1:30 PM ET Heather Dinich Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. After three relatively smooth weeks of SEC competition, COVID-19 caught up with the nation’s highest-profile conference within a
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12:04 PM ET Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is stepping down, sources told ESPN. In the aftermath of Houston’s elimination from the NBA’s restart in Orlando, Florida, Morey approached owner Tilman Fertitta with the idea of leaving the job and the sides quietly worked through an exit agreement to conclude his 13 seasons running
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8:54 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons shut down their facility Thursday morning after multiple positive COVID-19 tests, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. One source told Schefter there were four positive tests for the virus, but a Falcons official said the team is “not at four confirmed.” The official also told Schefter that the Falcons are
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10:20 AM ET The biggest lie NHL free agents tell themselves is that their team is their family. The dressing room can be a band of brothers. Lifelong friendships are forged through daily routines and long playoff runs, through wives and children bonding with others in the organization. All of this is true, and all
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9:56 AM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — U.S. tennis player Sam Querrey was placed in isolation by Russian authorities after testing positive for the coronavirus but left the country on a private plane, organizers of the St. Petersburg Open said Thursday. The tournament said Querrey and his wife tested positive Sunday, the day
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10:29 AM BST Wasps’ preparations for the English Premiership final suffered a setback after seven members of the club’s playing staff returned positive tests for coronavirus on Wednesday. Four players and three support staff tested positive for coronavirus and Wasps have cancelled training for the remainder of this week as an added precautionary measure. “All
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7:38 PM ET Fresh off one of the most spectacular — and most-viewed — knockouts in mixed martial arts history, UFC middleweight Joaquin Buckley is ready to get back to work. Buckley (11-3) has agreed to face Jordan Wright (11-0) at UFC 255 on Nov. 21. Both sides have agreed to the bout, according to
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6:58 PM ET Conor McGregor is in. McGregor revealed on Twitter that he has accepted a Jan. 23 fight against Dustin Poirier. However, he also said he wanted the fight to happen at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys. “Jerry Jones is a friend and the stadium can hold our crowd,”
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Britain’s Chris Froome will race against Tour de France runner-up Primoz Roglic at the Vuelta a Espana. Jumbo-Visma’s Roglic, 30, lost the Tour de France on the final time trial to Tadej Pogacar in September in one of the event’s most dramatic finales. Four-time Tour winner Froome, who rides for Ineos Grenadiers, is aiming to
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3:24 AM ET Associated Press Dennis Novak reached his first ATP tour quarterfinal by beating fourth-seeded Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday at the Cologne Indoors. Paire struggled with his serve, landing just 46% of first serves and double-faulting four times in the second-round match. Paire, who had a first-round bye in Cologne, is 1-5
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