5:12 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal appeals court has upheld the decision by Churchill Downs stewards that made Country House the winner of the 2019 Kentucky Derby. This year’s Derby is Sept. 5 after being rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in
11:56 AM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The Big Ten is discussing Thanksgiving weekend as one of several options
4:37 PM ET Associated Press Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt has canceled Friday’s practice due to coronavirus concerns, after what he called “a few more positive tests.” Pruitt said he decided to cancel practice and have everyone tested again, and that their top priority is protecting everyone in the program. Pruitt had adjusted the schedule
3:50 PM ET ESPN staff Friday’s NFL training camps were highlighted by Dak Prescott throwing to Cedrick Wilson, who shook free from Chris Westry at the goal line for a touchdown with no time on the clock in the Dallas Cowboys‘ scrimmage. Needing the 2-point conversion to tie the game, Prescott ran it in himself,
12:12 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are “absurd and silly,” while White House senior adviser Jared Kushner told CNBC that the players were “very fortunate” to be in a
2:19 AM IST England 131 for 6 (Banton 71, Imad 2-31) v Pakistan – Match abandoned Tom Banton‘s maiden T20I half-century was the highlight of another soggy evening at Emirates Old Trafford, but the weather had the defining word as the opening match of the series against Pakistan was abandoned due to rain. Banton, seizing
3:00 PM ET Editor’s note: Richard Lapchick is a human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, expert on sports issues, scholar and author. He is president of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice, chairman of the DeVos Sports Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida and director of the Institute for Diversity
8:23 AM ET Steve KimESPN Three televised shows, highlighted by unified junior welterweight titlist Jose Ramirez taking on Viktor Postol, will take place on Saturday — and all three main events carry title implications. First scheduled for China on Feb. 1, then in Fresno, California, on May 9, Ramirez-Postol will finally take place at the
2:57 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR drivers do not plan to skip Saturday night’s race at Daytona International Speedway to raise awareness of social and racial injustices in the wake of another police shooting of a Black man, this time in Wisconsin. Bubba Wallace, the only full-time Black driver in the elite
9:00 AM ET Here we go again! Thirty-three days after the 2019-20 season ended, and just six days after the Champions League final, English football returns on Saturday with Premier League champions Liverpool facing FA Cup winners Arsenal in the FA Community Shield at Wembley (stream LIVE on ESPN+ at 11:30 a.m. ET in the