7:29 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon said that he “absolutely” expects Friday’s deadline for the NBA or the National Basketball Players Association to opt out of the collective bargaining agreement to be pushed back, as both sides work through several issues before returning to play for the 2020-21 season. Brogdon, an
6:13 PM ET Former Boston University hockey player Travis Roy, who was paralyzed after an injury in 1995 and became a philanthropist for spinal cord injury treatment, has died at 45. A family spokesperson told WCVB in Boston that Roy died in Vermont due to complications from a procedure he needed to maintain his quality
6:53 PM ET Associated Press VIENNA — Grigor Dimitrov outlasted third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 Thursday to complete the quarterfinal lineup at the Erste Bank Open. Dimitrov held serve throughout but lost the opening set despite leading 5-0 in the tiebreaker. “It’s never easy to come out of a situation like that,” Dimitrov
5:39 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Peter Malnati saw his infant son at a PGA Tour event for the first time since the pandemic, which brought a smile to his face and another birdie on his card for an 8-under 63 and a one-shot lead Thursday in the Bermuda Championship. The tournament is
6:05 PM ET Associated Press The pit crew for NASCAR driver William Byron has been benched because of multiple positive tests for COVID-19. The regular Hendrick Motorsports crew for the No. 24 did not participate in Wednesday night’s race at Texas Motor Speedway and will also miss Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway. The crew for
6:08 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton called Sunday’s road game against the Buffalo Bills a “must win” for the team. The Patriots (2-4) are on a three-game losing streak — their first since 2002 — and trail the Bills (5-2) in the AFC East. “This is a must-win for
5:30 PM ET Jesse Rogers Close ESPN Staff Writer Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. David Schoenfield Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer of SweetSpot baseball blog Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 After 34 years, Tony La Russa is back as the Chicago
3:40 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes are renouncing the rights to draft pick Mitchell Miller after his history of assault and racism as a juvenile were spotlighted in a newspaper investigation. Miller, an 18-year-old defenseman committed to play at the University of North Dakota next season, was selected in the fourth round of the 2020
7:10 AM ET Editor’s note: This is one in a series of six pieces that shows how professional sports owners in America contribute to political campaigns, why they spend millions in the space and what that financial power means as athletes across sports continue to embrace activism of their own. IN 2007, ROGER GOODELL was
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IPL 2020, CSK vs KKR: Ravindra Jadeja hit sixes off the last two balls of the match.© BCCI/IPL Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni’s wife Sakshi Singh Dhoni posted a picture of Ravindra Jadeja in her Instagram stories, expressing her marvel at the all-rounder’s ball-striking on Thursday when he hit sixes off the last two
Oct 29, 2020 Scotland fly-half Finn Russell has been restored to the starting lineup alongside captain Stuart Hogg and Jonny Gray as coach Gregor Townsend named his side to take on Wales in the final round of the Six Nations on Saturday. Russell made his comeback off the bench last week when he won his
1:33 PM ET The NHL says that after conducting an outside investigation, allegations that former Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon made “inappropriate racial, religious, and ethnic comments” while in the NHL bubble were not substantiated. The league received an anonymous tip in August that said Tallon used racially derogatory language while the team was in
2:03 PM ET The NHL views it as an “important objective” to restore a normal cadence for the 2021-22 season, deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN in an interview on Thursday. But first, the league must figure out what the 2020-21 season looks like — and despite targeting Jan. 1 as a start date, the
2:11 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — A 21-year-old Californian who once earned a US Open berth by winning the U.S. Tennis Association’s national girls’ championship was given a four-year doping ban after testing positive at a tournament. Ashley Kratzer‘s punishment was announced by the International Tennis Federation on Thursday. Kratzer was provisionally suspended in
1:39 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres avoided an arbitration hearing by signing forward Victor Olofsson to a two-year, $6.1 million contract Thursday. Olofsson was a restricted free agent and coming off a season in which he finished seventh in the Calder Cup vote for rookie of the year honors. He was
8:30 AM ET It was Tuesday, July 30, 2002, when Coastal Carolina University dignitaries — the chancellor, the athletic director, the football coach, a couple of trustees — gathered beneath a pop-up tent in the sweltering Grand Strand, South Carolina, sun. They smiled from beneath their hard hats, stuck their ceremonial shovels into the sandy
Ireland’s Sam Bennett was demoted for shoving another rider on stage nine of the Vuelta a Espana. The Deceuninck-Quick-Step sprinter, who won the green jersey at the Tour de France, muscled his way across the line first on the stage into Aguilar de Campoo, near Bilbao. But he was demoted after race commissaires said he