7:12 PM ET Nevada is adopting new, innovative instant-replay rules for boxing — the first of their kind in combat sports, according to an email obtained by ESPN on Friday. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) will be implementing new procedures for instant replay in boxing that include an outside-the-ring review official and a yellow
6:09 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Jockeys riding in the Preakness and other races at Pimlico next weekend must undergo a COVID-19 test within 72 hours of their first mount. The Maryland Jockey Club announced protocols Friday for jockeys competing Oct. 1/3 at the Baltimore track. Riders from out of town will have to
4:49 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Former top 10 player Fernando Verdasco said he has been dropped from the French Open because of what he believes is a false positive result on a coronavirus test. He had played in 67 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments until missing this year’s US Open. Verdasco, 36, wrote Friday
2:31 PM ET Dabo Swinney could hardly believe what he was watching. The Clemson football coach knew his godson, a star in the FC Dallas academy, was a good athlete. He knew the kid had a strong leg. But when Tanner Tessmann started kicking at a Clemson camp in the summer of 2019, Swinney wasn’t
1:58 PM ET The UFC women’s featherweight and bantamweight champion can add another title to her collection: mother. Amanda Nunes and her fiancée, UFC fighter Nina Ansaroff, had their first child Friday. Ansaroff gave birth to a daughter, Raegan Ann Nunes. Nunes and Ansaroff each made the announcement on social media. “Speechless,” Nunes tweeted. Nunes,
3:12 PM ET Conor McGregor said Friday afternoon on Twitter that he is “boxing Manny Pacquiao next in the Middle East.” According to McGregor’s manager, Audie Attar, who also represents Pacquaio, McGregor is in serious talks to fight the boxing legend, although the fight isn’t a done deal. The McGregor-Pacquiao match would take place in
6:51 AM ET DWYANE WADE SPENT just one season playing alongside Jimmy Butler in Chicago, but that was all that was needed to form a deep — and familiar — impression. “He’s a Heat guy,” Wade later told Erik Spoelstra, the coach of Wade’s longtime franchise, the Miami Heat. Spoelstra probably didn’t need the future
Chennai Super Kings suffered their second successive loss in the IPL 2020, as they fell short of the Delhi Capitals total by 44 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Throwing light on where his side lacked during the game, CSK skipper MS Dhoni said that they are “lacking a bit of steam in
3:51 PM ET “What is it about you and Germany?” This is a question I get rather a lot. As a Scot whose broadcasting travels have taken me around the world since first picking up the microphone professionally in 1986, no country has had a hold on me quite like the land of bratwurst, BMWs,
6:59 AM ET Mike Triplett Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Saints for eight years at New Orleans Times-Picayune Previously covered LSU football, San Francisco 49ers Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by
9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Kevin Harvick picked up his ninth victory of the season last week at Bristol, Tennessee, and now the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs begins with the South Point 400 in Las Vegas on Sunday (7 p.m. ET). Who will take the checkered flag? Senior writer Ryan McGee and editor
8:00 AM ET Every morning, we simulate the rest of the college football season 20,000 times. I’ve peered into these parallel worlds, and let me tell you, some of the simulations are kind of wild. We’ve got some where Indiana wins the Big Ten. There are others where Kentucky wins the SEC. There’s at least
Venue: Imola, Italy Dates: 24-27 September Coverage: Live on BBC Two, BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app and through Connected TVs. Filippo Ganna won gold in the men’s time trial as Geraint Thomas finished fourth at the Road World Championships in Italy. Ganna claimed Italy’s first ever time trial gold medal,
9:46 AM ET Steve KimESPN FOR THE EIGHTH time in their careers, identical twin brothers Jermall and Jermell Charlo will appear together on the same card as they headline Saturday’s pay-per-view at Mohegan Sun Casino & Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut (Showtime PPV, 7 p.m. ET). The event will be divided into two segments, separated by
Former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has been appointed as Formula 1’s new chief executive. The sport’s owners Liberty Media announced that the 55-year-old will take over from Chase Carey in January 2021. The Italian, who left Ferrari in 2014, having been there since 2008, is the chief executive of sports car manufacturer Lamborghini. Carey will
3:47 AM ET Associated Press PARIS — Already repeatedly trimmed, crowd sizes for the French Open have been reduced again — to just 1,000 spectators per day — because of the worsening coronavirus epidemic in Paris. The new limit, reduced from 5,000 per day, was first announced by Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday night.
Valtteri Bottas set the pace ahead of Lewis Hamilton in second practice at the Russian Grand Prix despite scruffy sessions for both Mercedes drivers. The Finn was top by 0.267secs despite sliding wide at the final corner, while Hamilton abandoned what would have been his own best lap after an error. Hamilton locked a front
10:45 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars left tackle Cam Robinson was ejected late in the third quarter of Thursday night’s game against the Miami Dolphins after he made contact with an official. The foul occurred after Robinson attempted to recover quarterback Gardner Minshew‘s fumble. Robinson and down judge Danny Short were on the