5:11 PM ET Marvin Wilson needed to find his position coach. Urgently. Odell Haggins sat in a defensive line meeting room, preparing for Florida State’s bowl game last December, when Wilson walked in. “I need to see you after this meeting, coach,” Wilson said. Haggins finished up and left the meeting early to find Wilson,
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3:24 AM ET International football in Europe has been largely on hiatus since November 2019. The COVID-19 outbreak cancelled the March fixtures and saw Euro 2020 postponed until the summer of 2021. This second edition of the Nations League — a multi-divisional competition for UEFA’s 55 member nations divided into merit-based groups on coefficients —
The 2020 World Road Championships will take place in Imola in Italy. The decision by cycling’s governing body the UCI to rearrange came after it became impossible to hold the event at its original location in Aigle-Martigny in Switzerland. The championships will take place on 24-27 September, and are set to be live across the
12:50 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Only minutes after Donovan Mitchell was lying face down on the court inside AdventHealth Arena, he plopped himself down in front of a video camera, his eyes still red from tears he shed after his Utah Jazz saw their season end with a heartbreaking 80-78
1:16 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — Alvin Kamara will be back at practice with the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday and the two sides will continue working toward a long-term contract extension, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. According to the source, the two sides are not that far apart on a deal (Kamara is
1:27 AM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — Alex Dickerson hit three home runs and matched a career high with six RBI, highlighting one of the biggest offensive shows ever at Coors Field as the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 23-5 on Tuesday night. Brandon Crawford also homered among his three hits and
11:14 AM IST New Zealand head coach Gary Stead will focus on “small gains” the team can make over the next few years to try and avoid the repeat of the Super Over heartbreak that has become a feature of their limited-overs cricket. Stead, who was given a three-year contract extenstion on Wednesday, will have
11:31 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — The Philadelphia Flyers and their big-boy pants are sticking around the Toronto bubble for at least one more game. Scott Laughton scored on a redirect in overtime after Philadelphia blew a late two-goal lead, helping the Flyers stave off elimination with a 4-3 win over the New
10:42 PM ET Toronto FC failed in its bid to tie the longest regular-season unbeaten streak in MLS history, losing 1-0 loss to the visiting Montreal Impact on Tuesday. Rudy Camacho scored in the 14th minute, and Clement Diop made six saves for Montreal. Toronto was 9-0-9 in its previous 18 games but fell one
5:06 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Serena Williams began her latest attempt to win a 24th Grand Slam singles trophy by beating Kristie Ahn in the first round at the US Open on Tuesday. The two Americans split the first 10 games before Williams pulled away to win 7-5, 6-3. The victory
10:25 PM ET Ohio State defensive tackle Haskell Garrett is recovering after being shot in the face and spending two days in the hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred early Sunday morning where police were called to the scene, found blood in the street and one shell casing. After following a trail of blood
9:25 PM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI, China — The International Federation of PGA Tours confirmed the inevitable on Wednesday when it canceled the HSBC Champions World Golf Championships event in China. The tournament was scheduled for Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai. The Chinese government announced in July that because of
3:46 PM ET The UFC is targeting a welterweight rematch between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. Bout agreements are not signed, but both sides are interested in the rematch. TMZ reported that the bout is targeted for UFC 256 on Dec. 12. The UFC is looking to book the
6:36 PM ET Francesco Molinari is the only player among the top 50 in the world who has yet to return to competitive golf since the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, and he has withdrawn from the U.S. Open in two weeks. But the Italian star, who won The Open in 2018 and was the 54-hole leader
11:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — What a long, hard, unusual fall it has been. The Jacksonville Jaguars were roughly 10 minutes away from their first Super Bowl appearance, leading the New England Patriots by 10 points in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium. Then Tom Brady engineered two touchdown
6:37 PM ET Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. — For Kentucky governors, it’s a coveted perk — presenting the trophy to the Kentucky Derby winner as a huge national television audience watches. But Gov. Andy Beshear says he won’t be in the winner’s circle Saturday with the triumphant owners at Churchill Downs. Instead, the Democratic governor
5:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Andy Murray saved a match point and put together his 10th career comeback from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam contest in nearly 20 months. The 2012 US Open champion, still working his way back from a pair of operations on his right hip,
5:24 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Disappointment has begun to mount among Milwaukee Bucks players inside the NBA bubble and it doesn’t have anything to do with basketball or falling behind 1-0 to the Miami Heat. The Bucks suffered a 115-104 loss to the Heat on Monday, but on the same day in Wisconsin, there was