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A first-round QB?! Inside Packers' gamble on Jordan Love and Aaron Rodgers GREEN BAY, Wis. -- To be considered a success, Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst must not only put together a roster that can win in the NFL week in and out but also year in and year out. That's the standard for a GM. Matt LaFleur must ...
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Ron Rivera won't rule out signing Cam Newton: 'It depends on the circumstances' The Redskins are poised to head into the 2020 season with Dwayne Haskins looking to show he belongs as a starting quarterback in the NFL and Kyle Allen backing him up as a player already familiar with the playbook after his time under Ron Rivera with ...
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Why one GM says Eagles' Howie Roseman is the NFL's best general manager Eagles general manager Howie Roseman has had an interesting week. Last Thursday, Roseman was preparing for a crucial draft in which he would attempt to re-tool the Eagles' offense into a unit that can compete for a Super Bowl next season.
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Trent Williams is excited to reunite with Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco Former Redskins left tackle Trent Williams was traded to the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday, leaving behind the only organization he's known as an NFL player. Trending Now. 0:59 · Alex Smith was 'like a kid' when he touched a football again · 0:28 ...
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Brandin Cooks: Being traded three times shows 'I'm wanted' HOUSTON -- Despite being traded for the third time in his six-year NFL career, new Houston Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks said he doesn't see the moves "as a negative." "The way that I look at it, I take it as a positive and that I'm wanted, and that I'm ...
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Bears reportedly sign safety Tashaun Gipson to a one-year contract It took a bit longer than expected, but the Bears finally made a move at safety. According to Pro Football Talk, the team is signing free agent Tashaun Gipson to a one-year deal: Bears signing Tashaun Gipson to one-year deal https://t.co/XtiFBHR9Y8.
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Pro Football Focus names favorite and least-favorite pick from Bears 2020 draft The Chicago Bears had an eventful 2020 NFL draft. They added two need players in the second round with the selections of tight end Cole Kmet and cornerback Jaylon Johnson, and swung on upside during Day 3 with edge rusher Trevis Gipson and wide ...
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Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart hopeful for 2020 WNBA season Sabrina Ionescu said she took a deep breath in the week after being the WNBA's No. 1 draft choice by the New York Liberty on April 17. The former Oregon guard just spent a little time savoring a longtime dream becoming reality. Thursday, she talked about it ...
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NHL pleased with talks about season restart scenarios, Commissioner says The NHL and the NHL Players' Association have been in constant communication as they consider scenarios for resuming the season, which was paused March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks to ...
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How Much Each Teammate Made During Michael Jordan's Time With the Chicago Bulls The 10-part documentary "The Last Dance" is giving the world an intimate and unprecedented look into the greatest dynasty in basketball history: the 1990s Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan. The Bulls won three back-to-back championships not once, but ...
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Tony Romo Struggles, Finishes 6-Over at Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational Scottie Scheffler finished atop the leaderboard in all three rounds, culminating in the Maridoe Samaritan Fund Invitational title at Maridoe Golf Club in Carollton, Texas, on Thursday. Brentley Romine @BrentleyGC. Scottie Scheffler holds off Will Zalatoris and ...
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New Wake Forest coach Steve Forbes' bumpy ride to get to Tobacco Road makes his journey 'a dream come true' Ten years ago, on an otherwise normal weekday morning, Steve Forbes was face-to-face with an NCAA investigator, staring at a picture he'd never seen and didn't even know existed 20 minutes earlier. Bruce Pearl, then the coach at Tennessee, was in it.
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Pat Riley says he's intent on building another championship team: 'We're right there, and we're close' Before the NBA was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miami Heat were one of the surprise teams of the season. After finishing the 2018-19 campaign with a 39-43 record, Miami rebounded in a big way by trading for Jimmy Butler in the offseason ...
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Rashard Higgins on New Contract: 'I've Been Through Hell and Back' with Browns Despite a disappointing 2019 season, Rashard Higgins has returned to the Cleveland Browns on a one-year deal worth the veteran's minimum of $910,000. "I've been through hell and back in Cleveland and I've seen the rain and now it's time for the ...
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Did Sean Payton burn a draft pick just to spite the Panthers? NFC South beef is real. And it's spectacular. Did it lead to New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton wheeling a draft-day deal just to spite the Carolina Panthers? It sure sounds like it. The Athletic's Jeff Duncan reported a wild draft-day tale featuring the ...
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49ers had Brandon Aiyuk, CeeDee Lamb almost dead even, John Lynch says The 49ers faced a tough decision early on in the 2020 NFL Draft, but general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan aced the test. With Oklahoma wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and South Carolina defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw both on the board, ...
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City of Oakland's Lawsuit Against NFL over Raiders Relocation Dismissed by Judge The city of Oakland has had its lawsuit against the NFL regarding the Raiders relocation to Las Vegas this year dismissed, according to multiple reports: Daniel Kaplan @KaplanSportsBiz. a federal judge dismissed, again, the city of Oaklands lawsuit against ...
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NCAA Faces Lawsuit Over Violence Against Women at Colleges The NCAA is facing a federal lawsuit accusing the organization of failing to address gender-based violence by male athletes against female students at colleges and universities. Plaintiffs in the suit, filed this week in U.S. District Court in Michigan, include ...
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Should Bill Parcells be in Patriots Hall of Fame? Issue sparks heated debate Leave it to Bill Parcells to get everyone all worked up. The longtime NFL coach and executive, who coached in New England from 1993 to 1996, is one of three finalists for the Patriots Hall of Fame alongside Richard Seymour and Mike Vrabel. Turns out he's ...
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LeBron James against canceling 2019-20 NBA season: 'I'm ready' According to reports, NBA player agents and team executives have privately discussed just how difficult an official return to action would be, with support growing to cancel the 2019-20 season. Well, don't count LeBron James as part of that group. James puts ...
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Following the stacked D1 basketball transfer portal is like tracking a bouncing ball James Karnik had a number of reasons to be anxious when he entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal in March. The thoughts of change initially started tugging at him after his sophomore season at Lehigh, when the Mountain Hawks won 20 games and ...
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Patriots formally announce the signing of eight veteran free agents FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots formally announced today the signing of eight veteran free agents. Terms of the contracts were not announced. The Patriots have signed DL Beau Allen, WR Damiere Byrd (pronounced – duh-MEER), ...
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Did Ron Harper ask to guard Michael Jordan before 'The Shot?' Ehlo, Price unsure It's one of the most memorable moments from Episode 3 of "The Last Dance" and will certainly endure as an iconic quote from the series. Ron Harper on Michael Jordan's game-winning, series-sealing, buzzer-beating jump shot over Craig Ehlo in Game 5 of ...
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John Wall first thought of his son after hearing Rudy Gobert had coronavirus The NBA announced it was suspending its season March 10 after Denver Nuggets center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Trending Now. 0:59 · Alex Smith was 'like a kid' when he touched a football again · 0:28 · When Redskins drafted ...
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LA Kings Set to Participate in NHL Player Gaming Challenge In coordination with ESL Gaming, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced the first-ever NHL Player Gaming Challenge™ presented by Honda featuring NHL players representing all 31 Clubs. The NHL Foundation and EA SPORTS are teaming up to ...
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BoPete Keyes completes the Chiefs' double-down on cornerback The Kansas City Chiefs leave no room for confusion about what kind of playing style they like to see in their cornerbacks. Length, physicality, and aggressiveness were the traits for which their fourth-round selection — Louisiana Tech cornerback L'Jarius ...
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Ravens Sign Three Undrafted Free Agents The Ravens have announced the official signings of three undrafted free agents – offensive lineman Trystan Colon-Castillo from Missouri, quarterback Tyler Huntley from Utah, and kicker Nick Vogel from Alabama-Birmingham. At least one undrafted free ...
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Why Mike Mayock says Henry Ruggs III will make 'our whole offense better' Las Vegas Raider GM Mike Mayock joined his former colleague Rich Eisen on the latter's namesake show Thursday to discuss everything that went into last week's virtual NFL Draft. While Mayock has already stated the Raiders' braintrust was united in ...
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Horsemen Relieved That Churchill Downs is Opening A day following the April 29 announcement from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear that cleared the way for stabling to take place beginning May 11 at Churchill Downs, horsemen expressed relief about the action that has led to a resumption of racing starting May ...
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Former Husker De'Mornay Pierson-El re-signs with Las Vegas Raiders Former Husker wide receiver De'Mornay Pierson-El has been re-signed as a free agent by the Las Vegas Raiders. Pierson-El had been signed to the Raiders' practice squad, but his contract expired in January. Pierson-El had previously been drafted to the ...
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Plans for Training First Step in Premier League's 'Project Restart' MANCHESTER, England — Premier League clubs will discuss plans for resuming the season in a conference call on Friday but the practicalities of how to even begin training will be the first obstacle they have to overcome with "Project Restart". The league is ...
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Fan pays $800000 for Tom Brady's 'All-In' experience (CNN) How much would you pay to spend a day with your sporting hero? Well that answer seems to be $800,000 for a fan of Tom Brady. The six-time Super Bowl champion auctioned off a chance to experience his first home game as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer ...
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David Wright tells amazing Jacob deGrom story: 'Not only does he want to beat you, he wants to embarrass you' Mets legend David Wright joined The Cookie Club with J.D. and Dom presented by Insomnia Cookies on Wednesday, and two of the most enlightening (and at times amusing) takeaways were his untold stories about Jacob deGrom and Jeff McNeil. "Jake is a ...
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Cardinals cut Keishawn Bierria, Lyndon Johnson The Cardinals made a pair of moves Thursday, the team announced. They cut linebacker Keishawn Bierria and defensive lineman Lyndon Johnson. Bierria, 24, signed with the Cardinals on Dec. 18. He played in one game with the team last season, seeing ...
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Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto: Momentum building toward returning to play On Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto's weekly show on 710 ESPN Seattle, he echoed the theme that we heard starting Monday with an article from ESPN's Jeff Passan, that the feeling around the game is there will be baseball in 2020. Mariners ...
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Reuben Foster's fifth-year option not picked up by the Redskins The Washington Redskins will not exercise the fifth-year option on LB Reuben Foster. (Les Carpenter on Twitter). Fantasy Impact: Foster was cut by the 49ers mid-way through the 2018 season and claimed by the Redskins. He missed all of 2019 after being ...
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Thursday Bird Droppings: Pondering another strange, wild idea for 2020 baseball Hello, friends. In the parallel universe where everything is exactly the same as this one except there are neither coronavirus nor rain postponements, the Orioles would have played 33 games by now. This afternoon would mark the close of a homestand with a ...
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MAC To Host First-Ever Virtual Football Media Day CLEVELAND, Ohio (GetSomeMACtion.com) – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is changing the playbook for this season's football media day and will host its first-ever virtual media preview later this summer. The virtual event will kick off the upcoming ...
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Broncos GM John Elway on why team took wide receivers with first two picks in NFL Draft The Denver Broncos needed a wide receiver, so they drafted Alabama's Jerry Jeudy and Penn State's K. J. Hamler with their first two picks of the 2020 NFL Draft. Broncos General Manager John Elway on Wednesday explained his decision to use ...
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Public golf courses, tennis courts reopen Friday in Dallas The City of Dallas will reopen golf courses and tennis courts in a limited capacity starting Friday, May 1. The city owns six 18-hole golf courses, including the Stevens Park and Cedar Crest courses in Oak Cliff. These are the restrictions for golf: • Allow only one ...
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Bears Restructure Nick Foles' Contract 6 hours agoChicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles has restructured his contract heading into the 2020 season. He's under contract with Chicago for three years and $24 million, with $21 million fully guaranteed. Foles will make $8 million in 2020 and can ...
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RI cancels music festivals, large summer events Gov. Gina Raimondo dropped a bombshell on the organizers of large-scale events planned for Newport County and across the state this summer — they're not happening in person. During her daily press briefing on Wednesday, she addressed the topic and ...
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