Month: June 2020

5:26 PM ET Associated Press The Champions League final is heading to Lisbon, with UEFA planning an Aug. 23 final to cap seven broadcast nights in a 12-day span of elite European teams playing knockout soccer. The widely reported UEFA wish to hold an eight-team knockout bracket in two empty stadiums in Portugal’s capital was
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7:01 PM ET NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said he supports and encourages teams to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick, 32, has not played since the 2016 season, when as a member of the San Francisco 49ers he kneeled during the national anthem to protest racial inequality. In a conversation with Mike Greenberg for ESPN’s “The
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6:33 PM ET Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Morgan Burke, the longest serving athletic director in Purdue history, died at his home Monday after battling a rare disease for the past year. He was 68. University officials said in a statement Burke had been diagnosed with amyloidosis, an ailment caused by the buildup of
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6:06 PM ET Adrian Wojnarowski Close Senior NBA Insider Host of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Malika Andrews Close ESPN Staff Writer Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2018 Appears regularly on ESPN Chicago 1000 As a growing faction of NBA players remains uncertain about committing to the league’s plan for restarting the season
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5:38 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour will keep the 3M Open in Minnesota on schedule, but the second-year event will be played without spectators on site. Tournament officials announced Monday that the state’s health guidelines currently in place for public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic will keep the galleries empty throughout the weekend
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