Month: June 2020

8:28 AM BST ESPN Staff with Reuters Brumbies forwards coach Laurie Fisher says the two-time Super Rugby champions have no interest in merging with Melbourne Rebels, as mixed reports circulate about the long-term security of Australia’s four professional franchises. Rugby Australia has since moved to quell speculation of a potential merger between the Brumbies and
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7:00 AM ET Australian Paralympic tennis champion Dylan Alcott has slammed the omission of the wheelchair tournament from the US Open, calling it “disgusting discrimination.” Alcott, who won the 2015 and 2018 wheelchair singles titles at Flushing Meadows and is the reigning doubles champion, said players were not consulted and posed no greater health threat
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5:08 AM ET Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign Timo Werner from RB Leipzig. Werner, 24, will join the Premier League side in July, subject to a medical, after agreeing personal terms. “I am delighted to be signing for Chelsea, it is a very proud moment for me to be joining this great club,”
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12:18 AM ET The Georgia Redcoat Band’s traditional postgame concert after Bulldog football games will have a new ending this fall. Acting director Brett Bawcum said he notified music school officials that “we are ending performances of ‘Tara’s Theme,’ effective immediately, and replacing it as our signature with “Georgia on My Mind.” Please see a
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1:11 AM BST ESPN staff Former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has rebuffed claims from Michael O’Connor about the team’s selection process and that there was a “disturbing” lack of training execution during last year’s failed Rugby World Cup campaign. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, O’Connor said Cheika had dominated team
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8:29 PM ET Several former South Carolina football stars, including Marcus Lattimore and Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffrey, are leading a campaign to rename the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center on the school’s campus. The former Gamecocks — who also included Carolina Panthers running back Mike Davis and Shaq Wilson, now on the
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5:37 PM ET The NBA Coaches Association fears new league standards and guidelines that could bar team staffers in high-risk categories for the coronavirus from attending the season’s restart in Orlando could “severely jeopardize” their future employment opportunities. NBCA executive director Dave Fogel and president Rick Carlisle have concerns that several assistants and three head
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4:14 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN After several days of stalemate in the negotiations between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association, we may have some traction toward a deal to resume the 2020 season. After commissioner Rob Manfred and union chief Tony Clark met face-to-face, we’re seeing the sport move back toward discussions about
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2:27 PM ET HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The PGA Tour reported a second straight week of zero positive coronavirus tests with the RBC Heritage set to begin Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links. The tour has yet to disclose the exact number of tests conducted, but it included the 90 or so players, caddies and
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4:53 PM ET Associated Press Quarterback Kyler Murray says he’ll be kneeling during the national anthem this season. The Arizona Cardinals‘ emerging star — who was the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2019 — wasn’t particularly vocal about social issues during his first season but said that would change in the aftermath of
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