Two Arsenal players were involved in a European final last night: Reiss Nelson played 74 minutes for Feyenoord as they went down 1-0 to a Roma side which had Ainsley Maitland-Niles on the bench. It’s obviously a shame for Reiss, because the Italian side winning means there is a very …
Champions League final: Will Real Madrid’s Rodrygo haunt Liverpool?
Elano was working as Santos assistant coach in early 2017 when he heard how much Liverpool were willing to pay for the club’s new wonderkid Rodrygo. He was not impressed at all. “I went to the board and said, ‘No, no, we can’t let him leave for this,’” the former …
Uvalde has prayed for victims elsewhere. Now, mourners here pray for one another.
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. UVALDE — South Texans packed into the Uvalde County Fairplex on Wednesday and formed a sea of maroon — the town’s school color. Just southwest of downtown Uvalde, around 1,000 …
Stand Up Guy: Signing Colin Kaepernick Is A No Brainer For Las Vegas Raiders
The last time Colin Kaepernick threw a pass in an NFL game was near the end of the 2016 season. It’s been six years since the Nevada product was blackballed from the game due to his political and social stances. This article is not the place to go into detail …
Khan hired to succeed Colbert as Steelers GM
May 24, 2022 PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have named Omar Khan as their next general manager, the team announced Wednesday. He signed a four-year contract, the team said. After interviewing more than a dozen candidates for the general manager position, the Steelers selected Khan, who has been with the organization …
Source: Highsmith leaving Seahawks for Miami
11:53 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Seattle Seahawks scouting executive Alonzo Highsmith has accepted a position at his alma mater, the University of Miami, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Highsmith will be the Hurricanes‘ general manager of football operations, as was first reported by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The …
NFL golfing QBs on The Match: Expect trash talk
3:15 PM ET NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers will face off against Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in Capital One’s The Match on June 1 on TNT. The four quarterbacks participated in a media event Wednesday, and they showed a glimpse of what fans might expect on the …
Coach: Lamar can speak for self on OTA absence
2:44 PM ET Lamar Jackson is missing the first week of the Baltimore Ravens‘ organized team activities, marking the first time that the former NFL MVP quarterback hasn’t been present at the voluntary spring workouts. ‘We’ve been down this road many times through the years,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said …
Judge denies NFL’s motion to toss Gruden suit
3:30 PM ET LAS VEGAS — A Nevada judge ruled in favor of former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden on two motions Wednesday, opening the possibility of a jury trial on his “tortious interference” claim that the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell selectively leaked Gruden’s emails to force his …
Kaepernick works out for Raiders, source says
4:00 PM ET Colin Kaepernick, who last played professional football in 2016 — the year he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice — worked out Wednesday for the Las Vegas Raiders, a league source told ESPN. It marked Kaepernick’s first workout with an NFL team since …
Report: Colin Kaepernick works out for Las Vegas Raiders
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is working out Wednesday with the Las Vegas Raiders, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Kaepernick, 34, hasn’t played in the NFL since 2016 when he became the center of political debate by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem as a …
Buccaneers’ Tom Brady: ‘Reconstructed’ knee has ‘been really good’
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady surprised many in the football world when he confirmed in March 2021 that he required surgery on his left knee shortly after he earned his seventh career Super Bowl ring to repair what was later referred to as a fully torn MCL. The 44-year-old …