NaVorro Bowman announced his retirement as a member of the 49ers on Tuesday after a stellar seven-season career that included four first-team All-Pro selections. The 49ers chose Bowman in the third round of the 2010 draft, and it took the team a full ...
LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears' quest to replace Cody Parkey led the coaching staff to implement a new technique to test the resolve of the three kickers currently under contract at Chicago's voluntary offseason program. Bears special-teams ...
ASHBURN -- The Washington Redskins roster consists of two Pro Bowl caliber offensive lineman. Both are dealing with physical and contractual matters. One of them, right guard Brandon Scherff, ran, stretched and generally participated with teammates ...
Former Florida cornerback Chris Steele is transferring to USC, his father, Norm, told ESPN on Wednesday. Steele, a 2019 signee with Florida, who was ranked No. 95 overall in the ESPN 300, announced his transfer in May after complaints about ...
Through four games of the Stanley Cup Final, little has separated the St. Louis Blues and the Boston Bruins. The best-of-7 series is tied heading into Game 5 at TD Garden in Boston on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; NBC, CBC, SN, TVAS) with each team having won ...
Monday morning quarterbacking, perhaps, but former unified middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin said he was not all that surprised that unheralded Andy Ruiz Jr. defeated Anthony Joshua last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New ...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Head Coach Vic Fangio wants to ensure that his team is prepared for whatever high-leverage situation it might face. Two-minute drills. Fourth-down plays. Last-second field-goal attempts. All of these scenarios were in play for the ...
There was no scoreboard lit up in the end zone of any practice field Wednesday at the Giants' minicamp. Eli Manning said he wasn't keeping any kind of mental scorecard, either, of the play-by-play action between him and Daniel Jones. He didn't need to.
It's been a roller-coaster year for Browns left tackle Desmond Harrison and that roller-coaster ride came to a crashing end on Wednesday when the team decided to cut him in a move that comes just months after a 2018 season where he started eight games ...
SACRAMENTO -- Kings big man Marvin Bagley's summer reportedly just got a little busier. USA Basketball tabbed the 20-year-old for its Select Team at an August training camp in Las Vegas ahead of September's FIBA World Cup, ESPN's Tim Bontemps ...
Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco is pulled in the eighth inning against the Seattle Mariners, May 4, 2019 at Progressive Field. Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com. 0. By Joe Noga, cleveland.com. CLEVELAND, Ohio — Jason Kipnis says the ...
It's been an emotional run at this year's French Open for one of the host country's own players. After losing his third round match against Argentinian Leonardo Mayer, French tennis star Nicolas Mahut was consoled by his seven-year-old son Natanel, who ran ...
We are three months away from the Green Bay Packers kicking off the 2019 season against the Chicago Bears and it will be a big game because it will also kick off the NFL's 100th season. The Packers have struggled the last two seasons as they have won 13 ...
This one was for Doc. Toronto selected Florida high school pitcher Braden Halladay , a son of the late Roy Halladay, in the 32nd round of the Major League Baseball draft Wednesday — the round matching his father's Blue Jays uniform number. The younger ...
Aaron Boone wanted to make sure words weren't put in his mouth when he was asked if there is a way Aaron Judge could return in time for the Yankees-Red Sox series in London at the end of the month. "Don't say I said he will be back by London. Is there a ...
Mounds View's 5-2 victory over Eastview in the boys' tennis Class 2A team championship match was more an affirmation of a team's greatness than a celebration of victory. The Mustangs were appropriately thrilled at winning the program's second title in five ...
Jamaica dealt the U.S. just its second home defeat to a Caribbean nation in a half-century, beating the Americans 1-0 in an exhibition on Wednesday night that made coach Gregg Berhalter's new-look team appear far from prepared for the CONCACAF Gold ...
A former assistant coach for the University of Southern California basketball team who pleaded guilty to taking a bribe for steering players to a sports manager, has avoided prison and was sentenced on Wednesday to just two years of probation. Tony Bland ...
The Buffalo Bills Wednesday signed rookie tight end Nate Becker and veteran defensive tackle L.T. Walton. The Detroit Lions originally signed the 6-foot-5-inch, 264-pound Becker as an undrafted free agent from Miami, Ohio, and released him on May 12.
Should Dedric Lawson have returned to Kansas for a final season? The answer to that may not be known for some time, but the latest NBA Draft projections paint an early picture. Lawson was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in 2019 after he arrived from ...
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State had six players taken over the final 30 rounds of the Major League Baseball Draft on Wednesday, bringing the Cowboys' 2019 draft total to eight. Five of the Cowboys' eight draft picks were pitchers, with Logan Gragg , Peyton ...
If Phil Neville's England can match or better the team's 2015 Women's World Cup showing over the next few weeks in France, interest levels at home will be unprecedented. Other nations have already had their breakthrough tournaments. For the USA it was ...
Kawhi Leonard is just a different type of human being. You know that if you've heard/seen him laugh or just listened to him talk after games. He's not going to give you much insight into what's going on in his head in just about any situation. He's apparently not ...
Rohit Sharma scored an unbeaten 122 to guide India to a straightforward six-wicket win against South Africa in their opening World Cup match. Chasing 228, opener Rohit guided India home with 15 balls to spare. A fine bowling display had restricted South ...
Trenton Thunder outfielder Matt Lipka found himself thrust into the national spotlight Tuesday night, when he bunted with one out in the top of the ninth inning to break up a no-hitter by the Hartford Yard Goats, the Eastern League affiliate of the Colorado ...
All Whites goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic is coming home to play for Wellington Phoenix. The A-League club have ended months of speculation that 24-cap New Zealand international Marinovic was being touted as the preferred replacement for Filip Kurto by ...
CHICAGO -- It was an open secret, shrouded in mystery, with no when or where. But there is finally clarity. Right-hander Peter Lambert, 22, the Rockies' No. 4 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, is set to make his Major League debut Thursday afternoon in ...
MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact are quite thankful Saphir Taider isn't away with his national team. A brace from Taider powered the Impact to a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders Wednesday night at Saputo Stadium. The midfielder scored both goals ...
The young Leinster star who was allegedly punched by a former player is said to have made a "full recovery" and as far as the club are concerned, the matter is now closed. Leinster Rugby has completed its investigation into an alleged incident that left one of ...
He did not play particularly well. His first touch was sometimes heavy. He hardly came near the ball in the first few minutes, wandering around ineffectually up front alongside the shining new star in the Portuguese firmament, Joao Felix. But there is still only ...
Richmond have lost David Astbury and Brandon Ellis to injuries for Friday night's big match against Geelong at the MCG. Tigers coach Damien Hardwick expected to make three or four changes after last week's upset loss to North Melbourne. Daniel Rioli was ...
MO Tautuaa didn't let a nose injury stop him from contributing to NorthPort's big win over San Miguel in the PBA Commissioner's Cup. Tautuaa had to insert tissues in his nose to stem the bleeding in the Batang Pier's 121-88 win over the Beermen - the most ...