Month: June 2019

4:26 PM ET Adrian WojnarowskiESPN Duke star Zion Williamson is suing to enforce his termination of an agreement he signed with a Florida marketing company, maintaining their deal was unlawful under North Carolina law, his attorneys told ESPN. Williamson is set to become the No. 1 overall pick to the New Orleans Pelicans in next
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2:55 PM BST England coach Eddie Jones will see out the remaining two years of his contract while defence coach John Mitchell has extended his deal until after this year’s World Cup, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) said Thursday. Jones’ contract runs until 2021 with the original plan that he would mentor his successor for
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2:14 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — A parade 52 years in the making will finally happen Saturday in St. Louis, when the city celebrates the Blues’ first-ever Stanley Cup championship. The Blues defeated the Boston Bruins 4-1 in Wednesday’s Game 7 in Boston. The Blues joined the NHL as an expansion team in
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1:45 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Maximum Security will race this weekend for the first time since being disqualified in the Kentucky Derby. The Jason Servis-trained colt was among six 3-year-olds entered Thursday for the $150,000 Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park on Sunday. The 1 1/16-mile race in New Jersey will be the
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1:26 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Chris Froome underwent successful surgery, his team said Thursday, after a high-speed crash left him with multiple fractures and shattered his hopes of going for a fifth Tour de France title next month. Froome will remain hospitalized for observation at the Saint-Etienne hospital, where he underwent a six-hour
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12:23 PM ET Spain’s Juan Jose Cobo has been found guilty of an anti-doping rule violation based on “abnormalities” in his biological passport between 2009 and 2011, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Thursday. Cycling’s world governing body has imposed a three-year suspension on the now retired 38-year-old, with Spanish media reporting that he
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