Jul 21, 2021 Oklahoma and Texas have reached out to the SEC about possibly joining the conference, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. The Houston Chronicle, which first reported the story, cited an unnamed college official and said an announcement could come within a couple of weeks. Both Texas and Oklahoma released similar statements on Wednesday,
6:35 PM ET If it seems to you like the 2020-21 NHL season just ended, you’re not incorrect: the Stanley Cup was awarded on July 7 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. But the league has spun forward to the offseason and preparations for 2021-22 quickly: The expansion draft was held Wednesday, in which the Seattle
6:56 PM ET David E. Wilson Oklahoma State announced on Thursday that it will induct Barry Sanders into its Ring of Honor inside Boone Pickens Stadium during the Cowboys’ game against TCU on Nov. 13. The school also said a sculptor is working on a statue of Sanders that will honor him outside the stadium,
6:49 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays acquired slugger Nelson Cruz from the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in a four-player trade. The Twins received minor league pitchers Joe Ryan and Drew Strotman in exchange for Cruz and minor league pitcher Calvin Faucher. The 41-year-old Cruz, a seven-time All-Star, is hitting .294 with 19 home runs
7:02 PM ET Andrea Adelson Close ESPN Senior Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. David M. Hale Close ESPN Staff Writer ACC reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ACC commissioner Jim Phillips has made it his goal to make football
6:58 PM ET New York Jets assistant Greg Knapp, a well-traveled NFL coach who worked with Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young and soon-to-be-inducted Peyton Manning over his 25-year career, died Thursday from injuries suffered when he was struck by a car while biking last Saturday in San Ramon, California. He was 58. The
7:10 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers made their first move in what promises to be a busy offseason by extending a qualifying offer to second-year guard Talen Horton-Tucker, the team announced Thursday. The qualifying offer for Horton-Tucker is $1.9 million, according to ESPN front office insider Bobby Marks, and will make the 20 year
5:54 PM ET The Pac-12 will consider having its teams forfeit games if they can’t play this fall because of COVID-19, new Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff told ESPN on Thursday, but the conference won’t make an official decision until August. “I will tell you that I’m leaning towards going back to the pre-COVID rules that
5:44 PM ET Miami Hurricanes freshman safety Avantae Williams has been kicked off the team after he was arrested Wednesday on domestic violence charges, the school announced. Williams, 20, is facing three counts of aggravated battery of a pregnant person, according to Miami-Dade County records. “The University of Miami announced Thursday that freshman safety Avantae
5:55 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Entering his 18th season, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger feels “fresher” than he did this time a year ago. Roethlisberger had a normal offseason for the first time since his season-ending elbow surgery in 2019, and he felt the effects of it Thursday at the Steelers’ first training camp practice. “This
6:46 PM ET OXNARD, California — Ezekiel Elliott does not need to look far for motivation. He is coming off the worst statistical year of his career with the Dallas Cowboys, rushing for just 979 yards in 15 games. “Just having the year I had last year, you don’t need more motivation than that,” Elliott
6:13 PM ET Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Thursday he’d like to see additional changes made to the college football schedule if the sport plans to expand its playoff. Swinney and North Carolina coach Mack Brown both came out against the proposed 12-team playoff this month after surveying their players for feedback, but after sitting
5:44 PM ET Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins deleted a tweet Thursday afternoon shortly after posting it that said he would “question” his future in the NFL if it meant not getting the COVID-19 vaccine could potentially hurt his team’s chances in 2021. Hopkins’ tweet came in the wake of an NFL memo to
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — One day after announcing he was stepping away from baseball, Yermin Mercedes was back with the Chicago White Sox‘s Triple-A affiliate. The White Sox confirmed Thursday that Mercedes, the surprising rookie who carried the team with his booming bat early in the season and got sent to
5:23 PM ET Boston College has vaccinated its entire football team and coaching staff for COVID-19, coach Jeff Hafley said Thursday, though the Eagles did help one player who was unwilling to get the shot to transfer. Boston College has instituted mandatory vaccinations starting with the fall semester, and Hafley said the buy-in from his
5:35 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who had skipped June’s mandatory minicamp, reported to the team on Thursday, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Gilmore was subsequently placed on the active/physically unable to perform list due to a partially torn quad sustained in December. While the majority of Patriots
4:28 PM ET Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke and South Africa’s James Kingston carded an opening-round 65 to share the lead at The Senior Open on Thursday. Clarke failed to make the cut at last week’s 149th Open at Royal St. George’s, but he got off to a quick start at the Sunningdale Old Course in
Report Originals fall short as Sunil Narine’s variations stifle chase on used surface Oval Invincibles 145 for 8 (Billings 49) beat Manchester Originals 136 for 7 (Brathwaite 37) by nine runs Oval Invincibles emulated their women’s team on Wednesday’s opening night of the Hundred, as they scrapped a route to victory in the men’s curtain-raiser