8:36 PM ET Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa announced he is transferring to Maryland Terrapins on Friday. The former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback entered the transfer portal on May 8, and has found his new home with the Terps. Tagovailoa is the younger brother of former Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who was selected in the first round
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3:30 PM ET One of the main storylines around the UFC’s past two events — on Wednesday and last Saturday, both in Jacksonville, Florida — has obviously been the return of sports to a world in partial lockdown. That storyline will give way to a new one on Saturday: the return of Walt Harris. Harris
3:33 PM ET UFC superstar Conor McGregor believes that not only will he get another shot at facing Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match, but he will defeat him. During Mike Tyson’s podcast, Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion praised McGregor’s performance against Mayweather in a 10th-round TKO loss in 2017. “It’s a
7:05 PM ET Attorneys for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar and New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker said Friday that they have affidavits from witnesses that show their clients are innocent of charges from an alleged armed robbery that took place in Miramar, Florida, on Wednesday. Michael Grieco, who represents Dunbar, told ESPN he has
5:05 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers still wants to finish his career with the Green Bay Packers, but he knows that became more difficult when his team traded up to No. 26 to select his possible replacement, Utah State quarterback Jordan Love, in last month’s NFL draft. Rodgers admitted Friday he was
4:59 PM ET As the uncertainty grows, and science, economic and competitive elements collide, there’s one constant in the struggle to revive the NBA: Owners and players are delivering Adam Silver full room to operate, govern and make the decision on resuming play amid a pandemic. No power grabs, no factions, no public criticisms on
5:05 PM ET Being named NFL MVP in 2018 and leading the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl championship last season did more than get Patrick Mahomes in the discussion as one of the great quarterbacks of his era. It also landed him a gig as the commencement speaker at Texas Tech‘s virtual graduation
4:22 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR has yet to receive the green light to race in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf says he spoke to NASCAR officials about the status of the June 27 and 28 races at Pocono Raceway. The stock car series announced this week it will stick to Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Florida and
4:23 PM ET The NFL is considering improving draft picks to teams that hire minority candidates as either coaches or general managers, sources confirmed to ESPN. Under the plan, a team would improve its third-round pick by 10 spots for hiring a minority candidate as general manger (or equivalent-level position) and six spots for hiring
1:17 PM ET Major League Baseball plans to hold the 2020 MLB Draft remotely, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. As of now, teams are not allowed to have draft rooms and will do all drafting via video conference. That could change, the memo says, as the draft date approaches.
2:59 PM ET Associated Press Troy and Army have scheduled a four-game series in football, spanning from 2022-2031. The schools announced Friday they will meet in Troy in 2022 and 2031. Army will host games in 2023 and 2030. Troy and Army have never met on the football field. It’s the Trojans’ second series against
2:46 PM BST Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has said fly-half Finn Russell is available for selection again after the pair put their feud behind them. Russell was dropped on the eve of January’s Six Nations opener in Ireland and sat out three subsequent matches after what Scottish Rugby called “a breach of team protocol.” Townsend
2:36 PM ET Justin Gaethje, the UFC’s newly-crowned interim lightweight champion, had a pretty simple response to Conor McGregor‘s recent demands to fight him next: No. Gaethje (22-2) is coming off arguably the best performance of his career, a fifth-round TKO victory over Tony Ferguson for the interim title at UFC 249 last weekend. Gaethje’s
8:00 AM ET Anthony Treash We reached the conclusion of PFF’s top-10 returning players at each position series last week, so now we are able to present to you the All-PFF College Team. Using a combination of PFF grades and PFF’s Wins Above Average (WAA) metric, we give you our team of the best players
10:30 AM ET ESPN News Services The professional tennis tours are extending their suspensions caused by the coronavirus pandemic through at least the end of July. The total number of tournaments scrapped by the ATP, WTA and International Tennis Federation since March now tops 40. “Just like tennis fans, players and tournament hosts all over
8:00 AM ET Anthony Treash Over the past few months, Pro Football Focus has ranked the top 10 returning college football players at every position for 2020. A combination of Pro Football Focus grades and PFF’s wins above average (WAA) metric was used to come up with the rankings, presented below. Don’t miss the All-PFF
10:30 AM ET The UFC is capping its third event in eight days with a big main event. Literally. Alistair Overeem and Walt Harris made weight Friday morning for their heavyweight contender fight in Jacksonville, Florida. Overeem hit the scale at 253.5 pounds; Harris was at 264.5. The two will meet in the UFC Fight
1:50 PM ET Steve KimESPN WBO junior lightweight world champion Jamel Herring will defend his title in early July in Las Vegas, he told ESPN on Friday. No opponent has been finalized to face Herring in what will be his second title defense, which Herring told ESPN is set to take place July 2. Carl