4:43 PM ET Associated Press SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The New York Racing Association is planning to reconstruct the Wilson Chute at Saratoga Race Course, which will allow one-mile races to be run on the main dirt track during the summer meet. A chute is an extension of the backstretch or homestretch of a track
Month: January 2022
3:20 PM ET USC is adding wide receiver Brenden Rice, a transfer from Colorado and the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice. Brenden Rice, who made the announcement on Twitter, recorded 21 receptions for 299 yards and three touchdowns for Colorado last season. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound player entered the transfer
11:14 AM ET Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Winger Ousmane Dembele‘s agent has said Barcelona‘s threat of benching him for the remainder of his contract will not force him to renew. Dembele, 24, has been free to speak with other clubs since Jan. 1 after moving into the final six months of his deal at Camp
3:54 PM ET Brandon Gomes, a former major league pitcher just six years removed from his playing days, has been named general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, a position left vacant ever since Farhan Zaidi’s departure to the San Francisco Giants. Gomes, 37, has a long history with Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew
1:00 PM ET Alabama football coach Nick Saban was among a handful of sports figures from West Virginia to sign a letter urging Sen. Joe Manchin to support the passage of the Freedom to Vote Act. The letter, which was made public on Monday, also was signed by NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West, former
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN Six NFL playoff games down, and seven to go. The offseason is nearly here — and for 24 teams, it already is — bringing the opportunity for every team to get better and make changes as they prepare for the 2022 season. There are question marks surrounding current quarterbacks —
Aston Martin have reached a deal with Red Bull for Dan Fallows to start his new role as technical director at the beginning of April. Fallows signed for Aston Martin last June. At the time, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said he would not be moving “within the next couple of years”. But the
1:03 PM ET Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is expected to be sidelined beyond the Feb. 10 NBA trade deadline, sources told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, as the two-time NBA blocks champion recovers from a stress fracture in his left foot. The Pacers on Tuesday said Turner will be re-examined in two weeks, but teams interested
12:57 PM GMT Fly-half Dan Biggar will captain a Wales squad at the 2022 Six Nations that includes three uncapped players and has a host of experienced names missing through injury as coach Wayne Pivac’s side look to retain the title they won last year. Hooker Dewi Lake has been called up for the first
10:45 AM GMT Owen Farrell has retained his England captaincy for the 2022 Six Nations while George Ford, Elliot Day, Sam Underhill and Mako and Billy Vunipola miss out on the squad. Manu Tuilagi was also not named in the 36-man squad announced by coach Eddie Jones on Tuesday but he is expected to join
11:36 AM ET The NHL plans to stop testing asymptomatic players and staff members following the All-Star break, sources told ESPN. The NHL and NHLPA have reached an agreement on the matter, though the sides will meet again later this month to assess the climate and formalize. The NHL will still test all players and
Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 22 runs to level ODI series.© Twitter Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 22 runs in the second one-day international to level the three-match series at 1-1 on Tuesday as home captain Dasun Shanaka’s 102 went in vain. Skipper Craig Ervine (91) and Sikandar Raza (56) powered Zimbabwe to 302 for
Dec 11, 2020 Marc Raimondi Eric Gomez Editor’s note: This story was originally published ahead of UFC 256. It has been updated to reflect the result of that fight and the upcoming trilogy fight at UFC 270. The half-made piñata would be sitting on the floor of Pinatas Moreno in Tijuana, Mexico, and business owner
7:59 AM ET Emma Raducanu got her Australian Open campaign off to a winning note as she saw off Sloane Stephens in three sets in the first round. US Open champion Raducanu ended up winning 6-0, 2-6, 6-1 in an entertaining match on day two of the first Grand Slam of the year. After Raducanu
8:46 AM ET The Masters is not far off. The tournament begins April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. But a chance to get a coveted invitation happens this week in the Latin America Amateur Championship. The event, played at the Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog course and beginning Thursday, Jan. 20, in
8:49 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — For Arkansas assistant golf coach Barrett Lais, the initial recruiting pitch to try to get players from outside the United States to come to Fayetteville often begins with having to deal with a familiar remark. “A lot of people from Latin America said, ‘We’ve never
5:04 PM ET Nebraska‘s quarterback room has completely transformed through the transfer portal since the end of the season, and it added another new name on Monday with former Florida State quarterback Chubba Purdy. Nebraska starter Adrian Martinez transferred to Kansas State after the end of the season. Martinez threw for 2,863 yards, 14 touchdowns
3:35 AM ET LOS ANGELES — LeBron James apologized to Lakers fans and the next night Los Angeles made the No. 1 offense in the league look sorry in a 101-95 win over the Utah Jazz on Monday. “I think there’s a huge lesson to be learned with this group that we’re going nowhere without
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