Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Matthew Judon did his best to play coy when asked if this season felt any different because it’s his contract year. This is timely news for Judon because he’ll soon have a million reasons to smile. History says Judon will get paid handsomely. The last three Ravens draft picks who recorded […]
During mandatory minicamp earlier this month, the brash edge rusher for the Los Angeles Chargers said what all players in the NFL privately believe about their own team. Asked about teammate Melvin Gordon’s comments that the Chargers are the team to beat in the AFC West, Ingram took it a step further — anointing the […]
Arsenal are set to sign French centre back William Saliba from Saint-Etienne for £27 million on a five-year contract, sources have confirmed to ESPN. However, the London club will loan the 18-year-old back to Saint-Etienne next season so he can continue to learn his trade in the French top flight. Arsenal have beaten other clubs […]
It probably shouldn’t come down to the semantics of one game, but the Chicago Cubs were that close to finishing the first half on a positive note after a miserable stretch of baseball. After winning consecutive games on Thursday and Saturday for the first time since June 23-24, it was too much to ask for […]
In a 4-3 American League All-Star Game victory with no clear MVP on Tuesday, hometown favorite Shane Bieber, a right-handed starter for the Cleveland Indians, earned the honors after striking out the side in the fifth inning amid a Progressive Field-wide chant of his name. The 24-year-old Bieber, once a walk-on at UC-Santa Barbara, caught […]
On any given day you might see a somewhat nondescript man wearing blue jeans, a T-shirt and baseball cap walking down Mint Street toward Bank of America Stadium. He easily could be one of the plethora of people hired to keep the stadium grounds immaculate or just an average Joe out for a morning stroll. […]
“I’m pretty sure it’s going to be something special put into the offense,” Samuels said. “They will have us start off in the backfield or I can start out wide or motion out.” The Pittsburgh Steelers have a proven Pro Bowler and an intriguing change-of-pace option to ignite the post-Le’Veon Bell era in earnest. Conner […]
Small forward Glenn Robinson has agreed to a two-year deal with the Golden State Warriors, his agent, Jelani Floyd, told The Athletic. Robinson, 25, played with the Detroit Pistons last season but was used sparingly, averaging 4.2 points in 13 minutes per game. He signed a two-year deal with them before the season, but they […]
The production hasn’t matched the investment. And that means receiver Josh Doctson is likely entering his final season in Washington. There have been flashes; there has been frustration. There have been others to blame; there are times it’s all on Doctson. Regardless, Doctson appears to have found a peace with his situation. Experience combined with […]
Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson has been ordered to pay nearly $2.4 million to a lending service after he defaulted on a loan, according to court records reviewed by the Baltimore Business Journal. Democracy Capital Corp. of Bethesda, Maryland, sued Peterson in June claiming that he didn’t pay the balance of a $4 million […]