Month: September 2020

9:32 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers publicly condemned the person who sent racist messages to Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker and announced that they have begun an investigation into identifying the fan. Baker took to Twitter on Monday afternoon to share screenshots of direct messages he received on Instagram from
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7:02 PM ET USC football players are appealing to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to ease public health restrictions, which would allow them to play a fall season. In a letter posted Tuesday on Twitter, the USC players highlight the Pac-12 Conference’s pledge to bring daily antigen testing to each campus, which provides quick results and
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10:02 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — Assistant coach Mike Kitchen will not return to the Florida Panthers next season among a series of staffing changes announced Tuesday. Canada’s TSN reported Kitchen kicked a Panthers player on the bench during a game in January and the team held an internal investigation. A team spokeswoman
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9:07 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ireland — Nine-time Irish champion jockey and 2016 Epsom Derby winner Pat Smullen has died. He was 43. Horse Racing Ireland said Smullen, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in March 2018, died in a Dublin hospital on Tuesday. Britain’s Press Association said Smullen’s initial treatment had been positive,
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9:13 PM ET Associated Press ROME — Local teenager Lorenzo Musetti stunned Stan Wawrinka 6-0, 7-6 (2) in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday for a memorable first win on tour. Out-hitting Wawrinka’s famed backhand with a one-handed version of his own, the 18-year-old qualifier moved the three-time Grand Slam champion from
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5:10 PM ET Allen Robinson is unhappy that the Chicago Bears have not paid him market value for a top wide receiver, but he has not formally requested a trade, his agent, Brandon Parker, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sources told ESPN’s Dan Graziano earlier Tuesday that Robinson informed the Bears that he would rather be
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