6:20 PM ET Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren on Wednesday released an open letter to the conference community stating that the vote by the Big Ten’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors was “overwhelmingly in support of postponing fall sports and will not be revisited.” “The decision was thorough and deliberative, and based on sound feedback,
9:45 AM ET Love/Hate is Matthew Berry’s definitive preseason column on which players to draft in fantasy football in 2020, from the top players in the rankings to endgame sleepers of an ESPN fantasy football salary cap draft. Still need a league? Sign up for free today! You should know right off the bat there
7:45 PM ET The LA Clippers ruled Patrick Beverley out for Game 2 due to a lingering left calf strain. Coach Doc Rivers said the team’s starting point guard was not moving well in the morning shootaround. He was added to the afternoon injury report as questionable before the team downgraded him to out. Beverley
6:06 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Bob and Mike Bryan were not on the entry list released for men’s doubles at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, possibly signaling the end of the 42-year-old American twins’ record-breaking careers. The Bryans won five of their 16 Grand Slam doubles titles together in New York, most
5:05 PM ET Tiger Woods has entered next week’s BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup playoff events, potentially meaning that he would play four events in five weeks, including the U.S. Open. Woods first needs to qualify for the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship in two weeks. “The plan is to play four
4:50 PM ET A pair of Serge Gnabry goals set Bayern Munich on their way to a 3-0 win over Lyon in their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday night. Bayern were fresh off an 8-2 semifinal thrashing of Barcelona, but it was Lyon that looked the livelier of the two sides with Memphis Depay nearly
3:55 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — A former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager and the NHL team have reached an undisclosed settlement with a hotel shuttle driver who sued both for negligence after being harassed in Buffalo two years ago. The driver’s lawyer, Charles Desmond, cited a confidentiality agreement in declining to reveal
4:09 PM ET The NFL will consider possibilities for a postseason bubble that would further protect players, coaches and staff members from COVID-19 during the most important games of the season, executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent said Wednesday. New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton broached the idea during a recent competition committee
9:33 AM ET UFC president Dana White said he’s open to Jon Jones‘ first fight at heavyweight being for the title, but that wouldn’t happen before Francis Ngannou gets his shot at champion Stipe Miocic. “[Jones is] the longtime light heavyweight champion. In my opinion he’s the greatest of all time, and if he wants
2:13 PM BST South Africa hooker Malcolm Marx has signed for Japanese Top League side the Kubota Spears, returning to the country where he helped the Springboks lift the World Cup trophy last year. Marx opted out of his contract with the South African Super Rugby side the Lions in May, taking advantage of a
7:30 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” The first time anybody talked about “The Curse of the Bambino,” according to newspaper databases, was in 1989, when buzz started to build about an upcoming book of that title by Boston
England coach Chris Silverwood says he is all for early starts to matches after bad light blighted the drawn second Test between England and Pakistan at Southampton. Only 134.3 overs were sent down across five days in a match marred by rain delays as well as the spectacle of players being taken off the field
6:59 AM ET Fare thee well, Chicago Blackhawks. We’ll always have your qualification round upset of the Edmonton Oilers. Hence, the Vegas Golden Knights are the first team to advance to the conference semifinals. Four other teams have a chance to join them on Wednesday, with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, Colorado Avalanche and
Paralympic champion and ex-Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi’s health has shown “significant clinical improvements” during his time in intensive care after a road accident in June, doctors say. Zanardi, 53, suffered serious head injuries when he lost control of his handbike in a road race in Tuscany and crashed into a truck on 19 June.
7:00 AM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com When the minor league baseball season was canceled on June 30, hundreds of players were left scrambling. Unlike their major league counterparts, minor leaguers aren’t unionized or protected by federal minimum wage law. Most of them earn low pay during the season — players in Class A made, on average,
10:50 AM ET Two former LSU students say they were raped by former Washington Football Team running back Derrius Guice in 2016 when he was a freshman at the school, according to a report in USA Today. Guice was released by the NFL team on Aug. 7, just two hours after he was arrested on
Delhi Capitals head coach Ricky Ponting says he will not allow senior India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to employ the controversial “Mankading” dismissal during the upcoming IPL as “it’s not within the spirit of the game”. Last IPL, Rajasthan Royals batsman Jos Buttler was run out on 69 while backing up at the non-striker’s end, with
9:00 AM ET Tanner Pearson had a theory. He watched the St. Louis Blues tie a crucial game in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs against his Vancouver Canucks with six seconds remaining in regulation. Under normal circumstances, this would have been emotionally crushing for a young road team, as the Blues would have ridden an