1:15 PM BST Connor O’Halloran On a bright Thursday afternoon, Ed Jackson wears a thick brace on his left leg as he limps up the staircase of his parents’ home one step at a time. He propels himself up with his right leg, his left dragging behind him until he reaches the top. It’s three
May 14, 2020 ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It will be a summer in the South for NASCAR, as the stock car series announced Thursday it will stick to Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, Florida and Alabama for June races — all of them without fans. NASCAR has now set plans for 20 races — including
4:27 PM ET Forward Dominik Simon is recovering from shoulder surgery and will be sidelined for six to seven months, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced Thursday. He had a torn labrum repaired in his left shoulder during the surgery that took place on April 29, the team said. Simon, 25, suffered the injury against the San
4:31 PM BST Premiership Rugby teams that breach salary cap rules in the future should be stripped of their titles, an independent report has recommended. The review, which was published by the league on Thursday, was carried out by former government minister and member of Britain’s House of Lords Paul Myners on behalf of the
12:07 PM ET Former Los Angeles Rams great Eric Dickerson ripped the team’s new uniforms on Wednesday during a radio interview with AM 570 LA Sports. Dickerson, who set the NFL single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards in 1984 for the Rams, had previously criticized the logo. Now he took aim at the uniforms. Among
2:05 AM IST Alex Hepburn, the former Worcestershire allrounder, has launched an appeal against his conviction for rape last year. The appeal is scheduled to be heard in London on June 4. Hepburn was sentenced to five years in prison in April 2019 after his conviction on one count of oral rape after a retrial
3:35 PM ET Ryan Newman doesn’t remember his Feb. 17 crash at the finish of the Daytona 500, but he greatly appreciates the outpouring of support that continues to come from those who will never be able to forget the images of the frightening accident. “I feel like a complete walking miracle,” he said Thursday.
10:05 AM ET Bobby Marks NBA teams will withhold more than $30 million from player paychecks on Friday, as players receive their first salary reduction since the league and the union agreed to a plan to temporarily cut pay by 25%. But five of the NBA’s top-10 earners this season — LeBron James, Stephen Curry,
9:14 PM ET It was a month ago when Kerry Tharp’s phone rang. The area code was a familiar one: 386, Daytona Beach, Florida. The man known throughout the racing world as “The Commander” is in his fifth year as president of Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s old-school equivalent to Fenway Park or Lambeau Field and a
7:00 AM ET Hockey fans can be a passionate bunch — which means a lot of them hold grudges. Some are petty, some are major, but the one truth is that fans of each of the 31 NHL teams have one thing they’re hung up on, and simply can’t get over. Whether it’s a perceived
8:54 AM ET A COUPLE OF years ago, Jud Buechler’s daughter Reily was walking through Los Angeles International Airport when she spotted one of Buechler’s longtime teammates: Scottie Pippen. She texted her father about her celebrity sighting. Her phone rang. “Reily,” Buechler implored his daughter, “turn around right now and introduce yourself. Tell him how
7:44 AM ET UFC heavyweight Walt Harris is ready to turn tragedy into triumph. On Saturday night, Harris will fight for the first time since his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard went missing last October and was found dead of a gunshot wound the following month. He’ll compete in the UFC Fight Night main event against veteran
11:01 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Devon Conway, the South Africa-born batsman, has been offered a New Zealand central contract for the first time, alongside seamer Kyle Jamieson and left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel. Conway, 28, was cleared by the ICC to represent New Zealand in March and will be eligible for selection from August onwards. He
7:00 AM ET The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic, and this year’s Induction Weekend festivities have been canceled. Nonetheless, the hall of fame that so many of us visit in our mind’s eye — whenever we take stock of greatness or steep ourselves
Last updated on 2 hours ago2 hours ago.From the section Cycling Former Great Britain Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish’s appeal hearing in her employment case against British Cycling will take place next week. The 29-year-old argued she should be considered an employee of British Cycling or the funding agency UK Sport. But the initial hearing ruled
12:19 AM ET Light heavyweight Glover Teixeira defeated Anthony Smith by TKO in the fifth round Wednesday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville, Florida. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 4 seconds. It was just the second fifth-round TKO in UFC light heavyweight history. The other featured Alexander Gustafsson stopping
8:05 AM ET The PGA Championship at Harding Park was scheduled for this week. The coronavirus pandemic that shut down sports forced the event to be postponed until Aug. 6-9 in San Francisco. This week, though, you can still get your golf fix, as ESPN re-airs some classic victories by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks
9:03 AM ET Steve KimESPN As much as the boxing world was hoping for it to happen, Gennadiy Golovkin will not be facing middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez for a third time in his next outing. Instead, GGG will be taking on his IBF mandatory challenger, Kamil Szeremeta, and then he will entertain the idea of