Happy NFL Draft Week! We’ve arrived at one of the High Holy Days of the sports calendar. How will you be celebrating? Me, I’ll be doing my annual Tribute To Aaron Rodgers: sitting alone in a green room and plotting revenge on all my enemies. Here’s what we’re in for this weekend: a reborn draft
LAS VEGAS — Jiri Prochazka waited a long time to finally make the UFC roster. And when he did, he wasn’t too thrilled with his performance in his first five minutes as a UFC fighter. Prochazka went toe-to-toe with Volkan Oezdemir in the first round of a bout in July that drew praise from announcers
There was a chance that Javier Báez could have landed on the injured list prior to Wednesday’s game against the Braves. After his pregame work in Atlanta, the Cubs opted against taking that route with their All-Star shortstop. “He was moving well,” manager David Ross said. Báez had left hamstring tightness flare late in Sunday’s
USATSI The NCAA Division I Board of Directors ratified the adoption of a measure that will allow athletes in all sports to transfer once without sitting a season, the NCAA announced Wednesday. The NCAA Division I Council adopted the legislation back on April 14. “The Division I Board of Directors ratified the adoption of legislation
The NBA fined Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. $50,000 for violating the league’s health and safety protocols after he was out with teammate Sterling Brown in Miami earlier this month, the NBA announced on Wednesday. Porter was out with Brown when he was allegedly attacked outside of a Miami strip club. He was reportedly
After 26 years of playing home games on grass, the Carolina Panthers are making the switch to artificial turf. The Panthers announced on Wednesday that they’re pulling up the Bermuda grass at Bank of America Stadium and switching to FieldTurf, an artificial turf used in five other NFL stadiums. The reason? The stadium has a
Canadian Football League general managers will head into next week’s draft without even knowing what they got out of last year’s draft. In 2021, when training camps begin, there will be two years of draft prospects heading in to prove the deserve a shot. Where does that leave teams coming into the Canadian draft in
2:54 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bank of America Stadium will transition from natural grass to artificial turf in time for the Carolina Panthers’ preseason schedule in August, leaving the NFL’s 32 teams with 16 grass venues. The decision to switch to FieldTurf was made to guarantee a consistent surface for not only the Panthers
1B Umpire Marty Foster ejected MIL bench coach Pat Murphy over a bunt check swing call, two innings after manager Craig Counsel argued an obstruction play. Report: https://www.closecallsports.com/2021/04/mlb-ejection-020-marty-foster-1-pat.html In the 2nd inning, Foster called Milwaukee pitcher Zack Godley for obstruction, ruling that Godley not in possession of the ball nor in the act of fielding
Owen Maers wraps up the post-match celebrations as a home draw against Carlisle United is enough to secure Cheltenham’s promotion to League One at the end of the 2020/21 season.
Colin Cowherd talks Drew Lock after news breaks that the Carolina Panthers are trading Teddy Bridgewater to the Denver Broncos. Colin makes the case that maturity plays a key factor in putting Lock in the position that he’s in now, and that the Broncos may be moving on from him. Plus, Colin updates his mock
10:14 AM ET Associated Press The National Women’s Hockey League announced Wednesday that it is doubling its salary cap to $300,000 for each of its six teams based on projections that it is making strides in achieving financial stability entering its seventh season. “Making an investment in those players by doubling the salary cap we
Riyad Mahrez’s sizzling second-half free kick went between two leaping members of Paris Saint-Germain’s wall to complete Man City’s 2-1 comeback win in a UEFA Champions League semifinal first leg at the Parc des Princes on Wednesday. City led 2-1 when PSG’s Idrissa Gana Gueye was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Ilkay Gundogan,
3:04 PM ET A former Tennessee-Chattanooga assistant coach is suing the school for First Amendment retaliation after he was fired for a tweet mocking Georgia politician and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams. Tennessee-Chattanooga fired Chris Malone in January, citing the tweet he posted and then deleted about the Georgia senate runoff elections. Abrams, a former
The spring season in college football has largely come and gone with some more teams wrapping up in May. From there, we have the dog days of summer before preseason camp. But it really starts to feel like college football season when media days get underway, and there’s no bigger event than the one hosted
Getty Images The last time left-hander Jacob deGrom took the mound at Citi Stadium, he struck out 15 Cincinnati Reds – giving him a MLB-record 50 in his first four starts. And deGrom’s turn in the New York Mets rotation comes up again on Wednesday, as he faces the visiting Boston Red Sox at 6:40
The Telegraph Peter Sagan sprints to stage win as Rohan Dennis retains Tour de Romandie lead and Chris Froome makes further time losses Wednesday April 28 — Aigle to Martigny, 168.1km Peter Sagan claimed his first Tour de Romandie stage since his last appearance at the race in 2010 when the Bora-Hansgrohe rider won a
MUNICH — John Millman won an all-Australian match against Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5 to move into the second round of the Munich Open. The eighth-seeded Millman saved 13 of 15 break points as he needed almost three hours to overcome Popyrin. Millman is coming off three consecutive second-round losses since the European clay