9:01 PM ET New York Giants sixth-round pick Corey Ballentine is not expected to attend rookie minicamp this weekend after being shot in the glutes early Sunday morning. The Washburn cornerback was the 160th pick in the 2019 NFL draft the previous day. Ballentine’s teammate Dwane Simmons was killed in the shooting. His funeral is
Month: May 2019
8:38 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Marco Trungelliti has received support from the Tennis Integrity Unit more than two weeks after he complained that he’d been “used” and felt abandoned after acting as a witness in the prosecution of three fellow Argentinian players who subsequently received bans for gambling-related activities. In a statement Wednesday,
8:32 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer wouldn’t rule out star captain Joe Pavelski returning to his lineup during their series against the Colorado Avalanche. Pavelski has missed the first three games of the series, which San Jose leads 2-1, following a gruesome injury he suffered when he head slammed to
8:18 PM ET LAS VEGAS — There are few who expect anything less than a highly entertaining and competitive fight when Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs step into the ring to unify their three middleweight world titles on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. But just in case anyone needed a reminder, Jacobs handed
7:37 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Megan Furtney and Erica Shepherd atoned for a semifinal loss a year ago by winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball on Wednesday with a strong start and a steady finish at Timuquana Country Club. Furtney and Shepherd, high school seniors who plan to play for Duke next
7:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Morning-line favorite Omaha Beach has been scratched from Saturday’s Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem, trainer Richard Mandella said Wednesday. “He was coughing, which made us suspicious, and we scoped him,” Mandella told reporters Wednesday night. “It’s not anything we can fix to have him run on Saturday,
6:28 PM ET The Houston Rockets are optimistic that star guard James Harden will not have any more problems with his vision in the Western Conference semifinals, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Harden suffered contusions in both eyes and a laceration on the inside of his left eyelid when he was inadvertently hit in the
6:10 PM ET Tim Heaney In the early going, many fantasy baseball preseason aces have started slowly or scarily, thanks in significant part to the baseball’s rejuiced physics. Heavy investors in pitching should look away: Fantasy aces, or near aces, with a 4.00+ ERA (through 4/30) Pitcher K% BB% K%-BB% BABIP BARRELS/PA LOB% HR/9 ERA
6:01 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn — The Tennessee Titans will not pick up the fifth-round option for right tackle Jack Conklin, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Conklin is set to become a free agent
6:15 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told the Parliament of Canada on Wednesday that it would be impossible to ban all hits to the head and maintain hockey as a physical game. Bettman said in testimony that larger players would inevitably land blows on smaller players’ heads in the