3:02 PM ET Tennessee scrapped a scheduled scrimmage Saturday after head coach Jeremy Pruitt said 44 players were unable to go, the bulk of which due to contact tracing and positive COVID-19 tests. Pruitt said his team was short 31 offensive players and held a practice session instead. The Volunteers, who are scheduled to kick
6:33 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Miami Heat with a right ankle sprain. The reigning MVP rolled the ankle during the first half of Game 3, but continued to push through it despite grimacing on some plays throughout the contest. Antetokounmpo refused to make
3:15 PM ET With the 2020 college football season officially underway, it is time for our writers to pick their four-team predictions for the College Football Playoff this season. Most Popular Playoff Picks Team Votes Clemson 14/14 Alabama 14/14 Oklahoma 11/14 Florida 7/14 Georgia 7/14 Notre Dame 2/14 Texas 1/14 Clemson and Alabama lead the
5:15 PM BST London — Rugby is the antithesis to COVID-19 protocols. It is a sport built on contact and little regard for social distancing. So, as the 2,700 supporters watched their Harlequins lose 41-27 to Bath Rugby, if you allowed your mind trick itself for the briefest moment, it felt like life was back
4:26 PM ET Associated Press Serena Williams has come back from a slow start to beat Sloane Stephens 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the US Open’s third round. Williams’ victory in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday allowed her to avoid what would have been her earliest exit at Flushing Meadows since she lost in the third
7:01 AM ET NHL Insiders Through the first four games of the conference semifinal series between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Islanders, it looked as if the Isles were going to make quick work of their friends from eastern Pennsylvania. But after two thrilling victories for the Flyers, here we are: with a
3:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Teams in the NFL must cut their rosters to 53 players by 4 p.m. ET on Saturday. Given the irregular offseason, with OTAs and minicamps occurring virtually for the first time, teams have had only training camp, which included 14 padded practices, to see their players in person. The biggest
8:50 AM ET Luis Suarez and Arturo Vidal trained separately from their Barcelona teammates on Saturday, sources have told ESPN, as both players prepare to leave the club. ESPN reported on Friday that Suarez, 33, had agreed to join Juventus while Vidal, also 33, is in talks with Inter Milan. – Lowe: Messi set for
There is just no stopping Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes at the moment – not even a rule change some hoped might peg them back. Hamilton took his sixth pole position in eight races at the Italian Grand Prix on Saturday, and assuming he makes a good start will almost certainly follow it up with his
Britain’s Adam Yates withstood plenty of pressure to hold on to the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey in a tough day in the Pyrenees on stage eight of the race. The Mitchelton-Scott rider found the going tough in the final 15km of the 141km stage to Loudenvielle. But he found a late surge of
Former England batsman Ian Bell on Saturday announced his decision to retire from professional cricket. The batsman said that he would be playing his final red-ball game for Warwickshire on Sunday, and his last T20 match for the county will be played next week. “It’s with enormous sadness, but with equal pride, that I am
5:00 AM ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A friendly security guard checked my temperature and pointed toward an opening in an unmarked green fence, and just like that, I was alone in Churchill Downs. It was Derby week, and yet everything was so quiet I could hear the cicadas. That’s what the world’s most famous racetrack
12:35 AM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout tied Tim Salmon’s career record for home runs with the Angels, connecting for No. 299 in Friday night’s 6-5 win over the Houston Astros. Trout drove a sinker from Lance McCullers Jr. over the wall in center for a two-run shot in the first
6:50 AM ET Fantasy football drafts signal the annual rite of fall. The NFL season is nearly upon us, and it’s time to shake the pandemic blues, bust out your tablets, do your research and plunge head on into fantasy football on ESPN.com. Matthew Berry’s 10 lists of 10 is as much a staple of
Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position at the Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s margin of 0.069 seconds was his sixth pole in eight races and puts him in the best place to score his 90th Grand Prix victory on Sunday. It was the fastest qualifying lap in Formula 1 history, at 164.286mph,
9:30 AM ET Well, here we are, college football fans. The longest offseason in the history of our lives is (sort of) over. Week 1 is officially happening. The stands might be empty in some cases. In others, they’ll be sparse. Bands might not be filling the awkward silences, and the pageantry might be muted.
9:19 AM ET NEW YORK — Dominic Thiem still likes to tee up the tape of his 2018 US Open quarterfinal with then-No. 1 Rafael Nadal, to marvel at the scene late that night in Arthur Ashe Stadium, to revel at the quality of play throughout that 4-hour, 49-minute clash. “I like to watch the
Kane Williamson landed in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.© BCCI Expressing his excitement about the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, SunRisers Hyderabad batsman Kane Williamson said that it is great that the tournament is going ahead. Williamson arrived in the UAE on Thursday and is currently confined to his room for six days