7:13 PM ET Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren, the only African American Power 5 conference commissioner and the former COO of the Minnesota Vikings, has created the Big Ten Conference Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Floyd, a black man who was in handcuffs
Month: June 2020
2:29 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes posted a statement to his Twitter account Monday saying “the senseless murders that we have witnessed are wrong and cannot continue in our country.” “All I can think about is how I grew up in a locker room where people from every race, every background, and
6:11 PM ET Organizers of the FedEx Cup playoff event near Chicago understandably took pause last week when their Illinois neighbor, the John Deere Classic, decided to pull the plug on this year’s tournament, opting to cancel rather than play without spectators. “When Deere canceled, we were surprised that happened; it’s unfortunate,” said John Kaczkowski,
6:52 PM ET When NBA journeyman Stephen Jackson met George Floyd — a 6-foot-6 former basketball player himself — for the first time, the resemblance between the two was so striking that both figured they might be related. “The first thing we both say: ‘Man, who’s your dad?'” Jackson told Marc Spears of ESPN’s The
5:27 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Unable to yet reach a return-to-play agreement, Major League Baseball has discussed playing a shorter schedule in which it would pay members of the MLB Players Association their full prorated salaries, sources
6:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN Floyd Mayweather will be paying for the funeral services for George Floyd, according to a Mayweather representative. Floyd, who was black, died last week in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. Chauvin, fired last Tuesday, was charged Friday with
10:53 AM ET ESPN News Services A judge has dismissed Lenny Dykstra’s defamation and libel lawsuit against Ron Darling, ruling the former New York Mets outfielder’s “reputation for unsportsmanlike conduct and bigotry is already so tarnished that it cannot be further injured.” New York Supreme Court Judge Robert D. Kalish dismissed Dystra’s lawsuit on Friday.
2:51 PM ET UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones appeared to stop potential vandals Sunday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In a video posted to his Instagram account, Jones could be heard telling two young men wearing masks to “give me the spray can.” The two men relented and gave Jones their spray paint cans.
3:41 PM ET NHL players and teams made strong statements against racial inequality over the weekend, using social media to address the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed. Floyd died last week in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes. He was
1:06 PM ET 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 Bouts between British boxers have garnered international attention in recent years, and Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua is now the sport’s most sought after