7:04 PM ET The World’s Largest Drum is officially too big for Notre Dame Stadium, Purdue said on Friday. As a result, Purdue’s All-American Band will play its first halftime performance without its giant bass drum for the first time since 1979. “According to a communication from the University of Notre Dame, our Band will
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2:55 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy would not say whether he would have an interest in the vacant head coaching position at USC. “I am where my feet are,” Bieniemy said Thursday as the Chiefs continued their preparation for Sunday night’s game at the Baltimore Ravens. “When it’s all
7:18 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — People who gave Aaron Rodgers grief about his seemingly laid-back approach after the Green Bay Packers‘ blowout loss to the New Orleans Saints in Sunday’s season opener should know this: He was talking to his teammates more than he was talking to those on the outside. “If we’re
6:24 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals slugger Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench’s record for homers in a season by a catcher with his 45th in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Perez hit a two-run homer in the first inning, matching Bench’s total from 1970
3:39 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch Friday for the Los Angeles Angels because of a sore right arm that could sideline him as a pitcher for the rest of the season. “If there’s any kind of lingering soreness, you may not see him pitch,” Angels manager Joe Maddon
6:31 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Jon Rahm is motivated, even if he’s not feeling well. The top-ranked Spanish star had two birdies and two bogeys Thursday in an even-par 72 in the first round of the Fortinet Championship, leaving him well back of the leaders at Silverado Resort and Spa. “I was
10:44 AM ET Chelsea defender Reece James said on Instagram he was burgled while playing in the Champions League on Tuesday, with the robbers taking off with a safe containing his Champions League and Super Cup winners medals and Euro 2020 runners up medal. The 21-year-old starred in Chelsea’s 1-0 victory against Zenit St Petersburg
6:00 PM ET The NHL season returns on Oct. 12 with a doubleheader that will air on ESPN. The first game features the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Tampa Bay Lightning at 7:30 p.m. ET and the second game will the first game for new NHL franchise the Seattle Kraken as they play the Vegas Golden
6:35 PM ET Carlos Condit, one of the best MMA welterweights of the aughts and beyond, has retired from the UFC, his longtime manager, Malki Kawa of First Round Management, confirmed Thursday with ESPN. Nicknamed “The Natural Born Killer,” Condit was a former UFC interim welterweight champion and had been with the promotion for 12
8:35 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The boundary between amateur and professional boxing blurred further Thursday with the International Boxing Association offering prize money of up to $100,000 for the first time at the historically amateur men’s world championships. AIBA said a total prize fund of $2.6 million was in place to award
2:22 PM ET Associated Press ATHENS, Greece — NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo was in Greece for a meeting with the country’s prime minister Thursday and a special ceremony to bestow Greek citizenship on his mother, Veronica, and younger brother Alex. Antetokounmpo, who led the Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA championship in July, attended the ceremony
2:16 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Stephen Fulton and Brandon Figueroa will put their respective 122-pound titles on the line when they meet Nov. 27 at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Premier Boxing Champions announced Thursday. The Showtime main event was set for Sept. 18 but was postponed after Figueroa tested positive for COVID-19. Murodjon Akhmadaliev,
1:31 PM ET Associated Press OCEANPORT, N.J. — Jockey Tomas Mejia has been been banned 10 years for using an electronic device to win a race at Monmouth Park earlier this month. In a ruling announced Thursday, the stewards at Monmouth Park also fined the 26-year-old Panamanian $5,000 and recommended that the New Jersey Racing
With Virat Kohli stepping down, Vinod Kambli feels Rohit Sharma will be India’s new T20I captain.© AFP Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli feels opening batsman Rohit Sharma will be India’s skipper in the T20Is after the 2021 World Cup. Virat Kohli on Thursday announced that he would step down as the T20I skipper of the
12:20 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres‘ cross-border rivalry with the Toronto Maple Leafs is heading outdoors. The Sabres are listed as the home team against the Maple Leafs in the NHL’s sixth Heritage Classic — to be played at Tim Hortons Field, home of the Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats
7:00 AM ET We’re only in Week 3, but this college football season already has a decidedly chaotic feel, with big upsets taking place last weekend and several other contenders brushing off close calls. This week, we have history being made by some big names facing each other for the first time. Harry: One of
9:43 AM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said the reaction to his team’s Champions League defeat to Young Boys on Tuesday has been has been over the top but added the performance was “not up to our standard.” United lost 2-1 in Bern thanks, in part, to Aaron Wan-Bissaka‘s early red
9:14 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are promoting running back Devonta Freeman to the active roster Thursday after he spent one week on the team’s practice squad, his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Freeman, 29, joins Ty’Son Williams and Latavius Murray in Baltimore’s revamped running backs group. The Ravens