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
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
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,
12:29 AM GMT Australia coach Justin Langer has cast doubt on Steven Smith‘s return for the deciding ODI against England just a few hours after sounding confident he would be able to take his place following the blow to the head he suffered before the opening game. After having a net at Old Trafford on
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
8:01 PM ET Daniel Cormier tested positive for COVID-19 less than six weeks before his UFC heavyweight title fight with Stipe Miocic, Cormier confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Cormier said one of his training partners tested positive for the coronavirus on July 1, prompting the entire team to get tested. In that test, he was
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
1:03 PM ET LSU coach Ed Orgeron said on Tuesday that most of his team has contracted COVID-19. “Not all of our players but most of our players have caught it,” Orgeron told reporters. “I think that hopefully they won’t catch it again and hopefully they’re not out for games.” Asked later for further clarification,
7:26 PM ET Associated Press Keeneland will hold next month’s 12-day fall meet without spectators, because of the coronavirus pandemic, but will allow a limited number of participants and essential personnel. The Lexington, Kentucky, track had a similar policy for a special five-day summer meet after canceling its spring card. Keeneland will conduct the season-ending
11:02 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers‘ new ballpark in Arlington, Texas, and Major League Baseball hopes fans can attend. The division series, league championship series and World Series all will be part of a bubble designed to minimize exposure to the coronavirus,