8:44 PM ET For the third time in little more than a week, Syracuse football players opted not to practice because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. Syracuse.com reported that players want the school to perform more routine testing during fall camp. A Syracuse spokesman confirmed the team did not hold its scheduled practice Thursday.
6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN As 2020 NFL training camps move from strength and conditioning work to padded practice over the next week, the competition for starting jobs will heat up across the league. There will be a maximum of 14 padded practices per team and, with no preseason games due to the coronavirus pandemic,
12:02 AM ET Bruins star forward David Pastrnak will be a game time decision on Saturday after being deemed “unfit to play” on Thursday. Carolina defeated Boston, 3-2, in Pastrnak’s absence to even the series. After Thursday’s game, Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy did not elaborate much on Pastrnak’s condition, but said he had been “questionable”
5:49 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James‘ voting-rights group has partnered with the Los Angeles Dodgers to make Dodger Stadium a polling place for the November general election, marking the first time a
10:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Tyler Strafaci is moving on at the U.S. Amateur, and he has the caddie for his opponent to thank. Strafaci, a Georgia Tech star, was all square with Argentina’s Segundo Oliva Pinto entering the 18th hole of their round of 16 match Thursday at Bandon Dunes in Bandon, Oregon.
Aug 12, 2020 Newly signed Bellator MMA light heavyweight Corey Anderson said a recent health scare and wisdom from two-time UFC champion Daniel Cormier were behind his recent promotional switch. Anderson (13-5) secured his release from UFC last week — despite two fights remaining on his contract — and immediately signed a deal with Bellator.
9:44 PM IST Key players from England and Australia including Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Steven Smith, David Warner and Pat Cummins could be in danger of missing their teams’ respective first matches in the IPL, with the BCCI unlikely to relax the mandatory seven-day quarantine period, which involves team members clearing three tests
12:42 PM ET Rockets star guard Russell Westbrook is expected to miss at least the start of Houston’s first-round playoff series because of a strained right quad muscle, sources confirmed to ESPN. Westbrook’s return will depend on how he responds to treatment, sources told ESPN. The news on Westbrook’s status was first reported Thursday by
6:35 PM ET Before their Champions League quarterfinal against Atletico Madrid, RB Leipzig boss Julian Nagelsmann called on Tyler Adams and the rest of his players to step out of the shadows and embrace the blinding spotlight that used to shine on their former star striker Timo Werner. With Werner watching his old team in
2:21 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs continued to spend to retain stars from their Super Bowl LIV championship team by agreeing to a four-year, $57.25 million contract extension with tight end Travis Kelce, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. A source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that the deal includes just under $25