6:54 PM ET The Big 12 is canceling its preseason football media days, set for July 20-21 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and instead will hold the event virtually, the league confirmed to ESPN. The league proposed the change Wednesday to its football coaches and athletic directors, who agreed during a virtual meeting to
6:52 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Golden Gate Fields will resume live horse racing on May 14 after receiving provisional approval Wednesday from public health officials in Northern California. The track in Berkeley temporarily suspended racing on April 2 at the order of Alameda County public health officials in response to the coronavirus
6:20 PM ET NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts will host a call for all players on Friday, sources told ESPN. That’s the same day the league has permitted teams to reopen practice facilities for voluntary, social-distanced workouts in areas where that has been permitted by local public
6:13 PM ET Associated Press The NCAA approved a waiver that will allow schools to spend below the minimum level on athletic scholarships required to compete in Division I. The Division I Council Coordination Committee approved two other blanket waivers Wednesday that had been requested by several conferences in recent weeks in response to the
5:04 PM ET IBF middleweight champion Gennadiy Golovkin said Wednesday that he doesn’t expect his first bout coming off the coronavirus pandemic to be against boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez, since Golovkin has an agreement in place to face undefeated mandatory challenger Kamil Szeremeta when the schedule resumes. That would open the door for Alvarez, the
5:07 PM ET Associated Press STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard has won the Cornish Trophy, presented annually to the top Canadian player in NCAA football. The announcement was made via YouTube on Wednesday. Hubbard was the AP Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy
4:22 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN FLINT, Mich. — Cars continue to form long lines to get free water bottles at local distribution sites here — even amid the coronavirus pandemic — because of the water crisis that has plagued the city since April 2014. So two-time super middleweight champion Anthony Dirrell is trying to help
4:19 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Trainer Mark Casse has more than $174 million in purse earnings, has won two legs of thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown and has been honored as Canadian trainer of the year a record 11 times. And now, election to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of
3:19 PM ET Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva is recovering from a knee procedure he had Wednesday in Los Angeles. According to his manager, Jorge Guimaraes, Silva underwent a regenerative stem cell procedure on his right knee, which had been planned with his medical team for a while. According to his team, Silva, 45,
2:31 PM ET Associated Press The Preakness Stakes could still be run on one of three dates this summer or fall. The Maryland Jockey Club and NBC Sports have set aside three possible dates, a person with knowledge of negotiations said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because no