Jul 3, 2020 Quite a few true freshmen became household names last college football season, including North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell, LSU cornerback Derek Stingley Jr., USC quarterback Kedon Slovis and Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton. While some of the prospects from the 2019 recruiting cycle got off to a fast start, it doesn’t mean
Jul 3, 2020 A “humble, remorseful” Mike Gundy has agreed to take a $1 million pay cut and amend his contract after a two-week review of the football program, Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder said Friday. “The changes were offered up by Mike Gundy, and I commend him for that. It was his idea
1:31 PM ET Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father and trainer of undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has died in Moscow, the fighter’s manager Ali Abdelaziz confirmed to ESPN on Friday. The elder Nurmagomedov had been hospitalized in Moscow since May, when he was diagnosed with coronavirus. He also underwent heart surgery for a pre-existing condition
11:49 PM IST Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has cleared recreational cricket for a resumption on July 11, after backtracking from his latest comments doubting the safety of the sport in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the nation in the government’s daily briefing, Mr Johnson claimed that “the third umpire has been
11:50 AM ET Associated Press ZURICH — Seven ice hockey players have been suspended during an investigation into match-fixing in the Belarus league. The players — five from Belarus and two from Russia — told a domestic investigation they were paid to help arrange the outcome of a game in November, the International Ice Hockey
Feb 21, 2020 This article was written in February, during Formula One’s opening week of preseason testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Mercedes has since changed its livery to an all black scheme for the new season. BARCELONA, Spain — The biggest talking point from the first week of Formula One’s preseason tests has been
9:53 AM ET It’s not often that a stylistic rebranding of an international football federation stirs the soul but the Icelandic FA have proven that it is most definitely possible to do it in style. The Football Association of Iceland — or Knattspyrnusamband Islands, to give them their proper name — have launched a new
Jul 2, 2020 Steve KimESPN After losing his WBA junior bantamweight crown to Joshua Franco on June 23 in a hard-fought battle, Andrew Moloney is going to get a rematch, he announced Thursday. “I’m extremely excited to announce that I will be having a rematch with Joshua Franco,” Moloney said in a post on Twitter.
11:52 PM ET Steve KimESPN Former two-time world champion Jose Pedraza was in excellent form on Thursday as he dominated Mikkel LesPierre, dropping his opponent twice in the 144-pound catchweight bout in the main event of a Top Rank card in Las Vegas. The scorecards read 100-88, 99-89 and 99-89 in favor of Pedraza (27-3),
1:21 PM ET Steve KimESPN One of the proposed dates for the third fight in the trilogy between WBC heavyweight titlist and lineal champion Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder is Dec. 19, Top Rank president Todd duBoef said. “Us, and the Fury and Wilder camps are targeting that as one of the potential dates,” duBoef