6:50 AM ET The need to raise awareness and funds for cancer research is more important than ever. ESPN and the V Foundation are dedicated to victory over cancer. Dec.1-12, starting on Giving Tuesday, the international day of giving, marks V Week across ESPN. During these challenging times, ESPN and the V Foundation’s fight against
Month: December 2020
7:00 AM ET The Detroit Lions are headed toward another regime change after the club fired general manager Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia on Saturday, once again moving toward a rebuild for a franchise that hasn’t won a playoff game since the 1991 season, a divisional title since the 1993 season and has
7:06 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — – Spanish tennis player Enrique López was banned for eight years on Tuesday for fixing matches at tournaments in 2017. The Tennis Integrity Unit said López cannot play in or attend any officially recognized tournament while banned. He was fined $25,000. The 29-year-old Lopez reached a career high
2:18 AM GMT Pablo Matera has been stripped of the Argentina captaincy and suspended along with team mates Guido Petti and Santiago Socino for posting racist comments on social media, the Argentine Rugby Union [UAR] said on Tuesday. The scandal has thrown the Argentina camp into crisis days before their final Tri-Nations match against Australia
7:30 AM ET The turbulence of the past week? Well, get used to it. This is college basketball in a pandemic. The cancellations and postponements will likely persist until the NCAA launches its 68-team, one-city tournament in 2021. Until then, we’ll have to take this thing day by day. 2 Related But the game is
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL Power Rankings enter December trying to figure out which games are truly the most important. Yes, every NFL game counts, but we admit that some just count a little bit more. Our NFL Nation writers assisted us in finding the most meaningful games down the stretch, picking games
11:50 AM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Stuart Broad is in the running for the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, after claiming his 500th Test wicket during an eye-catching series of displays in England’s Test series against West Indies and Pakistan this summer. Broad, 34, was announced as a nominee on BBC Radio One
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for coronavirus. His team, Mercedes, said the Briton woke with mild symptoms on Monday and returned a positive result at a subsequent test and again at a retest. Hamilton, who is new self-isolating, won the Bahrain Grand Prix
4:00 AM ET The transfer window is a month away, but clubs across Europe have been planning their January business for months after the COVID-19 pandemic cut short the summer break and injuries have been mounting around the top leagues. ESPN’s writers bring you everything you need to know about the top teams’ hopes and
1:26 AM ET Associated Press Florida‘s men’s basketball team has signed on for a trip to Mohegan Sun in Connecticut for two midweek games in “Bubbleville.” The Gators will face Army on Wednesday and Boston College on Thursday night. Florida had been scheduled to open its season at “Bubbleville” on Nov. 25 and 27, but
11:39 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN There’s something about Russell Wilson playing in primetime. And there’s something about DK Metcalf playing in Philadelphia. The Wilson-to-Metcalf combination — plus another strong performance from the Seattle Seahawks‘ resurgent defense — was enough for a 23-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles Monday night at Lincoln Financial Field. Metcalf caught
3:30 AM GMT Though India are the team with a host of bowling problems right now, Australia are not without their own concerns. Chief among these is Mitchell Starc, who has taken 1 for 147 from 18 overs across the opening two ODI games as India’s batsmen found him somewhat easier to line up than
9:44 PM ET Claressa Shields, arguably the No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxer in the world, has signed an exclusive, multiyear contract with PFL that will see her transition to professional mixed martial arts, sources confirmed to ESPN. A two-time Olympic gold medalist in boxing, Shields, 25, will not compete in PFL’s traditional “season format” in
12:40 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Daniel Dubois’ promoter Frank Warren has hit back at critics who accused the English heavyweight of quitting in Saturday’s knockout loss to Joe Joyce.
9:44 PM ET Claressa Shields, arguably the No. 1 pound-for-pound female boxer in the world, has signed an exclusive, multi-year contract with PFL that will see her transition to professional mixed martial arts, sources confirmed to ESPN. A two-time Olympic gold medalist in boxing, Shields, 25, will not compete in PFL’s traditional “season format” in
9:35 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay acknowledged Monday that his willingness to call out Jared Goff after a 23-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers was a
8:20 PM ET Five-star linebacker Terrence Lewis, the No. 10-ranked prospect overall in the 2021 class and the highest-ranked Tennessee commitment, decommitted from the Volunteers on Monday. Lewis, a 6-foot-1, 200-pound linebacker out of Miami Central (Fla). High, had been committed to Tennessee since April. He originally chose the Vols over Florida, LSU, Alabama, Texas
8:32 PM ET Texas defensive back Caden Sterns is opting out to begin preparation for the NFL draft, he announced Monday. pic.twitter.com/XS1RLhbhGb — Caden Sterns (@CSterns_7) December 1, 2020 Sterns, the Big 12 freshman of the year in 2018, is tied for second on the team with 52 tackles in seven games, to go along