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Women's basketball tournament 2021 bracket winners, losers and what Geno Auriemma's absence means for UConn The NCAA women's basketball tournament bracket was released Monday, just two hours after the news that UConn coach Geno Auriemma tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, is in isolation and will not be able to rejoin the Huskies until at least March 24.
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Corey Davis, New York Jets agree to 3-year deal, sources say He emerged as a legitimate threat opposite of A.J. Brown last season. Davis posted career highs in receiving yards (984), 100-yard receiving games (5), average yards per reception (15.1) and touchdown receptions (5).
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Leonard Floyd agrees to four-year, $64 million deal to stay with Rams Leonard Floyd's change of scenery did him plenty of good in 2020, and he's being paid accordingly. The edge rusher has agreed to terms on a four-year deal to remain with the Rams, the team announced Monday. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported ...
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MAQB: Patriots Find Another Versatile Edge Defender in Matthew Judon New England's early splurge on Matthew Judon is reminiscent of its 2007 signing of Adalius Thomas. Plus, the Chiefs invest in Mahomes's protection and the Lions set the tone of what type of players the new staff values.
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Jaguars agree to 2-year deal with Eagles special teams ace Rudy Ford As the Eagles work to get under the salary cap, teams around the league are looking to steal their free-agent talent. After Jalen Mills inked a deal with New England, Rudy Ford is now ...
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Patriots agree to terms with WR Nelson Agholor on two-year, $26M deal The Pats agreed to a deal with former 49ers receiver Kendrick Bourne to a three-year, $22.5 million deal, per Rapoport. Bourne had 49 receptions for 667 yards and two touchdowns last season in S.F..
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Buccaneers bringing back TE Rob Gronkowski for one year, $10 million The star tight end is running it back with the Super Bowl-champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a one-year deal worth up to $10 million deal, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday, via Gronkowski's agent Drew Rosenhaus.
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Stanford, UConn, South Carolina, NC State land top seeds in women's NCAA tournament Stanford, UConn, South Carolina and North Carolina State were awarded No. 1 seeds for the women's NCAA tournament, with the Cardinal earning the top overall seed. The women's bracket reveal on Monday night came on the heels of UConn's ...
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Report: Broncos Sign CB Ronald Darby to Three-Year, $30M Deal When he was hired to succeed John Elway as the GM of the Denver Broncos, George Paton promised to be involved in "every deal" and with Day 1 of the NFL's legal tampering window open, he's lived up to that maxim. In the afternoon, Paton re-signed ...
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Monday's NFL free agency roundup: Buccaneers re-sign Shaq Barrett, Patriots make big moves The Tampa Bay Buccaneers postseason hero – he had four sacks combined between the NFC title game and Super Bowl 55 – remains with the champs on a four-year, $72 million deal, according to USA TODAY Sports' Mike Jones, with $36 million guaranteed.
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Ryan Braun, longtime Milwaukee Brewers slugger, leaning toward retirement Braun visited the Brewers' spring training site Monday and said he hasn't picked up a bat since the end of the 2020 season. The 2011 NL MVP became a free agent when the Brewers declined to exercise a $15 million mutual option in his contract last October.
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Rapoport: 'Teams are wondering' if Jets want to trade CJ Mosley NFL Network's Ian Rapoport shares 'Teams are wondering' if New York Jets want to trade linebacker C.J. Mosley. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on NFL Network. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to ...
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While the Cowboys have cap space available, their free agency track record shows they don't know how to use it The official tampering period started Monday across the NFL where teams could actually talk to agents about prospective free agents and come to an agreement on contract terms. The Cowboys, with the $19.4 million in salary-cap space, according to the ...
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NCAA tourney alternates such as SLU are not expecting a call LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Cardinals coach Chris Mack isn't holding his breath waiting for the call for his team to replace another unable to play in the NCAA Tournament because of COVID issues. Mindful that a school simply needs five healthy players to ...
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Report: Bears call Trent Williams' camp to check on free agent tackle Even if Pace does find a way to clear the space, a big contract player like Williams would make it hard for the team to fill its other roster holes. The Bears still haven't found a quarterback.
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New Detroit Lions WR Tyrell Williams: 'I don't really see it as a rebuild' "I feel like any team can come out there, it's the NFL, and no matter whether the media wants to make it a rebuild or whatever they want to say, I feel like we have a chance to go out there and make the playoffs, win the Super Bowl.".
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Stephen Curry is having an MVP-worthy campaign as the Warriors set up for Klay Thompson's return Our look at four topics — players, issues, numbers, trends — that are impacting and, in some cases, changing the game. First Quarter: Stephen Curry's defense. Who knows if Stephen Curry is better than his 2016 MVP season — probably not nearly as ...
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Kyle Juszczyk's contract details show team-friendly deal The 49ers made fullback Kyle Juszczyk the NFL's highest-paid fullback again, making his five-year, $27 million deal official Monday. His contract is sizable, but it's not likely to cost nearly as much as the initial numbers indicate. The Houston Chronicle's Aaron ...
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How the 2019 Julio UrÃas experiment could factor into Dodgers' pitching strategy Gonsolin, 26, would be a lock for most starting rotations across the majors while the 24-year-old Santana would at least contend for a spot on most other clubs. Both have been dominant in Cactus League games, combining for 10 scoreless innings in seven ...
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Cincinnati Reds added a new shortstop in their camp competition: Eugenio Suárez Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez (7) saves a wild throw from going out. The Reds didn't seriously consider him at shortstop until the start of spring training and he will make ...
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Grading DB Jalen Mills' deal with the Patriots: B Bill Belichick has always appreciated defensive backs who can full multiple roles, and in former Eagles defensive back Jalen Mills, he will now have another one of those players. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, Mills will sign a four-year, $24 million deal with $9 ...
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Shohei Ohtani displays opposite field power with two homers in Angels' loss to Reds The Angels lost to the Cincinnati Reds 7-3 in a spring training game Monday at Tempe Diablo Stadium. OHTANI OPPO POWER: Shohei Ohtani wasn't expecting a breaking pitch. He didn't even think he made a good swing. The ball, he said, only "tapped the ...
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Skip Bayless gives his Final Four prediction for the NCAA Tournament | UNDISPUTED Gonzaga Bulldogs, who went 26-0 this regular season, with 25 double-digit wins, is the number one overall seed. The Baylor Bears, Illinois Fighting Illini and Michigan Wolverines round out the other number-1 seeds. Hear who Skip Bayless and Shannon ...
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Hire of Earl Grant May Lack "Wow" Factor, But There Are Reasons For Optimism On Monday, Boston College made the stunning news that they would be hiring College of Charleston head coach Earl Grant to be their next head coach. This was a name that didn't see much attention throughout the search process, instead most of that focus ...
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Strong first spring outing for White Sox' Dylan Cease Dylan Cease pitched three scoreless innings in his 2021 Cactus League debut. Eloy Jimenez singled in his first two at-bats, driving in three runs. Seems like a good time to reference that trade. And why not? The White Sox acquired Cease and Jimenez as top ...
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Need to Know: Bruins at Penguins The Bruins will turn to Jaroslav Halak between the pipes for the fourth straight game as Tuukka Rask remains sidelined by an undisclosed injury. Rask did, however, travel with the team to Pittsburgh and was on the ice with the taxi squad following Monday's ...
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LA Chargers Are Front-And-Center By Reportedly Signing Free-Agent Corey Linsley To A Huge Deal The Los Angeles Chargers were quick to potentially sign free-agent center Corey Linsley and protect their most prized possession: quarterback Justin Herbert. Linsley, a standout with the Green Bay Packers for seven seasons, becomes the highest-paid ...
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Michigan women's basketball a No. 6 seed in NCAA tournament, will face Florida Gulf Coast Michigan women's basketball takes another step in establishing itself as a top-shelf program in the Big Ten. The Wolverines received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, which will be played exclusively in San Antonio. U-M is the No. 6 seed in ...
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Michigan Secures Draw at Ohio State with Two Second-Half Goals COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The No. 6-ranked University of Michigan men's soccer team secured a point in the Big Ten Conference standings with a 2-2 double-overtime draw at Ohio State on Monday (March 15) at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Sophomore Inaki ...
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Patriots Re-Sign defensive lineman Carl Davis FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots announced that they have re-signed DL Carl Davis. Terms of the contract were not announced. Davis was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. Davis, 29, originally entered the NFL as a ...
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Nets' Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot: Available Monday The 25-year-old missed the past four games with right knee soreness but has been cleared to play Monday after being considered probable. Luwawu-Cabarrot is averaging 19.7 minutes this season and should have a similar workload off the bench Monday.
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Free agency primer for a Cowboys team with ample opportunity to upgrade DALLAS — Talent evaluation and roster construction may be a 365-day-a-year job for the Dallas Cowboys, but some days count more than others. With 2021 NFL free agency set to open, the Cowboys will have to be diligent and shrewd as they seek to ...
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Michigan State women's basketball earns NCAA Tournament berth, will face No. 7 seed Iowa State This time the Spartans will be traveling to Texas after being selected by the NCAA Tournament as a No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 seed Iowa State in the first round on Monday at 6 p.m. on ESPN.
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Baylor-Hartford NCAA Tournament Preview: Why the Bears Win and How to Watch No. 1 seed Baylor (22-2) takes on No. 16 seed Hartford (15-8) at 2:30 on Friday in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Bears are favored by 25 or 26 points on most sports books. KenPom and FiveThirtyEight both list Baylor as 98% favorites.
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Texas A&M women head to NCAA Tournament as No. 2 seed Texas A&M will enter the NCAA Tournament with a Texas-sized chip on its shoulder. The fourth-ranked Aggies anticipated making program history as one of the four top seeds, instead they were pegged as a No. 2 seed in the tournament. The Aggies will face ...
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Shufelberger Places 157th Overall at NCAA Cross Country Championships STILLWATER, Okla. – Sophomore Jaybe Shufelberger performed well in her first trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championships, hitting her stride in the 6k race to place 157th overall on Monday (March 15) afternoon at the OSU Cross Country Course.
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Brandon Graham extends contract, keeps leaders in locker room and stars on field Yes, the Eagles are in a "transition" period with the roster, as Chairman & CEO Jeffrey Lurie said back in January. But it's clear that the transition is going to include key veterans who are going to be part of the reboot.
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Fantasy Football Free Agency Reaction: Aaron Jones' return to Green Bay secures his spot among Fantasy elite That's all well and good for Jones, and it will surely endear him to Packers fans, but it's not at all what Fantasy players wanted to see. While it's great for Jones' value -- he ranked fourth in Fantasy points per game in 2020 and 2019 among running backs in PPR ...
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Back to the future: former Jaguar Carlos Hyde set to return to Jacksonville As NFL free agency approached, many wondered if newly-minted Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer might seek a reunion with several of his players at the next level. We have our first case study. Running back Carlos Hyde, who played for Meyer at Ohio ...
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Report: Shaquill Griffin, Seahawks 'not in same ballpark' in terms of money The official start of NFL free agency is still more than 48 hours away, but one of the top free agents—Shaquill Griffin—is already getting quite a few looks from prospective teams.
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Jordan Hicks makes historic return for St. Louis Cardinals Luis Guillorme, the first batter he faced in his return, walked … on a 22-pitch plate appearance. Here's video of the at-bat with a pitch-by-pitch breakdown: 1 ...
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DePaul fires Leitao seeking spark for once-proud program CHICAGO (AP) DePaul fired coach Dave Leitao on Monday six years into his second tenure in another effort to lift a once-proud program. The Blue Demons went 5-14 overall in a season that started about a month late because of COVID-19 issues.
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LA Kings' game against St. Louis Blues postponed by weather The NHL didn't immediately announce a makeup date Monday. The Kings' plane couldn't leave after their 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche because of a blizzard. Los ...
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Badgers edge Penn State in Big Ten Hockey semifinals NOTRE DAME, Ind. (WKOW) -- The top-seeded Badgers men's hockey team needed two goals from Cole Caufield late to edge fifth-seeded Penn State 4-3 in overtime in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals. Sam Stange put the Badgers up 1-0 in the first period ...
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The Club at Ibis PGA professional Alan Morin looks to take advantage of 11th Honda Classic PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (CBS12) — Golf fans in Palm Beach County might be taking time off work this week to check out the Honda Classic. But Alan Morin will be taking time off work to play at the Honda Classic. The local club professional from the ...
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Boston deals struggling Rockets 16th straight loss 134-107 HOUSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 24 points and Jayson Tatum added 23 as the Boston Celtics coasted to a 134-107 win over the struggling Houston Rockets on Sunday night. "It was a good win for us," Brown said. "Everybody is back healthy now.
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Former Nebraska DT Collins to sign one-year deal with Texans (KMAland) -- Former Nebraska defensive tackle Maliek Collins is in agreement on a one-year deal with the Houston Texans, according to multiple reports. The 310-pound defensive tackle, Collins was a third-round pick out of Nebraska by the Cowboys in ...
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Haynes' Latest: Davis, Nurkic, Thompson, Raptors, McGee The Lakers announced on Friday that Anthony Davis would miss at least the next two weeks as he continues to recover from his right calf strain and tendinosis. However, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Davis is unlikely to return immediately after ...
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Tom Brady Shares Phone Number on Twitter; What Should Patriots Fans Text QB? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback took the bold step of sharing his phone number with his 1.8 million Twitter followers Monday. In a brief video, Brady actually encouraged fans to text him. Download our ...
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Report: Jacksonville Jaguars signing former Lions WR Jamal Agnew to 3-year deal Agnew was a fifth-round pick from the Lions back in 2017, and saw immediate success as Detroit's punt returner. He was named first-team All Pro in his rookie season after averaging leading the league with 15.4 yards per punt return and taking two punts to the ...
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