Month: May 2020

10:09 PM ET Ronaldo “J’acare” Souza, who was scheduled to fight Uriah Hall at UFC 249 on Saturday, has tested positive for coronavirus. While Souza will not fight, the UFC 249 card will go on as planned, Hunter Campbell, EVP and Chief Business Officer of UFC told ESPN’s Stephen A Smith. Souza arrived in Jacksonville
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11:27 PM ET NCAA president Mark Emmert said he does not envision schools being ready to begin competing in college football or other fall sports unless students return to campuses around the country. In an interview shown on the NCAA’s official Twitter account Friday night, Emmert said he’s spoken to hundreds of presidents and commissioners
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8:11 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver prepared players for a potentially grim landscape amid the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting there are no guarantees when fans could fully return to NBA arenas next season. Silver said that 40 percent of the league’s revenue comes from money built around game nights in arenas. “This could turn out
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7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services TYRONE, Ga. — Former NBA player Shannon Brown faces charges in suburban Atlanta after he was accused of firing a rifle at two people who were looking at homes for sale, police said. Brown, 34, was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault stemming from an incident May 2
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7:22 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball Atlanta Falcons running back Todd Gurley is continuing to pursue a paycheck that he says the Rams still owe him — and says he’s not talking to
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7:20 PM ET Taulia Tagovailoa might not be following in the footsteps of his record-setting brother after all. The sophomore quarterback was third string behind his older brother, first-round pick Tua, at Alabama this past season before entering the transfer portal on Friday, a source told ESPN. Taulia, a former four-star prospect, appeared in five
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6:29 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The 2020 Major League Baseball draft will be five rounds, sources told ESPN on Friday. All players who go undrafted in 2020 would be eligible to sign for a maximum of $20,000.
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