7:35 PM ET The Southeastern Conference voted on Thursday to allow players who transfer within the conference to have immediate eligibility. Previously, intraconference transfers were required to sit out a year of competition. “This is an important measure to further support student-athletes throughout the Southeastern Conference,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement. “While
12:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Amid an unusual silence on an empty center court at the French Open, defending champion Rafael Nadal celebrated his 35th birthday with something very familiar: another victory against Richard Gasquet. Nadal won 6-0, 7-5, 6-2 against Gasquet to improve to 17-0 for his career against the Frenchman since they
4:24 PM ET HOUSTON — Speaking to the media for the first time since he signed with the Houston Texans in March, quarterback Tyrod Taylor did not dance around the fact that he expects to be the team’s starting quarterback this season. “Of course, yes, Deshaun played at a very high level,” said Taylor when
Jun 3, 2021 LSU is expected to hire Arkansas offensive line coach Brad Davis for the same position, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Davis was born and raised in Baton Rouge and won a national championship as a player at Oklahoma in 2000. He spent the past four seasons in the SEC coaching
12:33 PM ET A 24-year-old sports bettor, who was accused of threatening professional and collegiate athletes on social media, was sentenced to 36 months of probation Thursday in federal court in Tampa, Florida. In March, Benjamin Patz, of Napa, California, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threats in interstate or foreign commerce, according to
4:00 AM ET When N’Golo Kante walked into the France national team camp in Nice on Tuesday alongside Olivier Giroud and Kurt Zouma, his Chelsea teammates, he was greeted by huge cheers and applause. On Saturday evening, the French squad and manager Didier Deschamps and his staff watched the Champions League final together, once again
5:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Rangers and Swedish defenseman Nils Lundkvist have agreed to terms on an entry-level contract. Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury announced the deal with the 20-year-old first-round pick Thursday. Lundkvist played 52 games with Lulea in the Swedish Hockey League this past season, finishing with
5:27 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Xander Schauffele is statistically one of the best putters on the PGA Tour. That didn’t stop him from changing this week to a different style — one he believes should be illegal. Schauffele, the fifth-ranked player in the world, began practicing with a longer putter and using the armlock
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5:16 PM ET Associated Press A company that has partnered with dozens of college athletic departments on name, image and likeness programming announced a deal with Twitter on Thursday that will allow athletes to monetize video posts on the social media platform. In less than a month, several state laws will go into effect that