6:27 PM ET Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton said he hasn’t spoken with head coach Monty Williams since he was benched during a stunning Game 7 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in May. Ayton had a tense summer with the Suns, signing a four-year, $133 million offer sheet with the Indiana Pacers before Phoenix matched
Sep 26, 2022 Texas A&M leading wide receiver Ainias Smith will miss the rest of the season with a leg injury, coach Jimbo Fisher said Monday. Smith, a senior, sustained the injury while blocking during the third quarter of Saturday’s win over Arkansas. Fisher would only describe Smith’s injury as lower body, but Smith’s father,
3:33 PM ET Iowa junior linebacker Jestin Jacobs is having surgery and will be out for the remainder of the season, coach Kirk Ferentz said Tuesday. Jacobs initially suffered a soft-tissue injury against South Dakota State in Week 1, missed the next two games before returning against Rutgers last week, only to have the injury
Sep 26, 2022 Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — Left tackle Rashawn Slater and edge rusher Joey Bosa are among the Los Angeles Chargers players who suffered significant injuries in a lopsided
The first reaction of most Australian cricket fans to the news that Michael Hogan retires this week is likely to be, ‘I didn’t know he was still playing’, but half a world away a very good career is finally coming to a close. Hogan last played in Australia in 2016, seven years after he made
9:20 PM ET Auston Matthews briefly stole the spotlight from Aaron Judge when he threw the first ceremonial pitch ahead of Tuesday’s matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and visiting New York Yankees. The Toronto Maple Leafs‘ 60-goal scorer made a decent toss — slightly high and outside — to Jays pitcher Alek Manoah. Matthews
8:28 PM ET Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares will miss the start of the regular season with an oblique injury. The veteran center will be out at least three weeks, coach Sheldon Keefe said Tuesday. The season opener is Oct. 12 at Montreal. 1 Related Tavares, who turned 32 on Sept. 20, is entering
6:07 PM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR on Tuesday docked William Byron 25 points and fined him $50,000 for deliberately spinning championship rival Denny Hamlin in a retaliatory move missed by scoring officials. Hendrick Motorsports said it will appeal the penalty, which dropped Byron to eight points below the cutline heading into
2:11 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams released her first children’s book on Tuesday, another accomplishment she can add to her legendary résumé. 1 Related Williams’ book, titled “The Adventures of Qai Qai,” stars her daughter Olympia’s doll. According to the official summary on the publisher’s website, the story centers around a little girl who
1:03 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Kurt Busch said Tuesday he remains hopeful he will recover from a concussion in time to race again before the end of the NASCAR season. The 2004 Cup champion has been sidelined since he crashed July 23 during qualifying at Pocono Raceway. He has so far missed