11:15 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton has tested positive for COVID-19 and is out for Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs, league sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Field Yates. “Late last night, we received notice that a Patriots players tested positive for COVID-19. The player immediately entered
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11:00 AM ET The first thing one notices about Bill Armstrong is the ring. The one with 282 diamonds and 51 sapphires, for a total weight of 10.6 carats. The one with the St. Louis Blues logo resting on the Stanley Cup, with each round of their 2019 championship journey etched inside the band. The
11:24 PM ET If the outcome between the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins in their first-round Wild Card Series surprised you, then you haven’t been paying attention to either team. The Cubs made a predictably early exit from the postseason, due to a continued lack of offense, while the Marlins did what they always do
11:01 AM ET Bellator MMA lightweight prospect Aaron Pico has booked his next fight, against John de Jesus on Nov. 12, according to multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but both sides have verbally agreed to the matchup. The Nov. 12 event is expected to take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
8:39 AM ET Usman Nurmagomedov, the younger cousin of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has signed a multifight deal with Bellator, according to promotion officials. Khabib Nurmagomedov announced the signing on his Instagram page Friday. Usman Nurmagomedov is 11-0 since turning pro in 2017. Ten of his 11 victories have come via finish. He is
10:57 AM ET Former UFC stalwart Rustam Khabilov has signed a multifight deal with Bellator, sources told ESPN. Khabilov (24-4) has won seven of his past eight fights. He most recently fought for the UFC last November, defeating Sergey Khandozhko via unanimous decision. That was the last fight on Khabilov’s UFC contract. Khabilov has been
Geraint Thomas claimed fourth place at the Giro d’Italia’s opening day time trial – 26 seconds ahead of British rival Simon Yates. The stage was won by Thomas’ Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Filippo Ganna – who was also victorious at the world time trial championship last Friday. Yates, 28, was 17th, nearly a minute down on
9:55 AM ET Before the Los Angeles Lakers‘ first official training camp practice, Frank Vogel and his staff gathered the team in their film room for a PowerPoint presentation on what their defense would look like. Vogel wanted them to be the league’s most physical team — echoes of the “smashmouth basketball” vision that guided
10:37 AM ET No. 14 Oregon, the Pac-12’s only ranked team, will open play at home Nov. 7 against Stanford as part of the league’s seven-game schedule announced Saturday. Despite the shortened season, the Pac-12 will still have two rivalry weekends. North Division rivals will play each other in Week 4 with this year’s installments
2:22 AM ET LeBron James has never seen a more “dominant duo” than Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant. But nearly two decades after Shaq and Kobe dominated the early 2000s with their three consecutive titles, the Los Angeles Lakers might have the closest thing to that legendary tandem. James and Anthony Davis dominated the Miami
2:17 AM ET LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Despite being in a 0-2 hole after being dominated by the Lakers for most of Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat are holding onto a belief that they can find a way to win. Sure, they played Friday’s game without one of the team’s
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A cricketer, competing in the Indian Premier League in the UAE, has “reported a corrupt approach”, putting BCCI’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) on a high alert. The 13th edition of the IPL in being held in the UAE in a bio-secure environment, which has significantly reduced the chance for persons with dubious credentials approaching the player
1:12 AM ET Long before Kobe Bryant grudgingly attended the Los Angeles Lakers’ free agent pitch meetings for Dwight Howard in 2013 and LaMarcus Aldridge in 2014, he identified a rare talent who could eventually want to inherit the mantle Bryant left with the franchise. Bryant was the elder statesman on the 2012 Olympic team
1:13 AM ET This is not how the San Diego Padres would have preferred to draw up their first postseason series victory since 1998. They played three games against the St. Louis Cardinals and their starting pitchers threw a combined six innings. They used eight pitchers in a Game 1 loss, used nine pitchers in
RCB vs RR: Royal Challengers Bangalore will be up against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.© BCCI/IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are set to face Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 15th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. The Royals are currently fourth in the league
9:10 PM ET Steve KimESPN Deontay Wilder will have a significant change in his team as he prepares for his third fight with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Mark Breland, who threw in the towel to end Wilder-Fury 2 in February, will not be part of Wilder’s corner, Shelly Finkel, who advises Wilder, confirmed to
5:59 PM ET The title fight between junior lightweights Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Leo Santa Cruz, one of the biggest events of 2020, has been moved to Oct. 31 at San Antonio’s Alamodome, the two fighters announced on Friday. The bout, which will be broadcast on Showtime PPV, is tentatively scheduled to be the first