12:04 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The convictions of a sports business manager and an amateur basketball coach in a conspiracy to bribe top college coaches to get them to steer NBA-bound athletes to favored handlers were upheld Friday by an appeals court. The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Month: June 2021
Lewis Hamilton was only 11th fastest as Mercedes struggled in second practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Hamilton was a second off the pace-setting time of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez as both he and team-mate Valtteri Bottas struggled on the softest tyre. Mercedes were unable to generate any lap time on the soft tyre, which
News Ismail Dawood equally unimpressed by ECB comments, but governing body rejects allegations of ‘institutional racism’ John Holder has dismissed ECB comments claiming he has withdrawn his claim of racial discrimination against them as “disingenuous” and vowed to never work for the organisation again. Holder and Ismail Dawood had launched a legal challenge against the
11:40 AM ET Associated Press Northwestern hired NCAA executive Derrick Gragg as its athletic director Friday, the Big Ten school’s second time filling the position in a little more than a month. Mike Polisky, a longtime deputy AD at Northwestern, was promoted to the job May 3 but stepped down amid backlash because he was
10:11 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A heart donor has been found for the 8-year-old son of Greg Olsen, the retired Carolina Panthers tight end announced on social media Friday. The news of a donor comes eight days after Olsen’s son, TJ, was placed on the transplant list. “Today is a day of mixed emotions,”
8:00 AM ET The 153rd Belmont Stakes marks the final leg of the Triple Crown. Essential Quality, who finished fourth as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby, is the 2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s race. Post time is 6:49 p.m. ET. Rombauer upset Medina Spirit, winner (for now) of the Kentucky Derby, to take the
Spain’s Alejandro Valverde rolled back the years to edge Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart to victory on stage six at the Criterium du Dauphine. The 41-year-old, who won the race in 2008 and 2009, came through in the final 200m to win a sprint to the line. It came after a tough uphill finish to the
Jun 3, 2021 James Olley Close Senior Writer, ESPN FC Tom Hamilton Close Senior Writer • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Thomas Tuchel gets his first transfer window as Chelsea manager this summer, but
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is 22 years old, has just four professional starts under his belt and, like the rest of his teammates, is in the midst of learning a new system under coach Nick Sirianni. But that hasn’t stopped him from switching from student to teacher this spring when
The Singapore Grand Prix has been called off this year and Formula 1 is assessing its options to replace the race, BBC Sport can reveal. F1 and the Singapore authorities agreed it will not be possible to hold the event in the context of immigration restrictions in the city state. Other races later in 2021
6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger proclaimed the team’s 2021 offense would be like nothing ever seen before. The Steelers would throw everything at everybody. But Roethlisberger, speaking for the first time since throwing four interceptions in a 48-37 first-round playoff loss to the Cleveland Browns, said it with his signature
7:00 AM ET The lottery for the 2021 NHL draft was on Wednesday night, but the presumed No. 1 pick wasn’t watching. Instead, Owen Power was sleeping. “You nervous?” Power’s former GM with the Chicago Steel, Ryan Hardy, texted the defenseman on Wednesday. Power was in Latvia, playing with Canada at the IIHF Men’s World
7:33 AM ET Floyd Mayweather and Jake Paul stood face-to-face trash-talking, surrounded by cameras and phones, completely comfortable in their element. It was their first news conference in Miami in advance of Sunday’s exhibition bout between Mayweather — the retired and undefeated boxer considered by many to be one of the greatest of all time
7:44 AM ET Following a rare weekend off, the UFC is back at its Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday with a heavyweight contest between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai. If we’re being honest, this UFC Fight Night offers a redo of sorts for Rozenstruik (11-2) and Sakai (15-2-1), as they are both coming off
7:00 AM ET NBA Insiders One season after dropping a 3-1 lead to the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference semifinals, the LA Clippers once again find themselves facing elimination, this time in Round 1 against the Dallas Mavericks in a pivotal Game 6 on Saturday. Luka Doncic, who delivered one of the league’s most
7:40 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN continued its Sales Pitch (ESPN+) series this week, examining the men’s college basketball programs in the SEC that have the most and fewest advantages in enticing recruits and transfers to campus. After seeing the results of our survey, ESPN.com’s writing team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and
The 2021 Track Cycling World Championships, due to be held in Turkmenistan in October, are to be moved to a new venue. Governing body the UCI says it is in touch with “several” potential alternative hosts of the event. It added the decision was taken “at the request of the organisers” because of restrictions linked
6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Buyer’s remorse is not a phrase the Chicago Bears associate with Justin Fields. A shade under five weeks since the Bears moved up in the first round to nab the Ohio State quarterback, coach Matt Nagy held court after the team’s first open OTA workout and said Fields
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