7:32 PM ET Ten Iowa State student-athletes, including two football players, have tested positive for the coronavirus, the university’s athletic department confirmed on Friday. None of the student-athletes were participating in team activities at the time they were exposed to the virus, according to a statement released to ESPN. Since May 28, all 147 members
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10:35 AM ET The Minnesota Twins smashed a record 307 home runs in 2019 and, judging by their first-round selection in the 2020 amateur draft, it sure seems they would like to ensure a similar brand of high-scoring baseball in future years. The Twins welcomed North Carolina first baseman Aaron Sabato to the organization with
6:21 PM ET The Nevada State Athletic Commission is considering punishment for Yenifel Vicente after repeated low blows to Jessie Magdaleno led to Vicente’s disqualification in Thursday night’s Top Rank main event. Vicente had four points deducted for low blows throughout the fight before referee Robert Byrd stopped the fight in the middle of the
Jun 11, 2020 Associated Press U.S. Olympic team boxer Virginia Fuchs will face no punishment for failing a doping test after the U.S. Anti-Doping Association determined the violation had been caused by two substances transmitted by her boyfriend through sex. USADA announced its ruling Thursday, clearing the 32-year-old Fuchs, who will attempt to qualify for
5:13 PM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will return to action later this summer. JDS vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik has been verbally agreed to for UFC 252 on Aug. 15, sources told ESPN. Combate first reported the fight. Dos Santos (21-7) will look to snap a two-fight losing streak. He most recently lost
1:40 PM ET Jessica Eye has missed weight for a second straight bout. The UFC women’s flyweight contender came in at 126.25 pounds — .25 over the flyweight limit — Friday morning for her scheduled UFC Fight Night main event against Cynthia Calvillo. Calvillo weighed in successfully at 126 pounds. When Eye got off the
5:32 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Before this week, Rory McIlroy had never played the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club because it never fit with his schedule. Over the years, it conflicted with a prestigious event on the European Tour and last year it would have meant playing four straight weeks. McIlroy’s
4:39 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen became the all-time leading trainer at Churchill Downs on Friday, saddling Drop Dead Gorgeous to a win in the first race for his 738th victory beneath the Twin Spires. Asmussen overtook Louisville native Dale Romans, who held the record since Nov. 12,
3:39 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — As a way to honor those on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus, the PGA Tour has added the last names of workers from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area to caddies’ bibs. From nurses and doctors to hospital administrators, the names are on all 148
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Now’s your chance to play director of the 2020 ESPYS Presented by Capital One. Do you want to cast Simone Biles, Anthony Edwards, Dearica Hamby or a backyard magician in the starring role? You get to decide by voting for the winner of the year’s Can’t-Stop-Watching Moment. Today we introduce
10:32 PM ET Tyson Fury has proudly spent portions of his quarantine reliving his February seventh-round TKO over Deontay Wilder. Part of it is simple satisfaction in his work. The other part is his way to prepare for the third fight of their trilogy, which is expected to happen late this year. “I’ve watched that
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
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