3:26 PM ET San Francisco 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel, who had a breakout first season in 2019, suffered a broken foot during a throwing session with teammates earlier this week and was set to undergo surgery Thursday, a source told ESPN, confirming an NFL Network report. A team source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Samuel
8:16 AM ET Steve KimESPN Editor’s note: This story was originally published on June 5, 2019. The Top Rank on ESPN card in Stockton, California, on May 4 was headlined by two world titleholders, Jerwin Ancajas and Artur Beterbiev, but it was lightweight local sensation Gabriel Flores Jr. who was responsible for packing the house
12:08 AM BST LONDON — The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is conducting a review into the singing of ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ by England fans, as many are unaware of the song’s links with American slavery, the domestic governing body said on Thursday. The anthem, believed to have been written by a slave in the
6:28 PM ET Alex Kirkland A brace from Karim Benzema and a goal from Marco Asensio on his return from injury gave Real Madrid a 3-0 win over Valencia on Thursday to keep pace with Barcelona at the top of La Liga. Both goalkeepers were kept busy in a first half that saw Eden Hazard
7:55 AM ET College football recruiting isn’t an exact science. Whether it’s from coaches evaluating prospects or recruiting services ranking and hyping up players based on their potential, sometimes the projections are right and sometimes they’re wrong. We went back to the 2007 class to look at some of the most-hyped prospects for each program
9:17 PM ET Albert Pujols is giving back to his team and his native Dominican Republic. According to the Los Angeles Times, the veteran Angels slugger is covering $180,000 in salary lost by staff members of the team in the Dominican who were furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The gesture will cover about five
11:17 PM ET Tennis Australia have offered their support to Dylan Alcott over his disappointment at the wheelchair events being cut from the U.S. Open and said they were optimistic of running a full programme at January’s Australian Open. Australian Alcott, who has won 10 Grand Slam wheelchair singles titles including two at Flushing Meadows,
8:53 AM IST Ellyse Perry feels “very grateful” that the Australia Women’s team has avoided cuts to their backroom staff amid Cricket Australia’s redundancies while also stressing the importance of domestic competitions being retained in their current structures. CA announced 40 job losses earlier this week – of which men’s batting coach Graeme Hick was
7:11 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Curtis Blaydes has won three fights in a row, the past two by knockout, and has just one loss in his past 10 trips inside the Octagon. Alexander Volkov has been a winner in five of his six bouts since he joined the UFC roster in 2016. Runs of success
7:57 PM ET Associated Press The RBC Heritage began two months later than usual with a little rain, a little sunshine and a lot of birdies, most of them from Jordan Spieth to turn a rough start into a furious finish. Ian Poulter holed a 30-foot birdie putt and followed with a 5-iron to 4