-A Lehigh Valley and activated infielder Brad Miller from the injured list on Sunday. Franco, 26, in his sixth season with the Phillies, appeared in 102 games this season. He’s h... More »
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots are nearing a contract extension that would tie the quarterback to the franchise beyond his upcoming 20th NFL season, according to multiple reports Sunday. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the deal is for a two-ye... More »
Nineteenth wasn’t what Jimmie Johnson wanted in his first race with Cliff Daniels as his crew chief, but solid runs in the first two stages of Sunday’s GoBowling at The Glen were enough to lift the seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion into a ti... More »
The Toronto Blue Jays traded right-handed pitcher Marcus Stroman and cash to the New York Mets for minor league pitchers Anthony Kay, a left-hander, and righty Simeon Woods-Richardson, both teams announced via Twitter on Sunday. Raised on Long Island, the 28-y... More »
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, a two-time First-Team All-Pro and a three-time Pro Bowl selection, addressed the media on Sunday for the first time after a turbulent offseason and spoke of how he has embarked on a journey toward self-improvement.... More »
SONOMA, Calif. – In the last 11 laps of Sunday’s Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway, Matt DiBenedetto passed seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson for fifth place and 2014 Champion Kevin Harvick for fourth. When the race ended... More »
The Texas Rangers placed outfielder Hunter Pence on the 10-day injured list Monday because of a strained right groin. Pence sustained the injury Sunday against the Cincinnati Reds, when he was playing right field and chasing Jose Peraza’s hit into the corner i... More »
Four people sustained non-life-threatening gunshot wounds at Monday’s rally celebrating the Raptors’ championship, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said. Three arrests were made, according to Saunders, who added that the investigation was ongoing. A reported... More »
The Pittsburgh Pirates will call up right-handed prospect Mitch Keller ahead of their doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds on Monday. Keller, the Pirates’ top pitching prospect, has gone 5-0 with a 3.45 ERA over nine starts for Triple-A Indianapolis this s... More »
Houston Astros All-Star outfielder George Springer will miss Monday’s game and is day-to-day with lower back stiffness, manager AJ Hinch said after Sunday’s 4-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Hinch removed Springer from Sunday’s game at Fenway Park in the fifth i... More »
Michigan reportedly will interview former Wolverines star and current Miami Heat assistant coach Juwan Howard in its search for a head coach. Howard, 46, will meet with athletic director Warde Manuel on Tuesday, according to 247Sports.com and The Michigan Insi... More »
Though the Golden State Warriors have won all three games of the Western Conference finals thus far against Portland, the series is taking its toll on both teams. On Sunday, Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard confirmed that he is playing with separated ri... More »
Boston manager Alex Cora will not be with his team Thursday when the Red Sox celebrate winning the 2018 World Series at the White House. El Nuevo Dia in Puerto Rico reported the news Sunday and said Cora has declined the invitation because his native land cont... More »
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks was suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 on Sunday for entering the officials’ locker room after Saturday’s Game 4 of the first-round series with the Philadelphia 76ers. The announcement by Byron Spruell, pr... More »
Right fielder Aaron Judge became the 13th New York Yankees player to hit the injured list as the team officially took the slugger out of action for at least 10 days on Sunday with a left oblique strain. The Yankees recalled infielder Thairo Estrada to take Jud... More »
LAS VEGAS – It was Lap 129 of Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and Kyle Busch had his car dialed in. In the wake of Friday’s victory in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series and Saturday’s win in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race, a three-even... More »
With Bryce Harper and Manny Machado recently signing deals worth $300 million and $330 million respectively, the price tag for Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout figures to have gone up. The two-time American League MVP has two seasons remaining on a six... More »
Joel Embiid has missed the last five games, but the Philadelphia 76ers star expects to return from a left knee injury sometime next week. The All-Star center also said if he had to play now, he could, but the team preferred he take a cautious approach — someth... More »
Mississippi State’s Montez Sweat ran a blazing 4.41-second 40-yard dash Sunday to set a modern record (since 2003) for defensive linemen at the NFL Scouting Combine. The previous mark was 4.44 seconds, shared by North Carolina State’s Manny Lawson (2006) and I... More »
For New England Patriots fans, the trip to the Super Bowl never gets old. Before the Patriots departed Sunday morning for their ninth Super Bowl appearance since the 2001 season, an estimated 35,000 fans gathered at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., to wi... More »
The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed forward Jake Guentzel to a five-year, $30 million contract extension, the team announced Thursday. The deal runs from the 2019-20 season through the 2023-24 campaign and carries an average annual value of $6 million. Guentzel,... More »
LeBron James did not travel to Sacramento for the Los Angeles Lakers’ game Thursday night against the Kings. James is officially day-to-day after straining his left groin during the Lakers’ victory over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. An MRI came b... More »
Wide receiver DeSean Jackson has told the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that he wants out of his contract to play elsewhere next year, ESPN reported Thursday. The Bucs would clear $10 million in cap space by releasing him. Jackson is making $11 million this year. The r... More »
Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh will be retained next season and the two sides are working on a contract extension to keep him with the Ravens beyond next season, the team announced Friday. The news came a month or so after speculation abounded around the N... More »
Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson said Friday he will return to Ann Arbor next year for his senior season and will not enter the 2019 NFL Draft. Patterson transferred to Michigan from Ole Miss after the 2017 season, and the NCAA granted his waiver request to... More »
The Los Angeles Dodgers traded outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig to the Cincinnati Reds, the teams announced Friday. Left-hander Alex Wood and backup catcher Kyle Farmer also were sent to Cincinnati, which dealt right-hander Homer Bailey to the Dodgers. Lo... More »
The Houston Rockets were prepared for the worst after point guard Chris Paul left Thursday’s game with a left hamstring injury, but he apparently will miss just two to three weeks, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday, citing league sources. Rockets coach... More »
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson missed the final two plays of his team’s 27-24 overtime loss in Kansas City on Sunday after he was hit but appears to have avoided major injury. However it looks like the Ravens now have a decision to make behind cent... More »
The sale of the Carolina Panthers from founder Jerry Richardson to new owner David Tepper is complete, the team announced on Monday. Tepper, 60, was approved unanimously as the team’s new owner at the league’s meetings in May. The founder of hedge fund Appaloo... More »
The Houston Rockets are now determined to sign forward Carmelo Anthony after forward Luc Mbah a Moute joined the Los Angeles Clippers on a one-year, $4.3 million deal on Monday, according to an ESPN report. Anthony is currently a member of the Oklahoma City Th... More »
The San Francisco Giants activated right-hander Johnny Cueto off the 60-day disabled list to start Thursday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Cueto, who had been sidelined due to a right elbow sprain, will be making his first appearance for the Giants si... More »
Without doubt, Clint Bowyer will look at Sunday’s Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland Speedway as a race that got away. Bowyer had driven from his fifth-place starting position to the front of the field before the first round of green-flag pit stops. But when he brou... More »
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb could miss part of training camp with a right ankle injury. Cobb was wearing a boot on his right foot at a golf outing over the weekend. NFL Network reported Monday the eight-year veteran is expected to be ready for... More »
LeBron James is unlikely to visit other teams or take an audience with suitors as he did in past free agent circuits, according to an ESPN report on Monday. Per the report, James might not even speak with top team officials before making a decision on his dest... More »
Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Shelby Miller was activated from the disabled list to start Monday against the Miami Marlins after missing over a year rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery. Miller, 27, rejoined his D-backs teammates last Thursday before Ari... More »
New York Islanders free agent John Tavares is shopping his services in free agency. According to multiple reports, Tavares, the No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft and top free agent in the NHL this offseason will meet with five teams, including the Dallas Stars and ... More »
