8:00 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN’s team of college writers and reporters has seen some things. In a world where collegiate athletics are on indefinite hiatus, denying us not only March Madness and spring football but also iconic events such as baseball’s College World Series and softball’s Women’s College World Series, our group was enlisted
8:58 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant and New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson often are at the forefront of the Rookie of the Year conversation, but another talented member of the 2019 NBA draft class isn’t just sitting back and waiting for the season to resume. Miami Heat rookie Tyler Herro,
8:28 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs will open stables at the track and training center in phases starting May 11 before races are run during its spring meet without spectators. The historic track postponed the Kentucky Derby last month from May 2 to Sept. 5 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It
8:00 PM ET Ricky Williams smoked marijuana a few times in high school, and a couple of times when he played football for the University of Texas. But the first time he noticed the drug helped him relax was during his senior year of college. “I had a really bad breakup with my girlfriend,” Williams
Kane Williamson goes on the attack against spin © Getty Images Kane Williamson, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine and Ross Taylor took the limited-overs honours at the New Zealand Cricket annual awards. Williamson claimed the men’s ODI player of the year title following his outstanding 2019 World Cup campaign where he was named player of the
7:50 PM ET LeBron James is combining two of his off-court passions — education and entertainment — in a primetime event to honor the high school class of 2020 next month. The Los Angeles Lakers star’s LeBron James Family Foundation is partnering with the XQ Institute and the Entertainment Institute Foundation to present “Graduate Together:
6:47 PM ET Linebacker Clay Matthews is filing a grievance against the Los Angeles Rams over $2 million in unpaid guarantees, sources told ESPN. Former Rams Matthews and running back Todd Gurley — who were released by the team on March 19 — have publicly vented their frustrations over non-payments, and Matthews is doing something
6:58 PM ET The NHL is hoping its players can return to local team training facilities at “some point in the latter half of May,” if local restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic will allow it. “We are not targeting a specific date at this point in time,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN via
5:22 PM ET Kansas State announced Wednesday that football coach Chris Klieman and men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber agreed to a 13% salary reduction for the upcoming year because of financial losses related to the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, all athletic department employees making more than $150,000 per year will have their salaries reduced by 10%.
5:13 PM ET With the postponement of the Olympic Games by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Golf Federation announced Wednesday that it was also pushing back the qualifying deadline by the same timeframe. Players will now earn Official Golf Ranking points through June 21, 2021 for men and June 28, 2021
8:00 AM ET Anthony Treash Rounding out our series of college football’s top 10 players at every position for 2020, we finish with safeties. There are a couple of Power 5 teams lucky enough to have multiple players featured here. Using a combination of Pro Football Focus grades and PFF’s wins above average (WAA) metric,
4:59 PM ET The New York Islanders and the NHL’s Seattle expansion franchise said their respective arena construction projects remain on schedule despite the coronavirus pandemic and are still expected to be open beginning in the 2021-22 season. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week that restarting construction projects, with strict health guidelines, is
4:27 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Matt Kenseth had a blissful year of retirement. He had time to travel with his wife and four daughters, made his first visit to Europe and took up marathon running. It was free time he never had in 22 years of racing at NASCAR’s national level. “It
3:40 PM ET The PGA Tour Champions announced a series of changes to its schedule Wednesday as professional golf continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Among them: the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, New York, set for Aug. 10-16, has been canceled. In its place, the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship in Akron, Ohio,
4:30 PM ET ESPN staff The NCAA’s top governing body said Wednesday that it supports a proposal to allow college athletes to sign endorsement contracts and receive payment for other work, provided that the schools they attend are not involved in any of the payments. A working group assembled to evaluate potential ways to modernize
5:31 PM ET The 2020 NFL draft was amazing for a variety of reasons, but certainly, for fantasy purposes, it was a fascinating one. Such a deep class, and with so many situations that have been affected, that this is going to be a long column. As a result, I’m blowing off my usual opening
May 1, 2020 Empty arenas? A private island with a cage in the sand? No big deal, many MMA veterans say. We asked fighters about the strangest circumstances they’ve ever encountered at a fight, and most had a tale that tops anything we’re going to see in the strange new world of fights in coming
6:30 PM ET With the coronavirus pandemic putting a halt to virtually all sporting events and holiday celebration around the world, the ESPN family plans to deliver with a big-name Cinco de Mayo boxing card of classic fights. Beginning Tuesday, ESPN Deportes and Top Rank plan to commemorate what is traditionally one of the biggest