3:29 PM ET The Mid-American Conference on Wednesday released a six-game, league-only football schedule that will feature only midweek games for the first three weeks. All 12 MAC teams will open the season Nov. 4, a Wednesday, and then play their next two games on Tuesdays or Wednesdays before transitioning to Saturdays for the final
1:43 AM ET Miami Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler still believes his team can turn things around in the NBA Finals despite the fact that the Los Angeles Lakers took a commanding 3-1 lead after a 102-96 Game 4 win on Tuesday night in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Butler, who has praised his team’s mental
8:22 PM ET Steve KimESPN Heavyweights Jerry Forrest and Juan Torres, and junior lightweight Joshafat Ortiz have been suspended on Wednesday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after positive drug tests. “All three of them, we collected their urine samples, they were sent to the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory in Utah,” Bob Bennett,
7:53 PM ET The 2020 NHL draft is in the books, with 217 selections made over the course of two socially distanced, Zoom-filled days. There were also 27 trades made, although the vast majority were simple pick swaps, as most of the players rumored to be on the trading block remained with their current teams.
8:17 PM ET The Los Angeles Lakers will try to win their 17th world championship in Black Mamba fashion. The Lakers will wear their special “Black Mamba” uniforms which are styled in honor of the late Kobe Bryant. The Lakers were slated to wear the black alternative uniforms in Games 2 and 7 of the
6:04 PM ET Mark Raimondi One of the best comeback victories of the year in MMA is now null and void, at least in the official record books. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) overturned Trevin Jones‘ second-round TKO over Timur Valiev, making it a no-contest Wednesday following a Jones positive drug test for marijuana.
7:55 PM ET Padres ace Mike Clevinger is off the team’s NLDS roster because of an injury, a move that means he is ineligible to take part in the NLCS should San Diego advance. Major League Baseball approved the roster move Wednesday. According to its release, Dr. Gary Green, the league’s medical director, confirmed that
7:41 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After months of uncertainty leading into the French Open, rescheduled from its traditional spring date due to the coronavirus pandemic, the semifinal round is finally here. It has been a chaotic week and a half at Roland Garros, filled with early exits of favorites and a never-ending stream of weather
6:05 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau apparently believes he’s not hitting the ball far enough, so he’s been working on an equipment change ahead of next month’s Masters. DeChambeau, who is making his first start since winning the U.S. Open last month at Winged Foot at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, said Wednesday that
5:15 PM ET Brooks Koepka is making his return to competitive golf next week at the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, the event moved from South Korea to the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic. Koepka, who has dropped from No. 1 in the world at the start of the year
11:12 AM ET Football had a plan. Qualification for the 2022 World Cup would wrap up by March of that year, with the draw a month later and the tournament itself kicking off on Nov. 21, 2022, in Qatar. Then came the global pandemic and, with it, the scrambling, adjusting and, above all, negotiating between
1:00 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN It’s October, and still golf major season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the LPGA Tour shifted its schedule — including when and how many majors will be played. The major schedule was condensed to four tournaments, compared to the regular slate of five, with the third major of the season
3:32 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — French Open semifinalists Sofia Kenin and Stefanos Tsitsipas have both been fined $8,500 at the tournament so far for multiple infractions, including receiving coaching help. Both coincidentally were docked the same amounts for the same offenses: $3,000 for coaching in the first round, another $4,000 for coaching in
3:20 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former driver Justin Marks has started a new NASCAR team that will field a car in 2021 for Daniel Suarez. The team, announced Wednesday, is called Trackhouse Racing and will field the No. 99 Chevrolet for Suarez, who will drive for his fourth team in four years.
2:25 PM ET Is this going to work? It’s time to start asking existential questions about the NFL’s attempts to play through the coronavirus pandemic. After near-flawless results during training camp — a total of seven player infections occurred from Aug. 12 to Sept. 19 — the first quarter of the 2020 season has produced
3:04 PM ET Georges St-Pierre is leaving the door slightly open for a return to UFC — and Khabib Nurmagomedov would be the only opponent he’d consider. The UFC legend told ESPN on Wednesday that he has “mixed feelings” about an Octagon comeback but would not completely rule it out. If it does happen, St-Pierre
IPL Points Table: Rahul Tripathi’s 51-bal 81 saw KKR beat CSK to go 3rd in the table.© BCCI/IPL Kolkata Knight Riders snatched an unlikely 10-run victory against Chennai Super Kings to go third in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 points table, as their rivals on the night stay at the fifth spot. Rahul Tripathi,
1:19 PM BST England forward Courtney Lawes has been ruled out for 12 weeks with an ankle injury, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) confirmed on Wednesday. England coach Eddie Jones is already navigating a convoluted Six Nations schedule with his training squad minus any players from Bath, Sale, Bristol, Exeter, Worcester or Wasps due to