6:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team hired Jason Wright as team president in August. Since arriving he’s had to deal with several stories detailing harassment allegations by former employees, a name change and the rebuilding of a culture. Wright wants to be transparent as the organization tackles off-field issues while trying
Month: November 2020
6:43 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Ten New Zealand players and support staff, along with as many West Indies players and support staff – including their T20I captain Kieron Pollard – cleared the second of their three Covid-19 tests on Thursday. The tests were conducted specifically for the entire IPL contingent that had arrived from the
12:18 AM ET The Philadelphia 76ers acquired a historically elite 3-point shooter who happens to be married to the coach’s daughter, agreeing to a draft-night trade that sent shooting guard Josh Richardson and the No. 36 pick to the Dallas Mavericks for Seth Curry, sources told ESPN. Curry, whose father-in-law is new Sixers coach Doc
11:42 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Ron Fowler has stepped down as executive chairman of the San Diego Padres and lead investor Peter Seidler has been approved by fellow Major League Baseball owners to take over control of the team as chairman. Fowler will remain with the club in an advisory role and
9:08 PM ET Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. — Golden Gate Fields has suspended live horse racing through the end of November because of the surging coronavirus. The San Francisco Bay area track last Friday announced a week-long temporary closure to address a COVID-19 outbreak. Track officials say Golden Gate’s facilities have undergone thorough cleaning and
7:12 PM ET Houston traded Trevor Ariza and the No. 16 pick in Wednesday night’s draft to Detroit for a future first-round pick, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal gives the Rockets — a hard-capped team — the freedom to use their midlevel exception in free agency. 1 Related The Rockets are purchasing Detroit’s
7:57 PM ET Andrew Moloney’s team has filed an appeal with the Nevada State Athletic Commission following a controversial conclusion in last Saturday’s boxing match with Joshua Franco in Las Vegas, Moloney’s attorney, Josh Dubin, told ESPN on Wednesday. The fight, a rematch for Franco’s WBA super flyweight title at MGM Grand, was stopped by
8:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Green Bay Packers receiver Davante Adams, who has seven touchdown catches in his past four games, isn’t necessarily sweating his status for Sunday, especially after he was able to return to the game in Week 10 after suffering an ankle injury. But nothing is certain with Adams, which is a
7:45 PM ET Sacramento Kings forward Bogdan Bogdanovic plans to enter restricted free agency on Friday at 6 p.m. ET, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Kings and Milwaukee Bucks had hoped to bring Bogdanovic the framework of a sign-and-trade deal to negotiate a Bodanovic contract with Milwaukee on Friday, but he will move into
8:35 PM ET The College Football Playoff management committee on Wednesday agreed to keep the playoff on its current timeline and name a national champion as planned on Jan. 11 in Miami Gardens, Florida, unless the coronavirus pandemic forces a schedule change, CFP executive director Bill Hancock told ESPN. The CFP management committee, which is
8:13 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Five months later than it was originally scheduled, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Anthony Edwards with the first pick of the 2020 NBA draft Wednesday night. Edwards, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound guard from Atlanta who spent his lone collegiate season at Georgia, joins a young Timberwolves core led by star center Karl-Anthony
5:12 PM ET Canadian fighter Jesse Ronson, who returned to UFC in July after six years and picked up his first victory in the promotion, has been suspended for 20 months due to a failed drug test, USADA announced Wednesday. The UFC anti-doping partner said Ronson tested positive for a metabolite of the banned substance
7:10 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers are among the latest baseball teams to implement layoffs as MLB faces the possibility of a second season with limited fan access amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The team informed employees throughout the franchise of layoffs on Wednesday. The Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox are among
6:52 PM ET Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson suffered a leg injury during a workout in Southern California on Wednesday, the team announced. A source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that Thompson injured his lower right leg and is expected to undergo testing in the next few days to determine the severity of the injury.
6:58 PM ET The NCAA Division I Council announced Wednesday it was extending the recruiting dead period for all sports through April 15. There has been a dead period in place since the coronavirus pandemic hit in March, meaning there will have been no official campus visits or in-person evaluations in more than a year
7:00 PM ET LSU forward Shareef O’Neal, the son of former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal, has received a waiver from the NCAA and will be eligible immediately this season for the Tigers. Shareef O’Neal announced the news Wednesday on Twitter. “They cleared my waiver man!” he wrote. “Thank god I can play this season. I
6:13 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs says president Kevin Flanery will retire at the end of this year after 11 years in charge of the home of the Kentucky Derby. Flanery began as Churchill Downs Incorporated’s vice president of national public affairs in December 2005 before becoming the historic track’s 13th
5:54 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers, one of the dissenting voters when the 32 player representatives narrowly voted to send the new collective bargaining agreement to the full NFL Players Association membership earlier this year, is no longer the Green Bay Packers‘ player rep to the union. “I wasn’t real, real happy
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