Next month’s European Track Championships have been cancelled as a result of the ongoing political situation in Belarus. The five-day championships were scheduled to start on 23 June in Minsk. On Sunday, Belarus scrambled a warplane to force a passenger plane to land in Minsk in order to arrest a journalist. Enrico Della Casa, president
7:00 AM ET College football coaching jobs are typically evaluated on a macro scale. Here at ESPN+, there have been rankings of every FBS job and, more recently, tiers for Power 5 and Group of 5 jobs. Rather than repeat those exercises, I thought it would be more fun to take two comparable jobs, ideally
6:31 AM ET Wednesday brought us three more elimination games, but only two teams were sent packing. The Minnesota Wild kept their series with the Vegas Golden Knights alive with a massive home win to force the first Game 7 of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers saw their
4:04 AM ET After 120 minutes failed to separate Manchester United and Villarreal, the two clubs went to a penalty shootout to decide the Europa League final. What happened next was simply incredible, as both sides made their first 10 penalties before Villarreal goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli beat David De Gea and then saved his counterpart’s
After undergoing an elbow operation, England pacer Jofra Archer has said that he would not be rushing his comeback as he wants to play the T20 World Cup and Ashes. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday confirmed that Archer had surgery to address his long-standing elbow issues on May 21. Archer will now
The All Blacks will be without their captain for over half the Test season and yet, barring a few notable exceptions, Ian Foster remains largely spoilt for choice as he plots his second campaign in charge. Foster made his first public appearance of the year last week as the Rugby Championship draw confirmed the All
9:33 PM ET Washington Wizards guard Russell Westbrook suffered a right ankle injury and left the floor limping in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s playoff game at Philadelphia. Westbrook stepped on 76ers guard Furkan Korkmaz‘s foot and rolled the ankle with 10:28 remaining and the Wizards down 17 points in Game 2 of the
1:16 AM ET Associated Press The president of Ohio State University asked athletic director Gene Smith if the Buckeyes could “go independent” in a text message sent the day after the Big Ten announced in August it would not play a fall football season. The text from Ohio State President Kristina Johnson to Smith, dated
12:49 AM ET Associated Press UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Kiko Francisco Coelho and Leopoldo Herrera III won the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball championship Wednesday, birdieing the first extra hole to beat Brendan MacDougall and Sam Meek. The 18-year-old Coelho and 19-year-old Herrera, both from Florida, earned entry into the U.S. Amateur with the victory at Chambers
7:28 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent GDANSK, Poland — It was supposed to be a night when Manchester United began to cash in on their progress under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but in the end it was another missed opportunity. Solskjaer’s wait for his first trophy as United manager goes on after he watched his team suffer
10:58 PM ET As Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry skated off the ice for the last time this season, New York Islanders fans said goodbye by mockingly chanting his name, as they had done all series at Nassau Coliseum. The Islanders eliminated the Penguins with a 5-3 victory in Game 6 on Wednesday night, and
9:15 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Julia Johnson wrote out a list of goals when she arrived at Ole Miss to play golf for a program that had not won so much as an SEC title. The fifth and final goal: national champion. “Part of me thought we could do it. Part of
9:20 PM ET The UFC is working on a featherweight matchup between Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez for July, according to UFC president Dana White. Contracts have not been signed, but the UFC is close to finalizing the 145-pound contest, sources told ESPN. Once official, it is expected to headline a UFC Fight Night event
8:42 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Giovanny Gallegos got into a sticky situation with the St. Louis Cardinals clinging to a one-run lead and two on in the seventh inning. It quickly became a heated one. Umpire Joe West ordered Gallegos to switch caps because apparently there was sunscreen on the bill. Cardinals
4:18 PM ET Los Angeles Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway, accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and mistreatment, has been placed on the ineligible list, banning him from Major League Baseball at least through the end of the 2022 season. Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement that an investigation found that “Callaway violated
3:26 PM ET Kicker Adam Vinatieri, the NFL’s all-time scoring leader, announced Wednesday on the “Pat McAfee Show” that he is retiring after 24 seasons. “By Friday, if paperwork goes in, you heard it here first,” Vinatieri told McAfee, his friend and former teammate with the Indianapolis Colts. Vinatieri, 48, a three-time Pro Bowl selection
2:49 PM ET The NFL and the NFLPA have agreed to a salary cap ceiling of $208.2 million per team for the 2022 season, a source told ESPN on Wednesday, as part of the league’s continued effort to project the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its short-term business. That doesn’t mean the 2022 salary
6:10 PM ET Meyer Orbach, the second-largest shareholder in the Minnesota Timberwolves, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Wednesday alleging that owner Glen Taylor’s pending sale of the franchise to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez is in violation of the franchise’s partnership agreement, according to a copy of the complaint obtained