6:45 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Tennis Integrity Unit has fined and suspended a Belarusian chair umpire and a Greek tournament director for match-fixing and betting offenses. Umpire Alexey Izotov was suspended for three years and fined $10,000 on Thursday for failing to report a corrupt approach and of soliciting other umpires to
7:07 PM ET Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers are no longer a couple, a rep for the former professional driver told E! News on Thursday. The two had been dating since 2017. Speculation of a breakup had picked up over the past week. Patrick wasn’t spotted in Lake Tahoe, where Rodgers competed in golf’s American
6:29 PM ET Fifteen women who previously worked for the Washington Redskins organization have alleged sexual harassment and verbal abuse by former scouts and members of owner Daniel Snyder’s inner circle, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Among those accused of misconduct are former director of pro personnel Alex Santos and former assistant director of pro
6:29 PM ET Real Madrid celebrate their La Liga title on Thursday. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side’s La Liga title win on Thursday tastes sweeter than any of the three Champions League crowns he has led them to. Real clinched their 34th league title with a 2-1 victory
3:53 PM ET The NCAA Sport Science Institute on Thursday released extended guidelines to help schools continue to navigate a return to fall sports in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, including testing and results within 72 hours of competition in “high contact risk sports,” but NCAA president Mark Emmert conceded the virus is trending
6:17 AM ET Who will be the best players in the 2019-20 NBA restart? After a four-month layoff, basketball will return on July 30 inside the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. With training camp ramping up and scrimmages starting soon, our panel of six NBA experts — Tim Bontemps,
Jul 16, 2020 ESPN staff A group of South African rugby coaches and former players have expressed their support for international cricketer Lungi Ngidi and the Black Lives Matter movement. The 49-member group — which includes former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers and players Ashwin Willemse, Hilton Lobberts and Adrian Jacobs — offered public backing
1:53 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Ian Mitchell will have to wait until next season to join the Chicago Blackhawks. The 21-year-old Mitchell, one of the organization’s top prospects, agreed to a three-year contract in April. But there was some question about when the defenseman’s entry-level deal might begin. Mitchell is ineligible for the
Jofra Archer has been dropped for the second Test © Getty Images Jofra Archer‘s decision to go home between Tests “could have been a disaster” which cost English cricket “tens of millions of pounds,” according to Ashley Giles. Archer was dropped from the England side for the second Test against West Indies after it emerged
2:11 PM BST England coach Eddie Jones says he did not hesitate to agree to having his temporary 25% pay cut made permanent as the Rugby Football Union (RFU) battles to deal with a financial crisis brought about by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Jones is the highest-paid international coach in the sport and
12:47 PM ET Myles Garrett said Thursday that he’s ready to live up to the distinction of being the highest-paid defender in NFL history. “Now I have to assert myself as top dog,” he said. “I feel like I’m confident and ready to do that. “Time to prove it.” On Wednesday, the Cleveland Browns‘ star
6:59 AM ET Nick Friedell Close ESPN Staff Writer Nick Friedell is the Chicago Bulls beat reporter for ESPN Chicago. Friedell is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and joined ESPNChicago.com for its launch in April 2009. Tim MacMahon Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009
George Russell says he will be staying at Williams for a third year in 2021. The Briton, 22, said Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams had indicated to Mercedes, who manage him, that she wanted to keep him. Next year will be the final year of Russell’s Williams deal. Team-mate Nicholas Latifi said he was
9:18 AM ET Steve Kim Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Former featherweight world titlist Oscar Valdez is set for his second fight as a full time junior lightweight, as he steps into
Sebastian Vettel says he is in no hurry to make a decision on his future after being linked with a move to Racing Point next season. Germany’s Bild has reported that Vettel has been offered a contract by Racing Point boss Lawrence Stroll for 2021. Vettel, who will leave Ferrari at the end of this
7:00 AM ET English football featured successful Americans before Christian Pulisic joined Chelsea. Tim Howard put in more than a decade of top-class work as Everton‘s goalkeeper after a spell at Manchester United, and Brad Friedel logged 450 league appearances in the net for Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur. Further up the
7:00 AM ET At times, it feels like we are all trapped in one of the dream levels in Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” except instead of time moving faster, it slows down. Way back last winter, which nobody remembers because it happened 100 years ago, we had a baseball offseason. Players signed with new teams, trades
8:56 PM ET ESPN News Services BRISTOL, Tenn. — Bubba Wallace was wrecked out of the qualifying race for NASCAR’s annual All-Star event, ruining his shot of racing for the $1 million prize. One driver advanced to the All-Star race through a fan vote, and Wallace was leading when results were last updated by NASCAR