Month: May 2020

11:23 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Kyle Busch passed Austin Cindric on the final lap in overtime to win his 97th career Xfinity Series race in dramatic fashion Monday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway. After a crash involving several cars sent the race into overtime, Cindric passed Busch on a restart starting at
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10:20 PM ET ESPN News Services Back in Serbia after a two-month stay in Spain amid the coronavirus pandemic, Novak Djokovic says he’s in good shape and ready to play. Before the season resumes in earnest, Djokovic will play in a round-robin tournament that he is organizing, the Adria Tour, which is slated to begin
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9:52 PM ET NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent, in an interview with NBC Sports, acknowledged that the league “failed miserably” in its implementation of pass interference replay reviews last season and that such failure would serve as a cautionary tale for the NFL to not rush rule changes in the future.
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4:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The Tampa Bay Rays opened Tropicana Field to limited workouts on Monday, with 14 players, including outfielder Austin Meadows and shortstop Willy Adames, taking part. “It was good to see some smiling faces,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said on a video conference call with reporters after the workouts. Those
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5:15 PM ET Michigan landed its second ESPN 300 linebacker in as many days on Monday when Jaydon Hood announced his commitment to the Wolverines. Hood is the No. 191 ranked prospect overall and had been considering Miami, Kentucky, Minnesota, Louisville, South Carolina and a handful of other offers. He is now joining his teammate,
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1:11 PM ET Georgetown Hoyas men’s basketball coach Patrick Ewing is recovering at home after a weekend stay at the hospital with the coronavirus, he told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. On Monday, Patrick Ewing Jr. tweeted that his father’s coronavirus symptoms are being watched and that he is “now home and getting better.” It was announced
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5:20 PM ET Associated Press Two of the biggest names from the PGA Tour and the NFL proved to be must-see TV. Turner Sports said the Sunday telecast of “The Match: Champions for Charity” attracted an average of 5.8 million viewers across four of its networks. Turner says it was the most-watched golf telecast in
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4:40 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR on Monday suspended three critical crew members for Denny Hamlin‘s team because a piece of tungsten fell off his car on the pace lap before the Coca-Cola 600. The tungsten is required to meet minimum weight requirements on the car and the NASCAR rule book states if it is
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9:26 AM ET The UFC is instituting stricter coronavirus testing guidelines ahead of its return to Las Vegas this weekend. The promotion sent a memo to the fighters competing on the Las Vegas card scheduled for Saturday. The memo outlining the guidelines was obtained by ESPN. The event will take place at the UFC Apex
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7:59 AM ET Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush voiced strong concerns over the NCAA’s recent support of a player endorsement plan, saying that paying college athletes for their names and likeness is “going to destroy some people.” Bush, whose outstanding career at USC was marred by his eventual forfeiture of the 2005 Heisman Trophy, touched
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1:45 PM ET Mike Tomlin likes the discussion around an incentivized minority hiring process in the NFL. On “Coffee with Cal,” hosted by Kentucky men’s basketball coach John Calipari, on Monday morning, the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach said he likes the idea of a change to the Rooney Rule that rewards teams for hiring minority
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1:01 PM ET One of the world’s best fighters is no longer a UFC titleholder. Henry Cejudo is considered retired and has vacated the UFC bantamweight title, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN on Monday. Cejudo’s name was removed from the title page and the official rankings on the UFC website Sunday. ESPN has Cejudo, a
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6:21 PM ET Tom Brady has looked like anything but the cool, calm quarterback and everything like a scared, high-handicap golfer during The Match: Champions for Charity. But he still managed to come through in a big way on Sunday afternoon. After getting taunted by announcer Charles Barkley and taking a beating on social media
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