7:53 AM ET British Cycling has dismissed one of its top coaches after finding him guilty of gross misconduct including inappropriate relationships with riders. Head men’s sprint coach Kevin Stewart, who worked with six-time Olympic track champion Jason Kenny, had been given repeated warnings about his behaviour, British Cycling said in a statement. “While this
6:44 AM ET The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) suspended Dutch cyclist Dylan Groenewegen on Wednesday for nine months after causing a crash that resulted in compatriot Fabio Jakobsen being placed in a medically induced coma in August. Groenewegen, who rides for the Jumbo-Visma team, was jostling for position with Jakobsen in the final metres of
7:15 AM ET The 2020-21 men’s college hockey season is going to happen. On Friday night in South Bend, Indiana, Wisconsin will face Notre Dame in the first official game of the season — only about a month after the season would normally start. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this did not always seem possible. Players
10:22 AM GMT Graham Cowdrey, the former Kent captain and part of one of the sport’s best known family dynasties, has died at the age of 56. Cowdrey enjoyed a long career as an aggressive middle-order batsman for Kent, before going on to work for the ECB as a Cricket Liaison Officer; a role well-suited
7:00 AM ET Things have been a little emotional for Liverpool Football Club this week as the reigning Premier League champions bid farewell to Melwood, their beloved training ground of almost 70 years. 2 Related The Reds are in the process of decamping from the suburb of West Derby to a brand new £50 million
4:04 PM ET The Alabama-LSU and Texas A&M-Tennessee football games, scheduled for Saturday, have been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Tigers and Aggies programs. The SEC made the announcement Tuesday. “While it is unfortunate to have multiple postponements in the same week, we began the season with the understanding interruptions to the schedule
11:51 PM ET The UFC added three new athletes to its active roster on Tuesday, including an undefeated Israeli featherweight who accepted a fight this week on just five days’ notice. UFC president Dana White signed featherweight Natan Levy, lightweight Nikolas Motta, and strawweight Luana Pinheiro to exclusive contracts on Tuesday, during Dana White’s Contender
3:57 PM ET Alex Cora figured he would eventually get back into baseball — maybe in two or three years. But not this quickly and not back as manager of the Boston Red Sox, the team he guided to a World Series title in 2018. Cora and the Red Sox mutually parted ways in January
10:15 PM ET The result of a quick knockout in a heavyweight boxing match between Luis Ortiz and Alexander Flores is being called into question by a regulatory body. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) is withholding the fight purse of Flores pending an investigation into the finish of the bout. Ortiz knocked out Flores
2:51 PM ET Two-time Hall of Famer Tommy Heinsohn, who won 10 NBA titles over his 20 seasons as a player and coach for the Boston Celtics, has died. He was 86. The team confirmed Heinsohn’s death on Tuesday. Heinsohn, who may be just as well known for his decades as a color commentator for