Young British star Tom Pidcock has broken his collarbone in a training ride crash. The Olympic mountain bike hopeful, 21, is out of the upcoming Tour de Suisse. “Tom is doing well,” said coach Kurt Bogaerts. “He is already looking ahead and focused on his rehabilitation.” As well as competing on the road this season,
Month: June 2021
3:36 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN After the Boston Celtics shocked the basketball world with their dual announcement of longtime president of basketball operations Danny Ainge retiring and coach Brad Stevens leaving the sideline to replace him, Stevens said he chose to leave coaching and take on this new challenge because he wants “to do what’s
2:32 PM ET Television analyst Bob Brenly has apologized for a comment he made about Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman‘s head covering during Tuesday night’s game. Stroman had tweeted that the comment had “racist undertones.” Brenly, the former World Series-winning manager who now calls Diamondbacks games for Bally Sports Arizona, made a crack about Stroman’s attire
2:09 PM ET Associated Press Frank Navarro, the former Ivy League football coach who helped turn around a struggling Division III program at Wabash College, has died. He was 91. Wabash and Columbia, where Navarro was head coach from 1968-73, announced Tuesday that Navarro died on May 30. He died at his home in Charleston,
2:39 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive functioning — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias. The practice had made it harder for
1:12 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee judge Wednesday set a 2022 trial date for a man charged with conspiring with the ex-wife of Lorenzen Wright to kill the former NBA player nearly 11 years ago in Memphis. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told Billy Ray Turner that his trial
2:31 PM ET Jon Scheyer couldn’t possibly have chosen bigger shoes to fill for his first head-coaching job. The man likely tasked with replacing the winningest college basketball coach ever is a former Duke player who moved to the Blue Devils’ bench just eight years ago and was promoted to associate head coach in 2018.
1:23 PM ET Duke‘s Mike Krzyzewski, the winningest coach in Division I men’s basketball history who has led the Blue Devils to five national championships in his 41 seasons, plans to retire after the 2021-2022 season, sources confirmed to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Associate head coach Jon Scheyer has agreed to become the next
1:52 PM ET Almost three years ago, the San Francisco 49ers made Weston Richburg the highest-paid center in NFL history. On Wednesday, Richburg’s time with the Niners came to an end, as he announced his retirement from the NFL. Richburg had an injury-plagued stint with the 49ers that culminated in his missing the entire 2020
1:08 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN The Philadelphia 76ers announced Wednesday that superstar center Joel Embiid has a lateral meniscus tear in his right knee after taking an awkward fall during Game 4 of the first-round playoff series against the Washington Wizards on Monday night. The Sixers said the injury will be treated not with surgery
12:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Four minor league pitchers have been suspended this season by Major League Baseball after being caught using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs, signaling a stronger crackdown in the game’s feeder system than in the big leagues during a historically dominant stretch by pitchers. Chicago White Sox right-hander Marcus
12:14 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons coach Arthur Smith was mum Wednesday about whether Julio Jones will be at the team’s mandatory minicamp next week. “We have conversations all the time with all our players and there’s good communication back and forth, multiple avenues,” Smith said. “So we’ll see what happens next
10:56 AM ET The exhibition boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul won’t produce an official winner, but that doesn’t mean a stoppage cannot occur. Mayweather vs. Paul will not have judges ringside and an official winner will not be announced, a spokesperson for Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation told ESPN. However,
11:11 AM ET ESPN News Services Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit is facing disqualification after testing on a second postrace sample confirmed the presence of the the steroid betamethasone, a lawyer who represents the horse’s owner confirmed to the New York Times. Attorney Clark Brewster told the newspaper that a laboratory at UC Davis confirmed
11:27 AM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — The series finale between the Phillies and the Reds scheduled for Wednesday — billed as Cincinnati’s “Second Opening Day” — was postponed because of rain. Wednesday’s game was to have been the first time this season that a capacity, mask-less crowd was allowed at Great American Ball Park,
11:00 AM ET Reggie Bush, Andrew Luck and Marshawn Lynch highlight the newest nominees for the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced Wednesday. Among the group are 78 players and seven coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 99 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks. The ballot was emailed Wednesday to
10:32 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN Danny Ainge is stepping down as the Boston Celtics president of basketball operations and the franchise is elevating coach Brad Stevens to run basketball operations, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Celtics will start a search to hire a head coach to replace Stevens, sources said. Celtics staff were informed
7:47 AM ET Roll your eyes, boxing purists, but the spectacle that is Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul will take center stage this weekend. It’s OK to admit that you plan on tuning in. Let’s be real: A 44-year-old retired boxing legend vs. a 26-year-old popular YouTuber isn’t an ideal representation of boxing at its
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