Month: July 2021

1:18 PM ET The G League Ignite is finalizing a deal with USC associate head coach Jason Hart to be the program’s new head coach, sources told ESPN. Hart, a nine-year NBA veteran, takes over an NBA-run program that produced two of the projected top picks in Thursday’s NBA draft: forwards Jalen Green and Jonathan
0 Comments
6:08 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Belinda Bencic and Swiss tennis are doing just fine without Roger Federer at the Olympics. The 12th-ranked Bencic beat Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 7-6 (2), 4-6, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the gold-medal match at the Tokyo Games. And that wasn’t all. After a short rest, Bencic was
0 Comments
3:05 AM ET The sporting director of the German cycling federation (BDR) has been told to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after being caught on camera making racist remarks during Wednesday’s men’s Olympic road time trial, the German team said on Thursday. “The team leadership at the Olympic Games in Tokyo has decided that
0 Comments
10:33 PM ET ESPN News Services TOKYO — Italian tennis player Fabio Fognini has apologized for yelling at himself with an anti-gay slur during a loss in the Olympic tennis tournament. Fognini used the offensive Italian word repeatedly during the three-set loss to Russian Olympic Committee player Daniil Medvedev in the third round on Wednesday.
0 Comments
2:11 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills wide receiver Cole Beasley, who has openly opposed the NFL’s policy on COVID-19 vaccinations, attempted to clarify his stance Wednesday, saying his gripe with the league is over the differing standards for vaccinated and unvaccinated players. “I’m not anti- or pro-vax — I’m pro-choice,” Beasley
0 Comments