8:44 PM ET Penn State starting defensive tackle Antonio Shelton will be suspended for the Nittany Lions’ Nov. 9 game against Minnesota, coach James Franklin announced Tuesday night. Shelton appeared to spit on a Michigan State player and was ejected at the 7:30 mark of the fourth quarter against the Spartans on Saturday. The Big
8:38 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Atlanta guard Trae Young left the Hawks‘ game in Miami on Tuesday night early in the second quarter with a sprained right ankle. X-rays were negative, and there’s optimism that the injury isn’t serious, league sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Young will undergo an MRI soon. Young
7:58 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets didn’t make any deadline trades Tuesday, but they have a mess to clean up — a potential rift between star safety Jamal Adams and first-year general manager Joe Douglas. Adams attacked Douglas on Twitter late Tuesday, saying he told Douglas last week that he
12:34 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Devon Conway earned himself a place in New Zealand cricket history with an unbeaten 327 against Canterbury in the Plunket Shield. Conway, the South African-born batsman who qualifies for New Zealand next September, already had 261 to his name after a commanding display on the opening day in Wellington and
7:14 PM ET A former UFC title contender is headed to Bellator. Cat Zingano has signed a multifight deal with the promotion and will compete in Bellator’s featherweight division. Her debut date and opponent are unknown. The 37-year-old Zingano (10-4) was somewhat surprisingly released from the UFC in August when the two sides couldn’t agree
7:19 PM ET Last week, I called Denny Hamlin’s win at Kansas a statement win. Martin Truex Jr., I bow to your dominance. If Hamlin’s win was a statement, Truex’s win at Martinsville was a proclamation. Despite a late charge from first-win seeking William Byron, Truex dominated, leading 464 of the 500 laps, including the
4:14 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have activated forward Alex Galchenyuk and defenseman Brian Dumoulin. Galchenyuk was acquired from the Coyotes in the Phil Kessel trade this offseason but was limited in the preseason with an undisclosed injury. He was put on IR Oct. 9. Dumoulin has been dealing with a lower-body injury. He has
3:16 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. — Starting tailback Rico Dowdle will miss his second straight game for South Carolina as he recovers from a sprained right knee. Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp says Dowdle won’t play Saturday against Vanderbilt after missing last week’s 41-21 loss at Tennessee. Dowdle, a senior from Asheville, North Carolina,
11:08 AM BST Sale flanker Ben Curry will be in Yokohama to watch twin brother Tom play for England in Saturday’s Rugby World Cup final after his club agreed to release him for the weekend. While Tom packs down against South Africa in England’s first final since 2007, Ben was preparing to play Bristol in
2:04 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Steelers’ running back depth took a potentially significant hit Monday night when neither James Conner nor Benny Snell Jr. finished Monday night’s win against the Dolphins. That left just one healthy running back — Trey Edmunds, a practice squad player earlier this year — to finish the game. Though