Month: July 2020

4:12 PM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Stuart Broad has described himself as “frustrated” and “angry” at having been left out of England’s side for the first Test of the series against West Indies. Broad, the second highest wicket-taker in England’s Test history, said he found the decision “difficult to understand” and suggested he had sought clarification
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8:00 AM ET The Pac-12’s strength is in the eye of the beholder. The conference has quite obviously lacked in the “major national title contenders” department for a bit, and its resident blue blood, USC, has won just 13 games in two years. The conference has fallen far behind other power leagues in the revenue
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1:48 AM ET Justin Allgaier finished fifth in Friday night’s Xfinity Series race at Kentucky Speedway after he was cleared to race by NASCAR earlier in the day. Allgaier went to the hospital for evaluation following a last-lap crash in Thursday night’s race at the track and said in a video he posted to Twitter
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12:19 AM ET Flames defenseman Travis Hamonic became the first NHL player to opt out of this summer’s restart. Calgary GM Brad Treliving announced Hamonic’s decision Friday night, just hours after the NHL and NHLPA officially agreed to move forward with a 24-team tournament, scheduled to begin Aug. 1. “Earlier this evening Travis called me
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11:10 PM ET ESPN News Services SPARTA, Ky. — Austin Cindric dominated Friday night to sweep the NASCAR Xfinity Series doubleheader at Kentucky Speedway. A night after racing to his first career oval victory in an overtime finish, the Team Penske driver was even stronger in the No. 22 Ford Mustang in the 300-mile capper.
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5:14 PM ET Florida State football coach Mike Norvell, men’s basketball coach Leonard Hamilton and women’s basketball coach Sue Semrau will take a 10 percent pay cut as part of wide-ranging reductions announced Friday. In a letter sent to athletic department staff, athletic directord David Coburn said the overall operating budget would be cut by
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12:16 PM ET Steve KimESPN A light heavyweight bout between Eleider Alvarez and Joe Smith Jr. has been rescheduled for the third week of August, Yvon Michel, who promotes Alvarez, told ESPN on Friday. The fight had originally been slated for July 16 inside the “bubble” at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas,
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8:12 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 Professional boxing looked very different on its return in the UK on Friday, but in the main event Brad Foster ensured his status as
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