Month: February 2020

12:09 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees isn’t done yet. The New Orleans Saints quarterback and the NFL’s career passing leader will return for a 20th season after posting to Instagram on Tuesday that he will “make another run at it.” Brees, who turned 41 in January, was scheduled to become an unrestricted free
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12:05 PM ET High school prospect Makur Maker will be eligible for the 2020 NBA draft if he applies as an early-entry candidate, according to a memo distributed to NBA teams by the league office. The memo also included a revised agreement to the collective bargaining agreement between the NBA and the National Basketball Players
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11:50 AM ET Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester has returned to St. Louis after suffering a cardiac episode in a game in Anaheim last week, and he said he is “on the road to recovery.” Bouwmeester released his first public statement on Tuesday, a week after he collapsed on the bench. “I would sincerely like to
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11:15 AM ET Charlie Strong is the latest former head coach to join Nick Saban at Alabama. Strong, who has had head-coaching stops at Louisville, Texas and South Florida, has agreed to a deal to become a defensive analyst at Alabama under Saban, sources told ESPN. Several other SEC schools had expressed interest in hiring
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9:40 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — China forfeited a Davis Cup tie on Tuesday because its men’s tennis team cannot travel to Romania next month. The International Tennis Federation cited “increased restrictions in response to the current coronavirus outbreak” for the decision. China was to play in Piatra Neamt, Romania, on March 6-7 in
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