1:30 PM ET Florida State head football coach Mike Norvell found out on Thursday that words — and the actions that back them up — mean everything right now. During an interview with The Athletic earlier this week, Norvell claimed to have had “a lot of open communication” with his players and gone “back and
10:15 AM ET In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is donating $500,000 toward a GoFundMe fundraiser he established, aimed at advancing lives in the black community of Atlanta. Ryan, who wears jersey No. 2, has set a goal of raising $2 million. Floyd, who was black, died last week
3:38 PM ET The Memorial Tournament will be the first PGA Tour event to allow spectators when it is played at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club next month in Ohio. The tournament announced via Twitter that “thanks to state approval & support from the PGA Tour, patrons will be permitted to attend the 45th
2:05 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Pete Rademacher, who won a boxing gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title in his first professional bout, has died. He was 91. A family member told the Media Gazette that Rademacher died Thursday at the Ohio Veterans Home in
11:34 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN NBA commissioner Adam Silver said there is a chance that older NBA head coaches won’t be able to be on the bench when the league resumes play on July 31 at the Walt Disney World Resort. “I think one of the things we know, we’ve learned a lot about the
7:59 AM ET Shakur Stevenson is unabashedly looking ahead. The 22-year-old has a wish list of marquee fighters lined up. He easily rattles off their weaknesses and how he’d pick each one of them apart. Josh Warrington is first up. Stevenson says it’s the only fight keeping him at 126 pounds and he’s agreed to
9:00 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Geoffrey Boycott has hit out at the BBC following his omission from Test Match Special’s commentary list for 2020. Boycott, 79, was the notable absentee on a list of names for a summer of coverage that will feature the first Test cricket to be broadcast on BBC TV for more
11:16 PM IST Annesha Ghosh Former India captain Anju Jain and allrounder Devika Palshikar have been appointed on the Baroda women’s coaching staff for the next two seasons after their contracts as the head coach and the assistant coach of the Bangladesh women’s team expired in early March following the Women’s T20 World Cup. While
10:44 AM ET Live boxing returns to ESPN on Tuesday after a four-month hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic. But before Shakur Stevenson steps back in the ring, boxing fans will have a chance to revisit one of the best trilogies in boxing history: Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier (Sunday, 7 p.m. ET on ESPN).
8:43 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Michael Holding, the broadcaster and former West Indies fast bowler, has said the decisions of Darren Bravo, Shimron Hetmyer and Keemo Paul to opt out of touring England were “unfortunate”, if understandable because of concerns over the Covid-19 situation in the UK. Earlier this week, West Indies announced a 25-man
2:54 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Atlanta on Sunday for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500. Brad Keselowski took his second checkered flag of the season last Sunday in Bristol, Tennessee, when the leaders crashed in front of him with a lap to go. Who will win Sunday’s event
7:00 AM ET For NASCAR, the previews are over. Now, it gets real. What the 2020 Cup series does — or perhaps what is done to it — over the next week likely will be what ultimately shapes the story of this, the strangest of seasons. And it won’t be merely the story of stock
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” There are simple solutions for baseball’s return. They’re right there, waiting for owners and players to embrace before the parties unleash more damage on the sport. Already they have taken what could
7:00 AM ET MOMENTS AFTER THE fifth-round bell sounds in the women’s bantamweight title fight at UFC 245 in Las Vegas in late December, reigning champion Amanda Nunes wraps up challenger Germaine de Randamie and sends her to the ground. From this moment forward, nearly the entire five minutes is spent with Nunes on top
8:36 AM BST The Gallagher Premiership will aim to restart the season on Aug. 15, it announced on Friday. The league was originally scheduled to return on April 24 but has since been suspended indefinitely due to the coronavirus crisis. Last week, the UK government gave permission for elite sport to return behind closed doors
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email The 2020 MLB draft is less than a week away so we asked our panel of experts some of the burning questions surrounding the event. MLB prospect guru Kiley McDaniel, reporter David Schoenfield and editor Dan Mullen break down some of the best first-round
6:58 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — Russia hired Valery Bragin as coach of the men’s national hockey team on Friday as it gears up to defend its Olympic title in 2022. Bragin moves up from his longtime role in charge of the Russian under-20 team, which he led to the silver medal at this
2:48 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm apologized Thursday after screenshots emerged of a text conversation in which he claimed only “elite white people” should be able to purchase guns. The conversation, which took place in 2019 and was posted to Twitter early Thursday morning, involved Fromm and a friend discussing