3:37 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Milwaukee Bucks wing Wesley Matthews said the team is not “apologetic” for boycotting Game 5 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic Wednesday, a decision he said the team made organically. “I feel like we did what any team would’ve done in that situation. And we’re not apologetic for
2:54 PM ET LONDON — Mikel Arteta has already acquired a taste for winning at Wembley as Arsenal manager, and Liverpool became the Spaniard’s latest victims in the Community Shield on Saturday. Less than a year into the job at the Emirates, the former Gunners midfielder has delivered silverware in the FA Cup and Community
This one meant a lot – and for Lewis Hamilton it was all about the context. Not the context of being more than half a second quicker than Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas around Spa-Francorchamps, the archetypal drivers’ circuit. Although that was important. No, it was what it said about the strength of Formula 1’s only
1:35 PM ET A week after pausing all activities because of positive coronavirus cases, NC State will resume football practice Monday, athletics director Boo Corrigan said Saturday on social media. Last Monday, the entire athletic department temporarily paused after 27 positive cases were identified. NC State did not specify how many programs were directly affected.
9:52 AM ET NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka, who battled through to the Western and Southern Open women’s singles final while navigating an intense degree of attention because of her social activism, has withdrawn from Saturday’s championship match, citing a hamstring injury suffered in her semifinal. Osaka was scheduled to play resurgent former No. 1
Alexander Kristoff timed his sprint finish to perfection to win the opening stage of the Tour de France in Nice. After a large group crashed inside the final 3km, Norwegian Kristoff, 33, surged home in a sprint also involving Ireland’s Sam Bennett, who was fourth. Rain made the roads treacherous and led to several crashes,
Chris Rogers played 25 Tests for Australia before retiring in 2015.© AFP Chris Rogers has been appointed head coach of Victoria with the former Test opener vowing to turn more players from the state into permanent members of the Australian team. A prolific run-scorer at both state and English county level, Rogers played 25 Tests
Dates: 29 August – 20 September Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app This year’s rescheduled Tour de France starts in Nice on Saturday and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 20 September. The riders will tackle a particularly tough course, with plenty of unique touches, as they race
2:11 PM ET As protests against racial injustice continue to roil the country, MLS finds itself navigating a fraught situation. The league’s players staged a near-complete boycott of the six games scheduled for Wednesday night, with only the match between Orlando City SC and Nashville SC taking place with the fluid nature of events not
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix half a second clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton was fastest on both laps in the final session and beat Bottas by 0.511secs. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was just 0.015secs off the Finn. Daniel Ricciardo excelled with fourth place on the grid,
Royal Challengers Bangalore‘s (RCB) skipper Virat Kohli was satisfied with the first training session of the franchise and said spinners were really looking good as they landed the ball in the right areas. The IPL 2020 will be played in the UAE from September 19-November 10 across three venues — Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.
8:00 AM ET Back in May, Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr. knew he had to do something after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. After calling his grandfather, James, who recalled how he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. decades ago, Jones had his answer. “After talking with him, I was just like,
7:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Even with the door closed and his voice muffled, it was clear what Joe Burrow was doing in the basement of his family home. The words were not discernible, but the sound was unmistakable. The Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback was staring at a screen, listening to his coaches on a
11:23 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Billionaire Steve Cohen has reentered into negotiations to purchase the New York Mets, hoping to salvage a deal for the franchise after a previous agreement to buy the team fell apart, a
7:00 AM ET The NHL paused its schedule the past two days in solidarity with other sports leagues, protesting racial injustices as well as the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. “I’ve got so much more respect for every single player in this league for doing something like this,” said Colorado Avalanche center
7:17 AM ET After three days off, the 2020 NBA playoffs resume Saturday when the Milwaukee Bucks face the Orlando Magic. These games were scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday but were postponed after the Bucks chose not to play Wednesday afternoon in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, with teams across the
Britain’s Lizzie Deignan has won La Course with a stunning sprint finish in Nice. The 2019 champion Marianne Vos had moved into the lead with 400m to go, but Deignan chased down the Dutch rider to claim the victory on the line. Deignan and Vos were two of six riders who broke away from the
Aug 27, 2020 Here we go again! Thirty-three days after the 2019-20 season ended, and just six days after the Champions League final, English football returns on Saturday with Premier League champions Liverpool facing FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley (stream LIVE on ESPN+ at 11:30 a.m. ET in the