4:40 PM ET Alabama has gotten off to a slow start in the 2021 recruiting cycle, but added to its class on Friday with ESPN 300 wide receiver Jacorey Brooks. The No. 52-ranked prospect overall, Brooks is a 6-foot-2, 185-pound receiver from Booker T. Washington High School in Miami. He released a top seven in
4:01 PM ET A Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball card from a 1910 series called T210 Old Mill has sold at auction for $492,000. Heritage Auctions said the auction ended after a sale that continued late into Thursday night. The winning bidder’s identity was not revealed. “After 110 years in the same North Carolina family, we
2:52 PM ET Jimmie Johnson has been bunkered down during the coronavirus quarantine, logging virtual practice laps for what should be unpredictable first race back for NASCAR, and reflecting on what could have been and what might still be for what is supposed to be his final full-time season behind the wheel. “It’s going to
2:27 PM ET In municipalities where coronavirus testing has become readily available to at-risk health care workers, NBA teams opening facilities for voluntary workouts will be allowed to administer tests to asymptomatic players and staff, sources told ESPN. The Orlando Magic have been approved and plan to administer testing to players prior to a Tuesday
1:38 PM ET Associated Press The Players Coalition and dozens of professional athletes sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting an immediate federal investigation into the death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia. Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights Eric Dreiband also was sent the letter on Friday. It
12:54 PM ET With NASCAR set to resume racing with four Cup Series events later this month, officials announced Friday three races at other tracks that were being replaced in the 2020 schedule. Races at Chicagoland Speedway and Sonoma Raceway and Richmond Raceway’s spring event are off the calendar for 2020. “Due to the current
1:14 PM ET Golden State Warriors president of basketball operations Bob Myers said his organization will be “good partners” if and when the NBA regular season resumes. On April 28, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said the team (15-50) had been operating as if its season is over despite having 17 games remaining on the
12:14 PM BST England international Billy Vunipola was among five Saracens players who have apologised for violating the country’s lockdown rules during the coronavirus pandemic, the English Premiership club said on Thursday. Vunipola and teammates Alex Goode, Sean Maitland, Nick Isiekwe and Josh Ibuanokpe were pictured meeting for coffee in St. Albans, Hertfordshire on Monday.
11:32 AM ET The Washington Capitals placed forward Brendan Leipsic on waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. The team made the announcement on Friday, two days after the NHL condemned “misogynistic and reprehensible remarks” made by Leipsic and Panthers prospect Jack Rodewald in a private Instagram group chat, which was leaked on Twitter
11:40 AM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The Preakness will remain a fixture at timeworn Pimlico Race Course, which will receive a much-needed facelift following the passing of a bill to redevelop Maryland tracks. Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday permitted a bill to become law that would enable the Maryland Stadium Authority to issue up