Jacob Calvin Meyer

Capitals’ goaltending duo shaping up as one of NHL’s best

The two goalies Washington signed in the offseason -- Darcy Kuemper and Charlie Lindgren -- have formed arguably one of the NHL's best goaltending tandems through the first half of the season.

January 10, 2023

Jerry Jones: Wild-card loss won’t decide coach Mike McCarthy’s fate

Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy isn't on the hot seat -- not even if his team loses to Tampa Bay on Monday night.

January 10, 2023

Bills safety Damar Hamlin flies home, treatment to continue in Buffalo hospital

Almost one week after he suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has flown back home where his treatment will continue in a Buffalo hospital.

January 9, 2023

Chiefs come out winners in Bills-Bengals game cancellation

For the first time since 1935, an NFL regular season has ended without every team playing the same number of games.

January 9, 2023

Backstrom, Wilson make much-anticipated season debuts in Capitals’ win over Columbus

Star forwards Nicklas Backstrom and Tom Wilson -- two key veterans who missed the team's first 42 games due to injury -- made their season debuts on Sunday in Washington's 1-0 win over the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets.

January 8, 2023

Five things to know about Commanders quarterback Sam Howell

Here are five things to know about Washington's newest starting quarterback.

January 4, 2023

Hamlin family wants no ‘backlash’ toward Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins, friend says

Damar Hamlin's family doesn't want Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins to receive any "backlash" for the play that preceded the Buffalo Bills safety's cardiac arrest.

January 4, 2023

Report: Bills safety Damar Hamlin making progress, still in ICU after cardiac arrest on field

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is still in critical condition Wednesday morning, but his doctors did see progress overnight, according to a report from ESPN.

January 4, 2023

NBA teams scoring at record rate through first three months of season

The average NBA team in 2012-13 scored 98.1 points per game. Since then, that number has steadily increased, now at a staggering 113.7 points per game as of Tuesday afternoon -- the highest in a single season since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976.

January 3, 2023

Bills safety Damar Hamlin remains in critical condition after collapsing on field

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is still in critical condition after collapsing on the field Monday night, the team announced on Twitter Tuesday afternoon.

January 3, 2023

NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game this week

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday that the game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals will not be resumed this week.

January 3, 2023

NFL denies giving players ‘five minutes’ to warm up after Damar Hamlin collapsed on field

The NFL is denying that a five-minute warmup period was given to players after Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Monday night.

January 3, 2023

Red-hot Capitals hope January will be as kind as December

The Capitals won more games in December (11) than they did in October and November combined (10).

January 2, 2023

Tennis great Martina Navratilova diagnosed with two forms of cancer

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova revealed Monday that she has been diagnosed with two forms of cancer.

January 2, 2023

‘I’m getting drunk’: Giants’ Jihad Ward celebrates playoff berth during locker room celebration

During an Instagram Live inside the Giants' locker room at MetLife Stadium Sunday, New York defensive end Jihad Ward declared what he planned to do to celebrate the win over the Colts that clinched a Giants playoff berth for the first time since 2016.

January 2, 2023

Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin named NHL’s First Star of Month

Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin on Sunday was named the NHL's First Star of the Month.

January 1, 2023

Gretzky’s goals record is in Ovechkin’s sights. When could ‘The Great 8’ pass ‘The Great One’?

When could Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin pass Wayne Gretzky on the NHL's all-time goals list?

January 1, 2023

RG3 learns wife is in labor while broadcasting from sideline of College Football Playoff game

Robert Griffin III couldn't finish his role on ESPN's alternate College Football Playoff broadcast on Saturday.

January 1, 2023

Fans dub Saturday the best day in College Football Playoff history

The College Football Playoff semifinals have rarely produced close games like it did Saturday when both games came down to the wire.

January 1, 2023

Former Ravens star Ed Reed to become head coach at HBCU Bethune-Cookman

Former Ravens superstar Ed Reed was hired Tuesday night to become the football coach at Bethune-Cookman, a historically Black university in Daytona Beach, Florida.

December 28, 2022