3:22 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans head coach and general manager Bill O’Brien says he’ll take a knee during the national anthem next season with his players to protest racial inequality and police brutality. “Yeah, I’ll take a knee — I’m all for it,” O’Brien told the Houston Chronicle. “The players have a right
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3:32 PM ET Antonio Brown pleaded no contest Friday to a felony burglary with battery charge and two lesser misdemeanor charges related to a January incident with a moving truck company outside his home in Hollywood, Florida. Brown will face no jail time, though he will have two years of probation and 100 hours of
2:47 PM ET Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia — There was no social distancing and few among the thousands of fans wore face masks — and Novak Djokovic approved. The fans filled the makeshift stands on Friday at Djokovic’s Belgrade tennis club on the banks of the Danube River for the opening day of his charity
12:46 AM IST Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt has quashed speculation linking the West Indies tour of England to a US$3 million loan to CWI by the ECB in May, a loan that eventually became the subject of an ICC ethics inquiry. Skerritt also denied that the loan ensured CWI’s backing for Colin
1:33 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Edmonton Oilers prospect Cooper Marody has written a song in memory of teammate Colby Cave to raise money for a memorial fund. Cave, from Battleford, Saskatchewan, died April 11 in a Toronto hospital after suffering a brain bleed. He was 25. Marody’s song “Agape” will be released
2:49 PM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Homestead, Florida, on Sunday for the Dixie Vodka 400. Martin Truex Jr. got his first win of the season Wednesday night at Martinsville, his second consecutive at the track. Who will take the checkered flag in Sunday’s race at (3:30 p.m. ET) at
10:21 AM ET I was supposed to be in Rome on Friday for the Euro 2020 opener, watching Italy take on Turkey. Maybe you were going to be there too, or perhaps in Baku, Azerbaijan, for Switzerland vs. Wales, or Copenhagen for Denmark vs. Finland. Or maybe, like most, you were going to be in
11:34 PM ET Steve KimESPN The second night of boxing this week at the MGM Conference Center in Las Vegas had eventful fights, a few knockouts, and one awkward and difficult bout for featherweight contender Jessie Magdaleno. Magdaleno (28-1, 18 KOs) walked away with a win Thursday when Yenifel Vicente was disqualified. Vicente (36-5-2, 28
2:13 PM ET Mikaela Mayer said Thursday that a doctor who reviewed the positive coronavirus test that eliminated her from Tuesday night’s Top Rank card in Las Vegas said he would have allowed her to fight. Mayer tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday upon arriving in Las Vegas and was pulled from the card immediately
12:13 PM ET Patrick Mouratoglou, coach of Serena Williams and operator of the tennis academy that bears his name, has passionately argued that “robotic” players and a Draconian ATP code of conduct are making it difficult for tennis to attract the young audience the game needs to flourish. Due to the disruption caused by the
9:02 PM ET ESPN News Services NASCAR Cup Series champions Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano were joined by drivers Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney in cutting ties Thursday with Jason Beam, the well-known helmet artist who used his Twitter account to rip NASCAR’s decision to ban the Confederate flag from its races and
Jun 12, 2020 Steve Kim Cameron Wolfe Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston A native of Jackson, Miss. Thursday’s Top Rank Boxing card offered significantly more competitive fights than Tuesday’s return to action in Las Vegas. With the exception of a
9:59 AM ET Arsenal are set to hold talks with striker Alexandre Lacazette over his future in the coming weeks amid interest from Atletico Madrid, sources have told ESPN. The 29-year-old is not agitating to leave but is believed to be seeking assurances on his role under manager Mikel Arteta next season, given the ongoing
9:33 PM IST Organisers of the Euro T20 Slam are aiming to stage the competition in Ireland this year. That is despite potential complications linked to Covid-19 and the fact that the inaugural edition of the competition, which features six city-based franchise teams, was postponed in 2019 due to financial concerns. But the organisers –
Jun 11, 2020 Major college athletes rarely go home. Aside from a few weeks during the summer, and a short break or two during the academic year, they’re on campus, training and competing. But since the coronavirus pandemic began in the middle of March, they have lived a different reality in quarantine: classes and team
5:55 AM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Nick Wagoner Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America When the coronavirus pandemic brought the NFL
1:31 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN With the 2020 MLB draft, whittled to five rounds and held under unique circumstances because of the coronavirus pandemic, in the books, we asked three of our MLB experts — Alden Gonzalez, Dan Mullen and David Schoenfield — to break down the winners and losers, and extol the virtues of
9:00 AM ET I was told that the 2020 MLB draft would be wild, and I was lulled into a false sense of security by last year’s chalky top of the draft. We had true mayhem on Day 1, and I’ll use the favorite/head-scratcher format to break it down, although there wasn’t a truly “what