8:08 PM ET Associated Press The Mountain West announced Wednesday plans to have its football teams play an eight-game conference schedule and up to two nonconference games, starting Sept. 26. The Mountain West championship game, scheduled for Dec. 5 at the site of the division winner with the best record, will be pushed back to
6:27 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons left Wednesday’s game against the Washington Wizards with a left knee injury. Simmons went up and grabbed a rebound midway through the third quarter, then slowly dribbled out to the court and flipped a pass to Al Horford. As a
7:00 AM ET When it became clear that Kirby Dach, the No. 3 pick of the 2019 NHL draft, was going to make the Chicago Blackhawks‘ roster this season, the 19-year-old wanted to make the most of the opportunity. Sure, Dach was viewed as the long-term heir apparent to Jonathan Toews at center, but he
5:00 PM ET ESPN staff Several teams showed off their new looks as the NFL’s 2020 training camps continued on Wednesday. The Washington Football Team won’t have a logo this season and on Wednesday showed off the jersey numbers that will appear on its helmets. In Cleveland, receiver Jarvis Landry modeled the Browns’ new look
6:47 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Tiger Woods appears set to make a rare putter switch on Thursday when the PGA Championship begins at TPC Harding Park. Woods has been practicing this week with a different version of the Scotty Cameron Newport II putter he has used for a majority of his career, one that
6:19 PM ET Associated Press PALERMO, Sicily — Former French Open finalist Sara Errani showed signs of reviving her clay-court prowess by rallying past Kristýna Plíšková 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday to reach the Palermo Ladies Open quarterfinals. It was the second consecutive three-set win for Errani, who received a wild-card entry for the first tour-level
11:11 AM ET Austin LindbergESPN FC Just three matches remain in the MLS is Back Tournament, with the Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Orlando City SC and Minnesota United FC all advancing to the semifinals to be played out on Wednesday and Thursday. – Play Soccer Playoff Pick ‘Em through the MLS knockout rounds– Stream MLS
Several riders and a race official were caught up in a horrifying crash on stage one of the Tour of Poland. Dylan Groenewegen, 27, drifted across the road in the final, downhill sprint and he and fellow Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen collided at high speed just before the line in Katowice. Jakobsen, 23, then fell over
2:27 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Bryson DeChambeau has gained some 50 pounds in less than a year, has added muscle to his body and is hitting his tee shots on average more than 20 yards longer. He’s been the talk of the game since the PGA Tour resumed its schedule in June, and some
3:26 PM BST The final round of the Six Nations Championship will be played on Oct. 31 with leaders England taking on Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome as organisers confirmed the dates for the remaining four fixtures on Wednesday. The Six Nations was suspended in March when the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe and
2:02 PM ET Steve KimESPN Heavyweight Efe Ajagba is the newest addition to the Top Rank stable, as he has signed a multiyear promotional contract with the company. Twenty-six-year-old Ajagba (13-0, 11 KOs) represented Nigeria in the 2016 Olympics before turning professional in 2017. He signed with Richard Schaefer’s Ringstar Sports. Fighting mostly on PBC
Aug 3, 2020 Several UFC fighters are facing suspensions and fines in Nevada. Tim Elliott, a popular flyweight fighter and former title challenger, and undefeated light heavyweight prospect Jamahal Hill both tested positive for marijuana in in-competition drug tests in relation to their respective fights May 30 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN. The Nevada
Pakistan’s Babar Azam underlined his status as one of the world’s leading batsmen with a fine unbeaten fifty against England on an interrupted opening day of the first Test at Old Trafford on Wednesday. When bad light forced an early close, Pakistan were 139-2, with Babar 69 not out and Shan Masood unbeaten on 46.
7:00 AM ET Pedro GomezMLB Close ESPN’s Pedro Gomez covered the Oakland A’s home and away nearly every day from 1992-97 for the San Jose Mercury News and Sacramento Bee and then became the national baseball writer and later a general columnist at the Arizona Republic before becoming an ESPN bureau reporter in 2003. The
1:20 PM ET Four UFC fighters had temporary suspensions extended Wednesday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). Jamahal Hill, Tim Elliott, Luis Pena and Marc-Andre Barriault failed in-competition drug tests in relation to their last fights in Nevada. Upon the results coming back, the four fighters were temporarily suspended. On Wednesday, the commission extended
12:25 PM ET Associated Press Despite a loss in revenue from holding its marquee event without spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Tennis Association announced Wednesday that its overall compensation to players at this year’s U.S. Open will be $53.4 million — which is 93.3% of the roughly $57.2 million awarded in 2019. The
The BCCI’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the upcoming IPL recommends that teams use “empty stands” as extended dressing rooms for outdoor strategy meetings in order to maintain social distancing. The IPL, to be held from September 19 in the UAE, won’t feature any toss mascot this year which means the BCCI will lose out
9:15 AM ET And on the fourth day of bubble hockey, we got a very pretty pass, a fake punch … and a sweep. Send some congrats to the Carolina Hurricanes, the first team to qualify for the next round. The Canes also get up to a week’s rest before the next round begins. What