USATSI The decisions on fifth-year options are somewhat obscured because of the timing. NFL teams typically don’t turn their attention to fifth-year options until the conclusion of the NFL Draft, which takes place April 25-27 this year, when the window to pick up options is coming to a close. The window with 2021 first-round picks
PHILADELPHIA — Across the court, underneath the enormous jumbotron and the raucous cheers of Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night, Joel Embiid doubled over. Whether it was Tyrese Maxey or Kelly Oubre or cult hero Nicolas Batum stepping to the opposite foul line, Embiid would wade back to the defensive end, laboring with his 280-pound
Open Extended Reactions MANCHESTER — It’s clear that Manchester City have established themselves within football’s elite since Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan began to transform the club in 2008, but Real Madrid occupy an even higher echelon in the game’s hierarchy, delivering a painful reminder by dethroning the European champions and ending Pep Guardiola’s
USATSI Two of the PGA Tour’s biggest stars will be paired in the same group when Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth tee off in the 2024 RBC Heritage beginning on Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. Ranked No. 1 in the world, Scheffler enters the 2024 RBC Heritage red-hot, having won
Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — As the countdown clock to the Paris Olympics passed the 100-day mark, the question of holding the opening ceremony on the Seine River loomed large over the milestone celebrations on Wednesday. Organizers have planned a parade of about 10,500 athletes through the
USATSI Former Albany defensive lineman Amitral “AJ” Simon has died at age 25, the school announced Wednesday. Simon helped Albany reach the FCS playoff semifinals this past season and earned first-team All-CAA honors after recording 55 tackles (37 solo), 12.5 sacks and 21.5 tackles for loss. Simon posted five sacks and 10.5 tackles during the
Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff WriterApr 16, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Close Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions Transfer portal season has become the busiest two months of the college basketball calendar. Entire rosters fall apart and get rebuilt in mere weeks, with some teams needing to
Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal between Manchester City and Real Madrid couldn’t be settled in regulation or two periods of extra time. So the past two Champions League victors settled things in a penalty shootout after playing to a 1-1 draw. There Real Madrid scored a 4-3 shootout victory to stun the reigning Champions League victors.
Everyone knew something was amiss with the betting on Jontay Porter’s props. It was right out in the open. There was no big investigation that exposed Porter, just DraftKings putting out daily reports on the top winning bets for its users. The unders on Porter for two games, on Jan. 26 and March 20, were
Apr 17, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Reported by Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler ON THE MORNING of Jan. 25, a few hours before the Atlanta Falcons named Raheem Morris to be their next head coach, Bill Belichick believed the job was his. The second-winningest head coach in NFL
Caitlin Clark is officially the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick, and she’s set to make $76,535 (in base salary, which is not her total compensation) in her rookie year. Fans, it’s fair to say, are upset. And to be fair, that’s significantly less than the nearly $12.2 million the NBA’s most recent No. 1 pick,
Associated Press Apr 17, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander will make his season debut Friday night at the Washington Nationals. Houston manager Joe Espada made the announcement Wednesday. “Getting him back is huge because it brings a level of confidence to our team, a boost of
TORONTO — Bradley Hladik is almost reaching a goal that every kid who falls in love with football dreams of. The versatile UBC fullback/long snapper played the sport his entire life, competing with someone who is already living the dream in BC Lions linebacker Ben Hladik. Now the younger Hladik brother is trying to write
Sunflower seeds erupted from Skip Schumaker’s mouth as the apoplectic manager of the Miami Marlins unleashed a volcano of wrath upon home plate umpire Laz Díaz. The reason for Schumaker’s disgust: A moment of confusion during the eighth inning of Monday’s game against San Francisco that saw the wrong Giants reliever emerge from the visiting
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s first tournament since January lasted only two matches with the Spaniard losing 7-5, 6-1 to Alex de Minaur at the clay-court Barcelona Open on Wednesday. Nadal, back from an injury layoff, looked like his old self for brief moments in the second-round match but couldn’t keep up with the
USATSI The San Diego Padres have placed starting pitcher Yu Darvish on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to April 15, the club announced Wednesday. The veteran right-hander is dealing with neck tightness. As a corresponding move, the Padres recalled right-handed pitcher Logan Gillaspie from Triple-A El Paso. Darvish, 37, is 0-1 with a 4.18 ERA,
Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly told Falcons owner Arthur Blank not to trust Bill Belichick, leading Blank to hire a different head coach. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) One of the biggest surprises of the NFL offseason was Bill Belichick’s inability to find a job. He has 333 wins and six Super Bowl
MLS referees will be given new powers in an attempt to wipe out time-wasting – USA Today/Troy Babbitt A crackdown on footballers time-wasting – including by feigning injury – is to make its top-flight debut this weekend. From Saturday, Major League Soccer players will be forced to leave the pitch for at least two minutes
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