1:11 PM ET Drew Brees and his wife, Brittany, will be the presenting sponsors of the Black College Football Hall of Fame’s “The Road to Equality” event next month, the New Orleans Saints quarterback tweeted Thursday. Brittany & I are proud to support BLACK COLLEGE FOOTBALL…THE ROAD TO EQUALITY as the Presenting Sponsor. An incredible
8:19 PM ET Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson said he’ll be isolating from his wife, Catherine, a cancer survivor, once football camp opens for the team on July 12, and doesn’t expect to return home until the season concludes. Clawson said doctors told Catherine that, due to a reduced white blood cell count, she is
8:19 PM ET The Vancouver Canucks announced that their city will not be a 12-team “hub” if the NHL restarts its season this summer, despite speculation it had been one of the front-runners. “From the beginning, our goal was to help the NHL get hockey back on the ice if we could. Although Vancouver won’t
7:41 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Mackenzie Hughes shot a career-low 60 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship as the PGA Tour tried to switch its focus back to golf amid growing concerns about the coronavirus. Hughes, a 29-year-old Canadian, had a chance to shoot the 12th sub-60 round
8:14 PM ET Jurgen Klopp called winning the Premier League title with Liverpool an “unbelievable” achievement after the club lifted their first league title in 30 years on Thursday. Manchester City’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea secured the long-awaited crown for Klopp’s men and the former Borussia Dortmund manager said the feeling was something he couldn’t
9:59 AM ET Vince Carter confirmed that he has retired from the NBA, ending his 22-year career. Carter announced his retirement on the Ringer’s “Winging It With Vince Carter” podcast, saying he is “officially done playing basketball professionally.” Carter, 43, initially announced last year, when he signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks, that
1:55 PM ET Dallas Mavericks center Willie Cauley-Stein informed the team that he will opt out of the restart of the NBA season, opening up a roster spot the Mavs intend to fill by signing point guard Trey Burke, sources said. Cauley-Stein, who expects to become a father in July, averaged 5.2 points and 4.6
4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services The owner of a North Carolina racetrack advertised “Bubba Rope” for sale in a social media marketplace days after NASCAR announced a noose had been found in the garage of driver Bubba Wallace, who is Black, at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Mike Fulp, the owner of the half-mile 311
6:12 PM BST Former Scotland international Josh Strauss has left the Super Rugby Bulls after a salary cut caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and amid an overhaul of the squad by new coach Jake White. The 33-year-old loose forward, who was in Scotland’s squad at the 2015 World Cup, spent just six months at the
4:39 PM ET It’s difficult to recall a more emotional, more confusing and yet inspiring few days during NASCAR’s 72-year history than what unfolded since 10:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, June 21. The roller coaster began when NASCAR released a statement Sunday night that a noose had been found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall
3:49 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Aleksander Barkov started his hockey life as a 4-year-old for the Tappara club in his hometown of Tampere, Finland. Two decades later, Barkov is investing in his roots. The Florida Panthers captain has become the third-largest investor in the Tappara club, a deal that was announced Thursday. The
3:21 PM ET Alabama star offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood wrote the script for and was featured in a video along with several of his teammates and coach Nick Saban speaking out against racism and brutality on Thursday. The video said, in part, “All lives can’t matter until Black lives matter.” “In this moment in history,
12:03 PM ET New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins said the risk surrounding the coronavirus “has to really be eliminated” before he would be comfortable returning to play this season. Jenkins, a 12th-year veteran and member of the NFL Players Association’s executive committee, appeared on CNN on Thursday morning in his new role as a
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3:08 PM ET The Memorial Tournament, founded by Jack Nicklaus at a course he designed, is forging ahead with plans to be the first PGA Tour event to have spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was given the green light a few weeks ago by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who approved a proposal to
1:32 PM ET NASCAR on Thursday completed its investigation into the garage pull rope formed as a noose that was found in Bubba Wallace‘s garage at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday, with president Steve Phelps saying “our initial reaction was to protect our driver.” NASCAR released a photo of the noose that was found in the
10:00 AM ET The most frustrated I’ve ever been with the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee was 10 years ago, when its members snubbed coach Pat Burns. He was dying of cancer. “I know my life is nearing its end, and I accept that,” Burns said in April of that year. The Hall of
2:44 PM ET Associated Press Venus Williams has signed up to play World TeamTennis for the 15th time, the league announced Thursday. She will be a member of the Washington Kastles, one of nine teams that will gather at a resort in West Virginia for a three-week season starting July 12. Matches normally are played