12:18 PM ET Associated Press PRIVAS, France — Julian Alaphilippe’s ride in the yellow jersey is over, and his rivals had nothing to do with it. The Tour de France leader was stripped of the coveted shirt on Wednesday after being handed a time penalty for illegally receiving provisions near the end of Stage 5,
Sep 2, 2020 Associated Press AIGLE, Switzerland — This month’s road cycling world championships were moved to Imola, Italy, on Wednesday after Swiss host Aigle-Martigny backed out because of a government ruling limiting mass gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic. The revised event, which runs Sept. 24-27, will feature only elite men’s and women’s categories, eliminating
12:00 AM ET Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry was noshing on pistachio nuts, hummus and pita bread at his Westport, Connecticut, home last Wednesday in preparation for a spirited game of doubles tennis with his pal, former Duke star and ESPN personality Jay Williams, when he received a text from Bucks general manager Jon Horst.
11:52 AM IST ESPNcricinfo staff Former Maharashtra Ranji player Shekhar Gawli has died after falling in a 250-feet-deep gorge in Maharashtra”s Nashik district, Press Trust of India reported on Wednesday. Gawli, 45, played two first class matches for Maharashtra in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He had gone for trekking in the Western Ghat
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN Just over a month since the 2020 MLB season began, the 60-game sprint to the finish has already raced past the halfway point and into the final month with tight races both in the standings and for awards. Now that we’ve all had a chance to see powerhouse teams such
12:45 AM ET Glover Teixeira and Thiago Santos will not be fighting next week in a key UFC light heavyweight bout after all. Teixeira has tested positive for COVID-19 and the UFC Fight Night main event bout scheduled for Sept. 12 has been rescheduled, UFC officials confirmed Wednesday to ESPN. Teixeira vs. Santos is now
12:11 AM ET There was no self-pity coming from Dallas Stars coach Rick Bowness after his team lost Game 6 to the Colorado Avalanche and squandered a 3-1 series lead. “We put ourselves in this position. Hey, we’re in Game 7. Deal with it. We’ve just gotta make it a harder night for that whole
6:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Novak Djokovic fell behind when he lost a tiebreaker for the first time this year but rallied past Kyle Edmund in the second round of the US Open on Wednesday in New York. The top-seeded Djokovic won 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Seeking his fourth US Open title, Djokovic
5:34 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara returned to practice Wednesday after what a source described as an unexcused four-day absence that was believed to be contract-related. And though a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that Kamara was also receiving treatment on his back during that missed time, Kamara
10:01 PM ET The Football Oversight Committee on Thursday is expected to make two recommendations to the Division I Council that will give the conferences that aren’t playing this fall a practice model that mirrors a typical spring, and a 13-week season that can end no later than April 17 or April 24. The committee