Getty Images The new NFL league year doesn’t kick off until Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET, but the chaos of the offseason is in full swing. We’ve had stars receive franchise tags (Tee Higgins and Trey Smith), Pro Bowlers get traded (Geno Smith, Deebo Samuel and DK Metcalf), franchise quarterbacks receive pay raises (Matthew Stafford and…
PHOENIX — For a manager, the task of choosing a starting pitcher for opening day can be fraught with challenges, especially if the team’s staff is as deep as the one the Dodgers have. But for Dave Roberts, the decision this spring was a no-brainer. With the Dodgers opening their season with two games in Tokyo, there…
Rich CiminiMar 10, 2025, 07:09 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York…
Russell Henley had an incredible showing on Sunday at Bay Hill and as a result captured this season’s fourth Signature Event, the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It was by far the biggest win of his career. Winning signature events comes with a lot of perks. The prize money is larger, the FedExCup points are larger and…
Mo Vaughn, the 12-year MLB slugger, has confirmed using human growth hormone to extend his big league career. Vaughn, who won the 1995 AL MVP, gave an interview with The Athletic, where he admitted using a performance-enhancing drug to recover from a knee injury late in his career. “I was trying to do everything I…
(Editor’s note: This article is part of the Bracket Central series, an inside look at the run-up to the men’s & women’s NCAA Tournaments, along with analysis and picks during the tournaments.) Drake’s in, so we can dispense with the arguments about whether Ben McCollum’s Bulldogs would have made the field of 68 without winning the Missouri Valley…
The United States men’s national team will play friendlies against Turkey and Switzerland ahead of the Concacaf Gold Cup this summer. The US will face Turkey on 7 June in East Hartford, Connecticut, and Switzerland three days later in Nashville, Tennessee, the US Soccer Federation announced on Monday. The games will presumably feature the full…
Wide receiver Chris Godwin is ignoring outside interest and staying in Tampa Bay. The star receiver and Super Bowl champion is re-signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a three-year, $66 million deal, per multiple reports. Godwin, who signed a three-year contract with the Bucs in 2022, is sticking with his team as Tampa Bay…
NC State decided to move on from Kevin Keatts as its men’s basketball coach, firing the man who led the program to its first ACC championship since 1987 and first Final Four since 1983. It can be viewed as a cold, or even harsh, decision given what Keatts and the 2024 team did for generations…
The Los Angeles Times sports staff ranked among the best in the nation, receiving a best-in-show designation in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest for the fifth consecutive year. The Times earned triple crown honors after placing in the top 10 among the nation’s largest newspapers in the categories of print portfolio, digital and projects….
