Month: February 2021

11:19 PM ET Associated Press Louisville men’s basketball coach Chris Mack has tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms, and the Cardinals have postponed a third Atlantic Coast Conference game scheduled for Wednesday against Pittsburgh. Mack is among those who have tested positive and will follow protocols, which includes missing Saturday’s scheduled game at Virginia
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10:11 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Eleven months ago, it was inconceivable that quarterback Tom Brady would choose, of all teams, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to continue his football journey. Equally implausible was this partnership — forged in an offseason ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, with little time to connect with new teammates or master
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11:02 PM ET Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas — Texas Rio Grande Valley coach Lew Hill died Sunday, a day after coaching what was his final game, the university said. Hill, who was 55, was in his fifth season as coach of the Vaqueros, who lost 77-75 against Texas Southern on Saturday night. The school said
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9:58 PM ET Pedro Gomez, an ESPN reporter since 2003 and one of the country’s foremost baseball journalists, died unexpectedly Sunday. He was 58. Gomez, who was based in Phoenix, covered baseball for SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, and other ESPN studio shows, live events and radio. During his 35-year career, he covered more than 25 World
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8:46 PM ET Associated Press Three-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has won her opening match at the Australian Open. Osaka, who won the title in Melbourne two years ago, played the first match of the tournament in Rod Laver Arena and beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 6-2. The first tournament of this year’s Grand Slam
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6:41 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Brooks Koepka chipped in from 32 yards for eagle on the 17th hole to break a tie for the lead and then parred the last for a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Five strokes behind Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele entering the round,
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4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services President Joe Biden says his administration intends to take up the NFL on its offer to use the league’s stadiums as COVID-19 vaccination sites. During an interview on CBS’ Super Bowl pregame show, Biden said “absolutely we will” when asked if the federal government intended to use all the
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5:24 PM ET ESPN News Services The Atlanta Hawks will be without De’Andre Hunter for at least another two weeks as the forward will undergo a knee procedure Monday. Hunter will have a lateral meniscus arthroscopic debridement done to help his ailing right knee. The forward has missed the Hawks’ past four games since undergoing
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10:25 AM ET George North and Louis Rees-Zammit scored second half tries as Wales overcame a poor start to defeat 14-man Ireland 21-16 in their opening Six Nations clash at the Principality Stadium on Sunday, easing the pressure on coach Wayne Pivac. – Play ESPN’s Rugby Pick’em for FREE Wales played with an extra man
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