5:51 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban said he supports the march on campus that players have planned for Monday afternoon. “The players have made these choices and decisions about what they want to do, how they want to be heard, and we want to support them because we do support what they want to
4:59 PM ET For the fifth consecutive week, the UFC is back inside its Apex facility on Saturday in Las Vegas, with a UFC Fight Night beginning with prelims at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+, then a main card exclusively on ESPN+ at 9 p.m. In the main event, former light heavyweight title challenger Anthony
3:52 PM ET Associated Press Jockeys riding in the rescheduled 146th Kentucky Derby have to arrive by Monday and then quarantine upon returning to their home tracks, just one of many changes forced by the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, Churchill Downs had proposed an arrival date of Aug. 24 — nearly two weeks before the Derby
7:12 AM ET Tory Z. RoyESPN One of the most enviable traits of Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper‘s game is his mastery of deception. “You don’t want to let the person you’re playing against know what moves that you’re going to do next,” Cooper said. “You have to think three moves ahead.” “It’s one
4:55 PM ET Associated Press South African golfer Justin Walters doubled his lead to two strokes with a 3-under 69 in the third round of the U.K. Championship on the European Tour on Saturday. Walters is 12 under par overall at The Belfry and has led after every round so far. He is chasing his
2:54 PM ET LONDON — Mikel Arteta has already acquired a taste for winning at Wembley as Arsenal manager, and Liverpool became the Spaniard’s latest victims in the Community Shield on Saturday. Less than a year into the job at the Emirates, the former Gunners midfielder has delivered silverware in the FA Cup and Community
Alexander Kristoff timed his sprint finish to perfection to win the opening stage of the Tour de France in Nice. After a large group crashed inside the final 3km, Norwegian Kristoff, 33, surged home in a sprint also involving Ireland’s Sam Bennett, who was fourth. Rain made the roads treacherous and led to several crashes,
This one meant a lot – and for Lewis Hamilton it was all about the context. Not the context of being more than half a second quicker than Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas around Spa-Francorchamps, the archetypal drivers’ circuit. Although that was important. No, it was what it said about the strength of Formula 1’s only
After getting the Arjuna Award on the occasion of National Sports Day, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma on Saturday said he will continue to bring laurels to the country “till the time his body allows”. Taking to Twitter he wrote, “Extremely grateful and honoured to receive the #ArjunaAward! Congratulations to fellow awardees for the same! Thanks
Chris Rogers played 25 Tests for Australia before retiring in 2015.© AFP Chris Rogers has been appointed head coach of Victoria with the former Test opener vowing to turn more players from the state into permanent members of the Australian team. A prolific run-scorer at both state and English county level, Rogers played 25 Tests
Dates: 29 August – 20 September Coverage: Live text commentary on each stage on the BBC Sport website and app This year’s rescheduled Tour de France starts in Nice on Saturday and finishes in Paris on Sunday, 20 September. The riders will tackle a particularly tough course, with plenty of unique touches, as they race
7:17 AM ET After three days off, the 2020 NBA playoffs resume Saturday when the Milwaukee Bucks face the Orlando Magic. These games were scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday but were postponed after the Bucks chose not to play Wednesday afternoon in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, with teams across the
9:52 AM ET NEW YORK — Naomi Osaka, who battled through to the Western and Southern Open women’s singles final while navigating an intense degree of attention because of her social activism, has withdrawn from Saturday’s championship match, citing a hamstring injury suffered in her semifinal. Osaka was scheduled to play resurgent former No. 1
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton set pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix half a second clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton was fastest on both laps in the final session and beat Bottas by 0.511secs. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was just 0.015secs off the Finn. Daniel Ricciardo excelled with fourth place on the grid,
8:00 AM ET Back in May, Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr. knew he had to do something after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police. After calling his grandfather, James, who recalled how he marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. decades ago, Jones had his answer. “After talking with him, I was just like,
7:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Even with the door closed and his voice muffled, it was clear what Joe Burrow was doing in the basement of his family home. The words were not discernible, but the sound was unmistakable. The Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback was staring at a screen, listening to his coaches on a
10:31 PM ET The Oakland Athletics have acquired Tommy La Stella from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Franklin Barreto in a swap of second basemen that appears to be a mutual fit for two teams heading in opposite directions. The A’s needed an upgrade at second base and got one in La Stella,
7:00 AM ET The NHL paused its schedule the past two days in solidarity with other sports leagues, protesting racial injustices as well as the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. “I’ve got so much more respect for every single player in this league for doing something like this,” said Colorado Avalanche center