9:10 AM ET Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Matthew Judon criticized the timing of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s recent support for the Black Lives Matter movement, saying his comments were long overdue. “It’s not when Roger Goodell came out and said black lives matter, now everybody can say it,” Judon said Monday during a video conference
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11:26 AM ET Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard said Tuesday he was not wrong for speaking out against Mike Gundy, because he felt he had to hold his coach accountable. In a Twitter post Tuesday morning, Hubbard once again seemed to respond to backlash he received for a video he and Gundy posted Monday
10:03 PM IST Shai Hope‘s twin hundreds at Headingley in 2017 can rightfully take a place among the finest batting achievements in the history of the game. No man had ever scored a century in each innings of a first-class match – never mind a Test – in over 100 years of cricket played on
7:00 AM ET In a typical NHL offseason, there’s a two-month window that players and their partners view as the life-event safe zone. No games or training camps or league obligations on the schedule. The perfect time to plan a vacation or a wedding or, in the case of Jordie Benn and his fiancée, Jessica
8:06 AM ET UFC president Dana White began touting a welterweight title bout between champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal as far back as January, when a heated exchange between the fighters during Super Bowl week lit a marketing fuse that was expected to detonate a blockbuster main event on July 11. But a lot
7:00 AM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Jason Miller/Getty Images While lying on the court in pain after tearing his left Achilles tendon on Dec. 6, Rodney Hood began to contemplate his basketball future. “The initial thought is like, ‘Damn. Most guys used to retire after the Achilles injury,'” the Portland Trail Blazers swingman told ESPN this
9:13 AM ET Steve KimESPN Boxing’s first week back is in the books. It began with Shakur Stevenson taking care of Felix Caraballo in six rounds and was capped off with a 10th-round disqualification victory for Jessie Magdaleno. The back-and-forth battle between young featherweights Adam Lopez and Luis Coria, which saw Lopez earn a majority
10:00 AM ET Today’s game: Chicago Blackhawks at Edmonton Oilers, played on Feb. 11. The Blackhawks entered this game clinging on to the playoff bubble. They were in the second of a five-game Western Canadian swing, and desperately in need of points. The Oilers were in decent shape with a dynamite offense, but would have
8:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” “The owners are 100 percent committed to getting baseball back on the field.” — Rob Manfred, June 15, 2020 Then do it. It’s time. It’s far past time, actually. It’s time to
4:14 AM ET Are you ready for a football marathon of unprecedented length and difficulty? The next year promises a run of fixtures and the longest period of competitive action that the game has ever seen after the Premier League returns from its coronavirus shutdown on Wednesday. It also promises to challenge elite players, both
3:51 AM ET Australian Nick Kyrgios has said the United States Tennis Association (UTSA) is being “selfish” by pressing ahead with the US Open on its original dates from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13. USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier confirmed on Monday that the tournament was ready to move forward “as long as we get the
1:10 PM IST If the list of key figures in Australian cricket who couldn’t deal with Kevin Roberts had grown so long as to make his position as Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive untenable, it’s unlikely that their discontent will be sated purely by his exit. After Roberts departed on Tuesday, leaving behind many fractured
12:33 AM BST Former Prime Minister John Howard, Wallabies great John Eales and leading Australian businessman Sir Rod Eddington are all part of an Advisory Board set up to oversee Rugby Australia’s 2027 Rugby World Cup bid. New Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan unveiled the Board on Tuesday morning, McLennan wasting little time in attempting
12:32 AM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights signed tough guy Ryan Reaves on Monday to a two-year contract extension worth $3.5 million. He’ll count $1.75 million against the salary cap in each of the next two seasons. Reaves announced the new deal in a video on the Golden Knights’ Twitter
Jamie Chadwick says she hopes the “stars will align” after a securing substantial backing to reach Formula 1. Chadwick signed for the Italian Prema team following support from Rodin Cars’ multi-millionaire boss David Dicker. The 22-year-old will compete in regional Formula 3 from this August, with the aim of rising up to International F3 and
11:51 PM ET A highly ranked featherweight bout between Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige will headline UFC Fight Night on July 15 at Fight Island, multiple sources told ESPN. Both sides have agreed to the 145-pound main event, per sources. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at the UFC’s Fight Island, at Yas
10:40 PM ET With a group of players concerned about the NBA restarting its season amid a pandemic and social unrest around the country, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he is listening and his sense is that the league and its players will be able to “work through most those issues over the next few
4:44 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred told ESPN on Monday he’s “not confident” there will be a 2020 baseball season and that “as long as there’s no dialogue” with the MLB Players