Month: October 2018

5:57 PM ET New York Jets running back Isaiah Crowell has a new endorsement deal that may not, uh, sit well with his coach. Crowell, who received a harsh rebuke from Todd Bowles after a butt-wiping touchdown celebration resulted in an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, is promoting a product called Dude Wipes, which bills itself as
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5:25 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans center Jahlil Okafor has a sprained right ankle and is expected to miss one to two weeks, the team said Tuesday. Okafor left Sunday’s preseason game against the Chicago Bulls late in the fourth quarter with the injury. He underwent an MRI on Monday that confirmed the nature of
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5:04 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports Prosecutors have dropped a charge of possession of a stolen vehicle against NASCAR driver Jordan Anderson, who said Tuesday that he didn’t know a race truck he bought was stolen and has relinquished
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4:22 PM ET East Carolina and NC State have agreed to play at noon ET on Dec. 1 in Raleigh, North Carolina, as long as neither team is in its respective conference championship game, the schools announced Tuesday. Both schools canceled games in Week 3 as a result of Hurricane Florence — NC State was
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6:28 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports NASCAR hopes that by slowing Cup Series cars and making aero adjustments to 2019, that it will have less follow-the-leader and more passing-the-leader. It also hopes fans embrace a decision to not use
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2:18 PM ET The UFC has booked a 125-pound women’s title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Sijara Eubanks to headline its UFC 230 pay-per-view event on Nov. 3 in Madison Square Garden, according to sources. The five-round bout will be for the vacant flyweight title. The UFC stripped former champion Nicco Montaño of the belt
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3:46 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The prospective owners of a Seattle expansion team made their case to a group of NHL owners on Tuesday and expressed confidence as they await word on the next step. The presentation to the Board of Governors’ executive committee at the league office lasted more than two
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