12:57 PM ET Star defensive end J.J. Watt is signing with the Arizona Cardinals, he announced Monday. He received a two-year, $31 million deal that includes $23 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Watt made the announcement by sharing a photo on Twitter: source: me. pic.twitter.com/1Y6okQBUy5 — JJ Watt (@JJWatt) March 1, 2021
Month: March 2021
9:52 PM ET Former ESPN production executive Mike Pearl, a member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame who had a major influence on a wide range of high-profile events over four decades and multiple networks, died at the age of 77, according to Sports Video Group. Pearl spent two stints at ABC Sports during
8:14 PM ET Andy Hoffman, the father of Nebraska Cornhuskers fan and brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman, died Monday at his home in Atkinson, Nebraska. He was 42. The Team Jack Foundation announced his death. Andy Hoffman, an attorney, spent the last decade of his life raising more than $8 million for Team Jack, a
12:02 PM ET The connection between Major League Soccer and South America continues to grow by leaps and bounds. MLS has has consistently sent its scouts to the continent, notably Argentina, where they have found good deals. Players like Mauro Diaz, once seen as a big prospect at River Plate, spent the best five years
4:29 PM ET Associated Press FAR HILLS, N.J. — U.S. Amateur champion Tyler Strafaci and top-ranked amateur Davis Thompson are part of the 10-member U.S. team announced Monday that will try to retain the Walker Cup in May against Great Britain & Ireland. The matches for amateurs will be May 8-9 at Seminole Golf Club
Feb 26, 2021 Collecting a ton of fantasy points by playing 20 to 25 minutes per night is one thing. But what about those players who have seen significantly less average ice time this season? Maybe it’s not more impressive to see them collecting a ton of fantasy points, but it’s impressive in a different
3:39 PM GMT French referee Pascal Gauzere has conceded he made mistakes in his handling of England’s 40-24 defeat to Wales, according to World Rugby’s head of match officials Joel Jutge. Jutge, speaking to Midi Olympique, said the two spoke on the phone on Sunday about the controversial first-half calls from Saturday’s game — Jutge
3:47 PM ET ESPN News Services The NHL closed February with a season-low-matching four players on its COVID-19 list. Detroit’s Patrik Nemeth entered the protocol on Sunday, while Ottawa’s Ryan Dzingel and Philadelphia’s Travis Konecny were cleared after spending two weeks on the list. Konecny was the final Flyers player in the protocol after the
3:47 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — About an hour-and-a-half after J.J. Watt broke the news on Twitter he’s signing with the Arizona Cardinals, defensive linemate Jordan Phillips tweeted the question everybody is asking. “Who are you gonna double now lol,” he posted with a few laughing emojis followed by a skull emoji. In other words:
Feb 14, 2021 Kamaru Usman accomplished much on Saturday night at UFC 258 in Las Vegas. He won his 13th straight UFC welterweight fight, which broke Georges St-Pierre‘s record for most victories at 170 pounds. Usman also tied the great Khabib Nurmagomedov for the second-most wins in a row to start a UFC career, and
Feb 23, 2021 Niamh Lewis When Eammon Ashton-Atkinson, an Australian television reporter, decided to film his rugby club as they went to the biannual Bingham Cup in 2018, he could never have imagined the positive reaction a documentary about it would receive. The film Steelers is about London-based Kings Cross Steelers, the world’s first gay
1:23 PM ET Milan rose to the challenge of Roma this weekend, putting the derby defeat behind them and keeping the pressure on Inter in the title race. Antonietta Baldassarre/Insidefoto/LightRocket via Getty Images The weekend in soccer was full of surprises, drama and action as per usual. AC Milan and Inter Milan both won their respective
2:18 PM ET Associated Press Roger Federer is withdrawing from this month’s Miami Open so he can spend extra time preparing to “work his way back out on tour,” his agent told The Associated Press on Monday. The 20-time Grand Slam champion has not competed in more than a year after having two operations on
12:52 PM ET Associated Press Jennifer Brady lost in her first match since the Australian Open final, falling to Anett Kontaveit 6-1, 6-2 on Monday in the first round of the Qatar Open. Brady, who lost to Naomi Osaka in her first major final just over a week ago, made 25 unforced errors against her
Spinner Jack Leach said on Monday England are not obsessed by the state of the pitches in India but are keen to learn from their two-day defeat before the final Test starts this week. Joe Root-led England went down by 10 wickets in less than two full days on a viciously turning Ahmedabad track last
11:13 AM ET New York Mets president Sandy Alderson says his organization was shortsighted in its hiring process while vetting former manager Mickey Callaway, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a recent report by The Athletic. “When we hired Mickey, Mickey was the hot commodity,” Alderson said Monday. “There were
9:57 PM ET Warriors forward Draymond Green was forced from Golden State’s 117-91 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night with a left ankle sprain. The injury occurred with 4:53 remaining in the second quarter when Green went up for a block on Lakers guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and rolled his ankle after coming
Britain’s Mark Cavendish says Deceuninck-Quick Step team-mate Fabio Jakobsen will return to the top level after serious crash injuries. Jakobsen, 24, sustained head and facial injuries during last year’s Tour of Poland after a high-speed crash with Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan Groenewegen. “He’s going to come back at a very high level,” said Cavendish, 35, who re-joined